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DiegoCane said:
SmokeyRone said:
He'd be a great gimmicky, midget freak show TYPE DIVERSION PLAYER, if WE HAD A TEAM, AN OFFENSE, A REAL RUNNING BACK LIKE THE FOUR S. FL ELITES GOLDEN WHIFFED ON LAST YEAR (SONY, COOK, AT AL)

Other than that, he is a star for a non prime tkime 3rd in the Coastal program.
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Take a time out. You are talking like a ******* moron.
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There's a very good reason for that.
 
I would pay a lot of money to watch Duke switch places with Abdullah and run. If he could take a handoff and run 7 yards before seeing the first defender, the guy might have 400 yards. And a highlight reel for the ages. The pure entertainment value would be extraordinary.

Instead, all of his speed, agility, vision, and moves are used to dodge the opposing team's Dline AND our Oline in the backfield just so he can turn a 3-yard loss into a positive play.

The guy is getting absolutely hosed. He deserves better.
 
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SFbayCane said:
If Im not mistaken, Duke Johnson's fumble came on his 3rd consecutive carry. James Coley did this to him a coulple times last year. Its simply poor play calling to give a running back 3 consecutive carries.
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It was his second carry in a row. The play before Kaaya hit Berrios for 18 yards on the sideline.
 
Jonnyblaze said:
Duke is a great player, but that fumble was a killer. He can't make that type of mistake.
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Miami was on the verge of taking the momentum of the game well into the 3rd quarter, on that drive. For your leaders to be making fatal mistakes in those moments speaks to where we are as a football program
 
caneaddict said:
Jonnyblaze said:
Duke is a great player, but that fumble was a killer. He can't make that type of mistake.
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Miami was on the verge of taking the momentum of the game well into the 3rd quarter, on that drive. For your leaders to be making fatal mistakes in those moments speaks to where we are as a football program
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Najeh Davenport fumbled a possession before Florida State took the lead in 2000 when we were trying to salt the game away. Did that fumble also speak to where we were as a program?

What speaks to where we are as a program is our inability to adjust, specifically on defense. Players not plays is what he said when he took the job. That isn't the case on defense. After 3+ years you would think simply out of job preservation they would change how they run that defense. Do they have no coaching friends who might put in a call and say "this isn't working" try something else? The film should tell them that.

The offense continues to at least be competent over 4 years. Its had all the staff turnover besides Barrow leaving. Coley might have called his best game. Sustained drives. Duke out of the backfield. Draws. People hate the WR screens for some reason when they're just an easy way to pick up 4 to 5 yards. The over reliance on stretch plays has decreased. More tosses. More shotgun powers. The O is developing.

Clearly can't say the same for the defense.
 
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caneaddict said:
Jonnyblaze said:
Duke is a great player, but that fumble was a killer. He can't make that type of mistake.
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Miami was on the verge of taking the momentum of the game well into the 3rd quarter, on that drive. For your leaders to be making fatal mistakes in those moments speaks to where we are as a football program
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Right because no elite team has made mistakes in crucial games before.
 
SmokeyRone said:
Duke has been a ZERO for wins against average or better teams.

Whether it's game changing fumbles like tonight, or 27 rushes for 17 yards like he does against ranked teams in the past, he is a non factor.
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Sounds like your issue should be with Art Kehoe and the O-line, not Duke. The other backs that you speak of, Sony, Dalvin, so on and so forth, all have better O-line coaching, and O-line play than Duke has.

Negged. I don't normally name call, but you're an idiot.
 
caneaddict said:
Jonnyblaze said:
Duke is a great player, but that fumble was a killer. He can't make that type of mistake.
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Miami was on the verge of taking the momentum of the game well into the 3rd quarter, on that drive. For your leaders to be making fatal mistakes in those moments speaks to where we are as a football program
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Yeah I here you, this came from Saban himself. Really tells me where Bama is..........

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He's selling the players out by not commenting on the elephant in the room. Golden talking about turnovers instead of the terrible defense is absurd.
 
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SmokeyRone said:
Duke has been a ZERO for wins against average or better teams.

Whether it's game changing fumbles like tonight, or 27 rushes for 17 yards like he does against ranked teams in the past, he is a non factor.
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Have a snickers. You're not you when you're hungry.
 
Duke ran his *** off last night and was great to see him used in the passing game finally.

The fumble was big but the reason we lost is because our defense is a ******* joke.
 
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While no one is going to mistake Coley for Bill Walsh, our offense is good enough to win 10 games with a competent defense. I feel so bad for the players. Duke played his heart out last night and was very, very good. The fact he's blaming himself for the loss is sad and pathetic. And it's even more pathetic that the leader of the team allows the players to continue to accept responsibility rather than holding his professional coaching staff accountable.
 
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