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The rationale for it is much crazier. During the game, I was like "bet they'll say he hasn't practiced there and isn't prepared." Well, ****, whose fault is that? And, at what point do you realize "they're running every important play at the Ragone kid; just change anything."

I'm at complete loss, as I've said repeatedly after UNC, how there can be such a massive difference between being detailed and well-prepared in marketing and communication and actual football preparation. It's incredible.
 
LuCane said:
The rationale for it is much crazier. During the game, I was like "bet they'll say he hasn't practiced there and isn't prepared." Well, ****, whose fault is that? And, at what point do you realize "they're running every important play at the Ragone kid; just change anything."

I'm at complete loss, as I've said repeatedly after UNC, how there can be such a massive difference between being detailed and well-prepared in marketing and communication and actual football preparation. It's incredible.
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Don’t you know that the defense is so complex that ballers can’t shift assignments. Don’t you see the 4 dimensional chess manny is playing!
 
Ispyin said:
Don’t you know that the defense is so complex that ballers can’t shift assignments. Don’t you see the 4 dimensional chess manny is playing!
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I don't get it. Is all their time and energy spent on branding and prepared statements?

"34 is getting killed and can't get to angles. What should we do?" Well, if you haven't actually prepared for this very plausible scenario, then throw any ******* person out there and have Shaq verbally tell that player [Brooks] what to do."

Gil Frierson would have done a better job in that scenario.
 
Saw the same BS said about why certain WRs couldn't be on the field at times and etc. We have moved behind a "staph" infection with these worthless coRches. Emptied our talent out on defense and now going to let all the potential talent run elsewhere. We might be lucky to compete with FIU in a few years
 
LuCane said:
The rationale for it is much crazier. During the game, I was like "bet they'll say he hasn't practiced there and isn't prepared." Well, ****, whose fault is that? And, at what point do you realize "they're running every important play at the Ragone kid; just change anything."

I'm at complete loss, as I've said repeatedly after UNC, how there can be such a massive difference between being detailed and well-prepared in marketing and communication and actual football preparation. It's incredible.
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How about having your senior, supposedly all conference linebacker move? Does he also not know the other position? This kid should be able to line up anywhere on the defense, he is supposed to be the one to line everybody up and make Brooks job easy. Heck, why cant Brooks come in and play the position he knows comfortably and your senior LB move to vacant position?! WTF is going on? Are we that static and rigid?
 
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Who goes into game preparation each week looking at the depth chart like if Pinckney goes out Ragone (#34) is the best option we have?? They could’ve rotated Brooks in practice or **** even Shaq.

Because Shaq moving into Pinckneys position so Brooks can come in at MLB is 100x better than having a walk-on the **** field.

Diaz is just as incompetent as a DC as he is a HC.
 
skyman said:
How about having your senior, supposedly all conference linebacker move? Does he also not know the other position? This kid should be able to line up anywhere on the defense, he is supposed to be the one to line everybody up and make Brooks job easy. Heck, why cant Brooks come in and play the position he knows comfortably and your senior LB move to vacant position?! WTF is going on? Are we that static and rigid?
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Maybe Shaq didn't answer the 12 question multiple choice quiz necessary to practice at WLB? The whole thing is bizarre. Dude, go to any Dime subpackage and it'll likely be better than having that poor kid on the field totally overmatched and being picked on by a GT coaching staff who had at least minimal common sense.
 
mikemike said:
It's beyond crazy how a walk on is playing over sam brooks..

Yeah they don't play the same position but that little b*tch manny diaz should have brooks coming in for 55 or 56 anytime they come off the field

Sh*t is wicked in corel gables rn
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How do you not get Burns carries behind a Jr. High School OL after watching him run through people on a short kick off?
How on earth do you run a screen play on your own 1.5 yard line in the face of a jail break blitz?
How do you run double reverses down in redzone requiring your OL to not only block, but also MOVE AND BLOCK?
How the **** do you just smile and not argue a clear safety, intentional grounding call?
How do you call punt safe and allow the gunner to run untouched to catch a TD pass?
How the **** do you make the Dr. Pepper kick challenge contestants look like Adam Vinatieri compared to our kickers?

These types of bewildering issues now confront us week in and week out.

UM
 
Idk what you guys are complaining about, didn’t you hear manny? Ragone didn’t hurt us yesterday, he did a good job.
 
Like Cribby said, if Brooks wasn’t coached up to play any other LB spot, then put Shaq in Pink’s spot and put Brooks in at MLB. Shaq’s been here 9 years. He should know the other LB spots.

Or for fcks sake put Gil in there. Do something other than let Ragu play 80 snaps.
 
88 said:
Maybe @HighSeas was right
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The fanbase has been clamoring for Brooks and Lingard non-stop. Maybe the hype train was unwarranted? Both are fast and were highly productive players in high school. Both are also very straight-linish, angular athletes who have dealt with major injuries in recent years. Frierson is another straight-linish guy who was overhyped by the Duassos of South Florida and we saw his stiff hips exposed in the UF game.

At least Lingard was a 5* and there is precedent for straight-linish RBs having success in college when the scheme and blocking provides tracks for them to explode through the line of scrimmage. Darren McFadden and Derrick Henry are high profile examples. Tevin Coleman is also comparable although he has more agility and curvilinear movement than Lingard.

But with Brooks the hype is perplexing. He was a 3* prospect, the #96 rated player in Florida per 247 composite. South Carolina seemed like the only P5 school that really wanted him. Offer sheets and recruit rankings are such a high priority for this fanbase yet with Brooks it gets dismissed. I don't care for that stuff but I do care about traits and Brooks doesn't have traditional off-ball LB traits. Great LBs have change of direction, quick feet, broad frames/girthy builds and the eyes/processing skills to diagnose and make sharp decisions. Brooks has a very narrow high-hipped frame/build, played DE in HS where he had a ton of unblocked and effort-based production, and in the limited exposures of him off the ball he looked stiff and lost in space and in coverage.

I think Brooks can be effective as a run and hit guy who plays shallow zones on the perimeter, which in this scheme would be a Striker who doesn't have man coverage assignments. I also like him as a subpackage pass rusher where he can clean up plays as a delayed blitzer or in stunt packages. I've stated that I see his long-term role as an edge rusher Barkevious Mingo type but he needs to get bigger and develop his pass rush skills to warrant snaps in that role. But if you think he's gonna be an off-ball LB here you're basically hoping that you get a poor man's Matthew Thomas - so maybe an average ACC LB in a best-case scenario. Is that worth getting hysterical about?
 
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LuCane said:
I don't get it. Is all their time and energy spent on branding and prepared statements?

"34 is getting killed and can't get to angles. What should we do?" Well, if you haven't actually prepared for this very plausible scenario, then throw any ******* person out there and have Shaq verbally tell that player [Brooks] what to do."

Gil Frierson would have done a better job in that scenario.
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Or just play nickel or dime and keep the “strikers” in their position. **** the “striker” position is a glorified outside linebacker anyway. Just pure incompetence.
 
Fightinibis said:
How do you not get Burns carries behind a Jr. High School OL after watching him run through people on a short kick off?
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Agree 100 % on this. Dallas was out and yes Cam was balling, but at least get Burns in there for some plays.
Burns can play !
 
LuCane said:
The rationale for it is much crazier. During the game, I was like "bet they'll say he hasn't practiced there and isn't prepared." Well, ****, whose fault is that? And, at what point do you realize "they're running every important play at the Ragone kid; just change anything."

I'm at complete loss, as I've said repeatedly after UNC, how there can be such a massive difference between being detailed and well-prepared in marketing and communication and actual football preparation. It's incredible.
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How do you watch someone like Ragone in practice and think "Yeah it'll be fine to run him out there in a D1 game if we get an injury / Pinckney gets gassed"?

I don't care if he can tell you exactly where he needs to be on every play in every situation - he's not athletic enough to get there. But then this is the staff that continues to run Quarterman out there because of seniority, so I shouldn't be surprised.
 
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