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To me, which means as much as you want it to mean, this was a clear and substantial step forward from where we were last year.

Schematically, it was a stark difference from what we ran on both sides of the ball. Several posters are misunderstanding what an Air-Raid offense really means, probably because of watching Mike Leach offenses, but the concepts are really about stretching the field horizontally unless a vertical stretch presents itself. Normally, you’ll have pre-snap reads for vertical concept, post-snap reads for short game. The run game is generally built on simple zone runs, most often built on IZ runs, which this offense is.

Air-Raid is not just Miss State or TCU offenses. Keep it simple, play fast, play in space are the staples.

On defense, this team is going to be so much better against the run. I just love the structure and concepts of how this defense works. I was ecstatic when they hired Guidry and maybe moreso today.

I looked at who we had at G and just said I pretty much can’t even watch those clips on 2nd team. I was sure we had a FB playing RG on 2nd team. That’s something you might want to address. Expect multiple OL to find their way to other opportunities after spring. The guys we had starting at G shouldn’t see the field, so those backups…whew.

Was disappointed in Terry Roberts. I’d Say just move him to S, clear the practice reps for others, make him a ST captain and let him have a Slater career.

The rest of CB’s I thought showed good things. Not perfect, but your ask is for your CB’s to play man against fades and fight the ball every single time, you’re asking too much. They were playable, which was not really the word I’d gotten.

I liked Thomas Gore more than most, but I’m disappointed in what he put on tape. He might not even get snaps if he does that again. His motor and effort show up on game day, but he couldn’t show up at all last night because you couldn’t see him to show him.

QB. You’ve got to go find another QB. That was scary by Brown. That kid is not playable. I hear this offense is suited to his skillset, but a rhythm offense that relies on players in space is not built for him. They need accuracy at QB and I don’t see how that becomes his game. Love my guy D$ but he’s definitely higher on Brown than I am.

Skinner popped. Riley popped.

It’s a spring game, but man those practice helmets look dorky.

It looked like an 8-win team to me.
 
88 said:
To be fair if the singular goal was to not get injured they’d lock them in the dorms all spring.

The goal is to develop.
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If you develop 85 kids and they all blow their knees out, you’re gonna have a tough season.

Yes, we’re saying similar things. Of course you want to get better. But the most important thing is to not get injured first and get better second. This is meaningless stuff. We don’t play a game for 5 months. 30% of the offense is installed. We’ll improve all off-season. Health is paramount.
 
Thanks D

Alot of depth issues will be gone by the fall.

I hate to say it, but Manny did Miami no favors when it came to recruiting alot of positions and its showing up now. I was a big critic of this.

Some guys have mentioned it, but not everything on offense and defense was showcased. I'm looking forward to seeing more in the fall.

Cyrus Moss...I'm glad you brought home up. In Guidry's scheme, Moss can be highly effective. Sure, he needs to gain weight, but he has speed, length, and as someone else mentioned, he can play in space.

There's alot of young talent all over the field. These guys and the vets needs reps in thr new system, and depth needs to come along.

The team isn't there yet, but this season should be light years ahead of last year.

Any word on Cohen or Cooper? I'm sure they were more or less held out for precautionary reasons unrelated to ant serious injury.
 
You can already see the talent difference between the old guard and the Mario recruits. Most pleasant surprise was Emory. Now I’m not sure if it’s because he actually looked that good or that he looked good in comparison to Brown. Either way, for a kid that should still be in HS, it was a promising start. Think Guidry will turn Moss into a monster in this defense.
 
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IMO, we should move Jaden Harris to Outside CB (either Field or Boundary), then move DP Jr to Inside Nickel Corner.

Add a Safety to pair up with Kam & use James Will as a Hybrid/STAR.

Add a Speedster WR to go with Young, X & George

Add 2 OL’s (OT & OG)

Add as many DT’s as we can find.

Another RB would be nice for insurance in case Chaney gets hurt again, but I wanna see what we got with Chris Johnson Jr, his speed & sprinter stride are unreal. Use him as the change of pace back & as a receiver out of the backfield on Screens & flat routes & we might have ourselves a real weapon.
 
Memnon said:
IMO, we should move Jaden Harris to Outside CB (either Field or Boundary), then move DP Jr to Inside Nickel Corner.

Add a Safety to pair up with Kam & use James Will as a Hybrid/STAR.

Add a Speedster WR to go with Young, X & George

Add 2 OL’s (OT & OG)

Add as many DT’s as we can find.

Another RB would be nice for insurance in case Chaney gets hurt again, but I wanna see what we got with Chris Johnson Jr, his speed & sprinter stride are unreal. Use him as the change of pace back & as a receiver out of the backfield on Screens & flat routes & we might have ourselves a real weapon.
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Any thoughts on Fletcher?

Aside from blocking, which can be an issue, I think running back is one of those positions where a freshman can come in and have some impact.
 
George definitely looks to be a rotational piece (as presently constructed), and the TD was impressive, though props to DVD for dropping it in a bucket. Joseph, on the other hand, had the deep shot late, but perhaps more impressive was the SEPERATION on the out cuts. Lord knows that's been an issue. And dynamic operating in space. I'd be looking to fast-track Ray Ray.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Oh, one more thing to add:

The singular goal of spring is to not get anyone seriously injured. That’s all. The rest is all fluff. This is a great post and great thread, but in reality, none of this matters at all. The literal only thing that determines if you had a successful spring or not is did you have anyone get hurt?

And I don’t think anybody was injured at any point in spring that would jeopardize their fall participation. Because of that, this spring session was a massive success.
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This right here. The rest is merely message board banter…

Let’s go!
 
Fly1 said:
Thanks D

Alot of depth issues will be gone by the fall.

I hate to say it, but Manny did Miami no favors when it came to recruiting alot of positions and its showing up now. I was a big critic of this.

Some guys have mentioned it, but not everything on offense and defense was showcased. I'm looking forward to seeing more in the fall.

Cyrus Moss...I'm glad you brought home up. In Guidry's scheme, Moss can be highly effective. Sure, he needs to gain weight, but he has speed, length, and as someone else mentioned, he can play in space.

There's alot of young talent all over the field. These guys and the vets needs reps in thr new system, and depth needs to come along.

The team isn't there yet, but this season should be light years ahead of last year.

Any word on Cohen or Cooper? I'm sure they were more or less held out for precautionary reasons unrelated to ant serious injury.
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Great to know Dawson has a hidden playbook. Those always come in handy…
 
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