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Rhett Lashlee on 'QAM Aug 16 2021
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nothing that hasn't been reported before.
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My notes:
- King looked healthy and ready to roll.
- All of the WRs need to get better at being consistent.
- Open competition at most spots will continue into this week. (my comment: sounds like after this week of camp, they want to finalize starters)
- Arroyo changed his body. One of those rare freshman that comes in and the game doesn't seem too fast for him and he fits in. (my comment... big things coming from this young man!)
- Offensive line: better idea here than at WR spot of who the starters are/guys they can count on. Know the top 7 or 8 guys. Whose the best 5 going to be? Called out their physicality (in a good way) and trying to be more physical. Called out big vaughn, rivers at guard which allowed us to put Scaife back at tackle.
- Garcia/TVD: look good, seeing different looks than spring.
- King looked healthy and ready to roll.
- All of the WRs need to get better at being consistent.
- Open competition at most spots will continue into this week. (my comment: sounds like after this week of camp, they want to finalize starters)
- Arroyo changed his body. One of those rare freshman that comes in and the game doesn't seem too fast for him and he fits in. (my comment... big things coming from this young man!)
- Offensive line: better idea here than at WR spot of who the starters are/guys they can count on. Know the top 7 or 8 guys. Whose the best 5 going to be? Called out their physicality (in a good way) and trying to be more physical. Called out big vaughn, rivers at guard which allowed us to put Scaife back at tackle.
- Garcia/TVD: look good, seeing different looks than spring.
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Arroyo looked like a man amongst boys in his HS tape. Not surprised hes instant impact.
I am really concerned with the WR news 3 weeks before Bama. Sounds like they have 2 they can count on no matter what (Harley and Rambo) but after that you got 10 guys who are a mesh pot. Smh.
Great news about the OL. GREAT news.
You guys wanted freshmen and sophomore WRs pushing the older guys which is exactly what's happening so I'm not sure what you're complaining about.
To me it sounds like UM finally has some young WR's that actually want to play contact football .. get separation .. fight for the ball. THAT is what has been lacking. Should bode well for significantly increased WR productivity, longer drives, and will help the RB's as defenders are going to HAVE to cover those WR's. Add to that .. OL who have been "working hard on physicality" .. something that they totally lacked in 2020. Sounds like the offense should be productive. Looking forward to it!!
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Not having consistent WRs was the same stuff we heard last Fall and we see what happened. And he didnt say it was just the older guys..He made a generic statement that the WRs as a group need to be more consistent. 3 weeks before we face the #1 team in the country that isnt what we need from a position group that had issues last year too.
Again, where are you guys getting that he just was speaking to upperclassmen WRs? He said ALL WRs need to be more consistent. He didnt say, "We need more consistency from the veteran guys or the younger guys will take their PT". We have what...12 WRs in that room?
Likens has to find 7 that are ready to go and 4 that he can count on no matter what and from the looks of it he only has 2 (judging from his interview the other day on WQAM) ..(Harley and Rambo)
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Arroyo is a killer. He’s not going to settle for bs.
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IMO he is likely frustrated because it seems the "consistency" issues are different for the group. Like Pope and Wiggins are probably lined up right and run the right routes (I think last year he said Wiggins was the best most consistent route runner) but they drop passes and do not consistently fight for the ball. The younger guys I am assuming still mental mistakes so it a conundrum. Have a guy who runs the right route but drops the pass, or have the guy who runs a wrong route, ball never gets thrown so it is not a "drop" but maybe it is a sack or a INT and rarely do the WR get blamed for that.
I can jive with this. Im not panicing (sp?) but I am concerned that at least 4 guys havent clearly seperated from the pack yet at this stage of camp where I assume Bama prep will begin after this week.
When the OC says the OL is starting to come together re who is in the top 6-7 group but when it comes to the WRs they arent there yet...thats a big problem.
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I think you're overstating this a bit. Harley, Rambo, and Mallory are all experienced pass-catchers we can rely on. I think we all have a feeling that X will be in the mix. If we can get a surprise from 1 more guy (Arroyo? Smith? Redding? George? Etc.) we will be more than adequate. Plus, add three backs all of whom can catch out of the backfield and I think we're going to be fine. We may not have a game-breaker (that we know of yet) but I'm more optimistic with this group than last year's for example.
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I think we can roll with Rambo, Harley and X.
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In a perfect world I'm sure he'd like 8 guys he could roll with. But if 1 or 2 of X, Key, Redding, and at least one of the freshmen step up we're in decent shape. And get ready for it, unless those freshmen really grow up fast you're gonna see 6 and 8 out there. But probably not nearly as much as the last few seasons.