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Coach Macho said:
But he's doing the exact same things as an OLB right now.
On Friday he rushed the passer AND dropped into coverage a bunch. (which is what you'd ask an OLB to do)

Guidry is using Moss and Kelly as hybrid DE/OLB type players.
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I haven’t re-watched the game, and I may not, after all, it’s a sloppy practice game, (ike pretty much every spring game), but the few times I focused in on him on Friday he didn’t have his hand in the dirt.
 
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DTP said:
Most modern offenses employ what's called a zone blocking scheme. Simply put, linemen don't have assigned players to block, they have assigned zones and you're always blocking in the direction the play is going. Example: you're a center and the play is designed to go right. You fire off at a 45* angle to the right and block whoever is occupying that zone. If the defense doesn't have someone in that gap, you move to the next level. The running back doesn't run through a designated hole, he runs in the direction the play is supposed to go (inside the tackles for IZ and outside the tackle for OZ) and can chose where to attack a crease. It's really the basis for most spread offense running games and the entire running game is built around this basic concept.
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Many thanks…
 
Lance Roffers said:
Mauigoa was #2 on film to me and he looks ready to go as a freshman as well. Imagine Miami landing an actual blue chip OL who lives up to the billing. I know recruiting sites call anyone a 4-star a blue chip player, but that's not my definition. My definition is a player that blue chip programs are fighting for. Mauigoa and Bain fit that bill.
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When I read that, Donaldson and Symonette came to mind.
 
What's the impact on recruiting, if any, when Ohio St draws 75,000 for their Spring game and we draw a very small fraction of that? I know Broward was flooded but ...
 
Dwinstitles said:
Yea u can tell the new kids coming in look different. Evals seem to be better than what we have had in a long time. Was super excited for Ray Ray and he showed me why. Can't wait to see Chris Johnson
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Ray Ray and Robby were the two most explosive guys in south Florida this year. They should look different.

Love that we are prioritizing those players. George will be solid by the end of his career but we are getting back to fielding a team full of game breakers.
 
Something I deeply appreciated about this year's spring game vs years past is that Dawson's offense looked exactly like I thought it would based on the film I watched of Houston and Southern Miss.

Like no excuses or rationalizing had to be made "oh that's not the REAL offense bro, we're saving the playbook for FSU bro".

I have preached the #1 thing I personally look for in an OC is, does he have an identity? And the Shannon Dawson offended I watched at UH was much the same as the one I saw at the spring game. And that's a big step forward, IMO.
 
TruCane81 said:
Ray Ray and Robby were the two most explosive guys in south Florida this year. They should look different.

Love that we are prioritizing those players. George will be solid by the end of his career but we are getting back to fielding a team full of game breakers.
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They are both fast asf but Ray Ray has that frame and that first step giddy that makes him different imo. Not saying that Robby is trash but Ray Ray seems different.
 
ghost2 said:
Something I deeply appreciated about this year's spring game vs years past is that Dawson's offense looked exactly like I thought it would based on the film I watched of Houston and Southern Miss.

Like no excuses or rationalizing had to be made "oh that's not the REAL offense bro, we're saving the playbook for FSU bro".

I have preached the #1 thing I personally look for in an OC is, does he have an identity? And the Shannon Dawson offended I watched at UH was much the same as the one I saw at the spring game. And that's a big step forward, IMO.
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I made the joke a while back that Dawson’s offense would look “chocolate” (opposite of vanilla) in the spring game and he didn’t disappoint. No more “spread coast” or “pro spread” nonsense. No more “I hope he tailors the offense around the talent”.

I know there’s more wrinkles and we’ll likely see more tempo during the season but what we saw in the spring game is essentially what we’re going to see in the fall.
 
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hotshot said:
We really don't know who TVD is. The player who posted those big numbers two years ago, or the lumbering, average-looking QB whose "down" games last season can't all be attributed to the OL, the receivers, etc.
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He had a lot of things working against him last year. All of our QBs looked like *** in Gattis’s scheme and the OL was a turnstile. He’s going back to a scheme that is more similar to the one he thrived in 2 years ago. He may not be the first round draft pick we thought we were seeing his Freshman year but I’ll be genuinely surprised if he’s the reason we’re losing games this year.
 
This team will look completely different in the fall. We'll be adding anywhere between ~20-25 guys that weren't on the field in the spring (injuries, transfers, fall arrivals, etc.). We also got to see some major flashes of talent from young guys.

All in all, I believe that this will end up being a 7-8 win team, assuming that TVD remains healthy for the year. There'll be some solid development and flashes here and there. Still believe we won't be in the conversation (being seriously considered in playoff contention) or turn the corner nationally till Year 4. We still need 2-3 more classes to get there. However, if we're able to pull off overall 9-win seasons over the next two years, it'd be the first time we'd done it since 2016-2017 and only the second time since the early 2000s. Need to hit those markers.
 
Coach Macho said:
I'm always a fan of any DC who looks for opportunities to send additional pressure while simultaneously having "guardrails" in place.

With the QB's being "no contact" I think people might be under estimating how many sacks we would've had Friday. Plenty of times where our QB's would've been hit in the face but were allowed to throw instead.
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Manuela's D had guardrails too, they just couldn't tackle.

Are we seeing a difference in tackling with this group??
 
Empirical Cane said:
Manuela's D had guardrails too, they just couldn't tackle.

Are we seeing a difference in tackling with this group??
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Nah brother. I watched Baker give a clinic on their defense while at Miami.

They called them "void zone pressures".
In other words, they would leave zones completely open (void) in order to send extra pressure and bank on the QB not seeing the void and/or making an accurate throw.

The film that they showed us was FILLED with wide open receivers. It was so bad that people in the clinic were looking around at each other like "is this guy serious?"
They actually used "highlights" with QB's missing throws to open WR's.

Remember when simple 5 yard throws would turn into 20 yard gains? Welp...


Guidry ain't leaving any zones open.
 
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Coach Macho said:
"...They called them "void zone pressures".
In other words, they would leave zones completely open (void) in order to send extra pressure and bank on the QB not seeing the void and/or making an accurate throw.

The film that they showed us was FILLED with wide open receivers. It was so bad that people in the clinic were looking around at each other like "is this guy serious?"
They actually used "highlights" with QB's missing throws to open WRs..."
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Senor!!!!

Please tell us this isn't true. Please tell us there was competence in strategy.

Por favor senor.

That sounds like ******* malpractice meng.
 
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k9cane said:
And to be fair, as I mentioned in another thread, with his style of play, non-contact scrimmage settings for a guy like Jacurri aren't really fair. It's like asking a boxer to not throw jabs during a fight. His game is based on athleticism and setting things up with his threat to run.
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True. His most important developmental point will be learning to get his feet and hips and shoulders aligned when he transitions from pass to run back to pass again, and a "non-contact" scrimmage isn't really the thing for that. He needs live bullets to work on his issues.

What you know (and a lot of other people don't) is that there was a scrimmage before Saturday that was open to former players, etc., and that was one where TVD had one of his worst performances of the spring. It sucks that Jacurri had his worst day of the spring on the last day of the spring, but it happens. Some of the hard-heads will argue that you can't have your worst performance when the lights are brightest, but anyone comparing the Spring game to actual games is just nuts.

Jacurri still needs work. In an ideal situation, we can take the pressure off and give him a redshirt year if we can get someone in the Portal.
 
Ironmanfootball said:
He played baseball like 7 years ago as a junior in HS, that counts right? Multi-sport we're acting like he's Charlie Ward or some chit.
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He was a HS junior seven years ago? Man, he's old...

The point is not about whether he is an MLB-draft-level baseball talent. The point is that he learned different throwing angles from playing baseball. Nobody is under the delusion that TVD will be drafted by an MLB team.
 
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