JMG
Sophomore
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Like many of us here, I have plenty of thoughts on why I am not encouraged by where we are heading as a program. The fact that the staff defers to senior players on the roster even when younger players are clearly better is very disappointing. Carter, McCloud, Ivey are downright pathetic players. I can't help but wonder why we are so inconsistent on D. I think constantly rotating players hurts the defense big time because it doesn't allow any continuity and we clearly have a lot of dead weight that the staff is loyal to.
Aside from all of that, I can make a highlight tape out of all the celebrations on defense. The second any one of our defensive players made a tackle, even when there was a 10 yard run for a first down, they couldn't help but to start doing some stupid celebration. The celebrating after every single play is downright ridiculous. Had I not been watching the score and just turned the game on, I wouldn't thought we were winning 50-0 with the way these guys are celebrating after every single play.
Are they kids having fun? Yes. But it has gotten so ridiculous at this point to where I can barely respect the way a Manny Diaz led ship operates and I have a very tough time seeing us satisfied as a fan base after this year. His gimmicks have the players more concerned with what their celebration for a tackle is going to be rather than doing their job and executing a play.
Are we lucky we got King? Yes, however he has plenty of flaws as a player and I think he won't be able to save this team like we all want him to. Our offensive line has no power at all and are simply banging bodies rather than attacking the defense. It's incredibly concerning watching that in game 1 against UAB. I can't wait to see what happens in ACC play.
I'm praying I'm wrong but sadly, I'm confident I'm right. Here's to us getting the best results this year -- but sadly boys, I don't think anything has changed at all.
On a positive note - extremely impressed by the way Harrison-Hunte looked. Looks like he's going to be a **** of a player. He needs to be getting 50% of the snaps next to Nesta.
Aside from all of that, I can make a highlight tape out of all the celebrations on defense. The second any one of our defensive players made a tackle, even when there was a 10 yard run for a first down, they couldn't help but to start doing some stupid celebration. The celebrating after every single play is downright ridiculous. Had I not been watching the score and just turned the game on, I wouldn't thought we were winning 50-0 with the way these guys are celebrating after every single play.
Are they kids having fun? Yes. But it has gotten so ridiculous at this point to where I can barely respect the way a Manny Diaz led ship operates and I have a very tough time seeing us satisfied as a fan base after this year. His gimmicks have the players more concerned with what their celebration for a tackle is going to be rather than doing their job and executing a play.
Are we lucky we got King? Yes, however he has plenty of flaws as a player and I think he won't be able to save this team like we all want him to. Our offensive line has no power at all and are simply banging bodies rather than attacking the defense. It's incredibly concerning watching that in game 1 against UAB. I can't wait to see what happens in ACC play.
I'm praying I'm wrong but sadly, I'm confident I'm right. Here's to us getting the best results this year -- but sadly boys, I don't think anything has changed at all.
On a positive note - extremely impressed by the way Harrison-Hunte looked. Looks like he's going to be a **** of a player. He needs to be getting 50% of the snaps next to Nesta.
