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It's balls and attitude. And, there was one play today that basically exemplified this perfectly:

Malik Rosier has the snap go over his head. It's bouncing around the ground and most in the crowd are yelling "fall on it."
He picks it up, scrambles to his right, and maniacally hits Dionte Mullins for a 1st down. The drive ends in a Hurricane TD.

In a single play, Malik showed what he's about: balls and attitude despite what seems like madness. The guy apparently has no conscious. He doesn't remember wild throws. So far, he doesn't get affected by lows. So far, he seemingly gets more focused in high pressure situations.

There may be a ton to be said about the game, Homer, some play-calls and decisions, the LBs, the Safeties and what some of this may mean in future games. But, shouldn't we be pleased we're watching a team play with balls and attitude? And, look at that, some unforgettable wins are coming along with it. My head basically exploded on Homer's last nasty, ballsy run, so I'll enjoy this one for at least another 24 hours.
 
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I love the mental make up of this team, there is no retreat, no surrender with them, i applaud richt and the coaches for this, if fat al was here we would have to 2 L right now
 
Watch enough college football and you know **** happens. You're gonna be in dogfights.

Give me a gamer like Malik all day long any day, flaws and all.
 
Yea, and he looked so calm when he went to field it. He's far from perfect, or even a finished product but he definitely has that it factor that you want in your QB and he's a leader. I'll take him over a lot of these other QBs with prettier numbers.
 
Great post LuCane.
When Malik Rosier takes the field, he is not afraid to get hit, is not afraid to make mistakes, doesn't worry about being injured and doesn't think he will lose the game. If he goes down, you know **** well he will go down fighting like a mad dog.
 
Southcane said:
Great post LuCane.
When Malik Rosier takes the field, he is not afraid to get hit, is not afraid to make mistakes, doesn't worry about being injured and doesn't think he will lose the game. If he goes down, you know **** well he will go down fighting like a mad dog.
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I'm still not understanding how people call him "soft" and "physically scared." His play is closer to "physically reckless," it seems. Yes, he's taken slides a handful of times, but they look like the result of his coaches having told him "don't be ridiculous."
 
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Great post Lu! Rosier just has the desire to win, and that's the most important trait to have.
 
It's speaks volumes to the culture and coaching that this is the same QB many of us had written off, and that the coaches themselves had a lot of questions about. Nevertheless, they dedicated the resources and let him compete anyhow.
 
kaaya would have fallen on it for a huge loss.

and yeah, he looked poised and in slow motion picking it up.
 
In his postgame interview he was asked if he takes deep breaths or says a prayer when facing pressure. He cracked up. He hasn't even considered feeling pressure.
 
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kaaya would have fallen on it for a huge loss.

and yeah, he looked poised and in slow motion picking it up.
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The DT would have beat Kaaya to the ball on the ground then Kaaya would have got destroyed trying to tackle him as he walks in for the fumble 6.
 
LuCane said:
It's balls and attitude. And, there was one play today that basically exemplified this perfectly:

Malik Rosier has the snap go over his head. It's bouncing around the ground and most in the crowd are yelling "fall on it."
He picks it up, scrambles to his right, and maniacally hits Dionte Mullins for a 1st down. The drive ends in a Hurricane TD.

In a single play, Malik showed what he's about: balls and attitude despite what seems like madness. The guy apparently has no conscious. He doesn't remember wild throws. So far, he doesn't get affected by lows. So far, he seemingly gets more focused in high pressure situations.

There may be a ton to be said about the game, Homer, some play-calls and decisions, the LBs, the Safeties and what some of this may mean in future games. But, shouldn't we be pleased we're watching a team play with balls and attitude? And, look at that, some unforgettable wins are coming along with it. My head basically exploded on Homer's last nasty, ballsy run, so I'll enjoy this one for at least another 24 hours.
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I will add his situational awareness was high. He knew he had a half second to compose himself and where his WRs would be.
 
LuCane said:
Southcane said:
Great post LuCane.
When Malik Rosier takes the field, he is not afraid to get hit, is not afraid to make mistakes, doesn't worry about being injured and doesn't think he will lose the game. If he goes down, you know **** well he will go down fighting like a mad dog.
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I'm still not understanding how people call him "soft" and "physically scared." His play is closer to "physically reckless," it seems. Yes, he's taken slides a handful of times, but they look like the result of his coaches having told him "don't be ridiculous."
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Because they just don't like him and they're blindly criticizing him with whatever labels they can muster. It's what happens when you value your opinion over accuracy.
 
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Some kids perform better in practice than on game day. Some kids play better during the game than in practice. Kaaya was clearly one of the former. Rosier is clearly one of the latter. I know who I'd rather have leading my team on Saturdays.
 
LuCane said:
It's balls and attitude. And, there was one play today that basically exemplified this perfectly:

Malik Rosier has the snap go over his head. It's bouncing around the ground and most in the crowd are yelling "fall on it."
He picks it up, scrambles to his right, and maniacally hits Dionte Mullins for a 1st down. The drive ends in a Hurricane TD.

In a single play, Malik showed what he's about: balls and attitude despite what seems like madness. The guy apparently has no conscious. He doesn't remember wild throws. So far, he doesn't get affected by lows. So far, he seemingly gets more focused in high pressure situations.

There may be a ton to be said about the game, Homer, some play-calls and decisions, the LBs, the Safeties and what some of this may mean in future games. But, shouldn't we be pleased we're watching a team play with balls and attitude? And, look at that, some unforgettable wins are coming along with it. My head basically exploded on Homer's last nasty, ballsy run, so I'll enjoy this one for at least another 24 hours.
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He had the awareness of a guy that was sitting on the couch watching the game from a wide screen angle. His calmness and demeanor has to rub off on his guys.
 
Great play and he needs to play better in the first half --- cant keep putting the D on the field for that long
 
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