Watching some old videos of Ahmmon Richards....FSU

[troyskiles]

Man, sucks his career was cut short. I think he could have easily been one of our all time greats. He was a beast as a Frosh and early in his Soph. season.
Imagine that WR room with that bad *** in it!

 

[pcitycane]

Yep

 

[troyskiles]

and I miss Honey Nut.

 

[TC@ne]

Was at the game, he was open the entire game against McFadden.

Had Richt actually let Malik throw to the open man, Ahmmon would have had at least 12 receptions.

 

[JgDaCane]

I actually think he was going to be one of those guys that were kinda under the radar in college & blew up in the NFL due to better QB play. Sad stuff. Gets alot of flack for being injury prone but he fought there many of those & gave us his all. Heartbreaking he’ll never get to live out his dream. Wish him the absolute best.

 

[TruCane81]

Was at the game, he was open the entire game against McFadden.

Had Richt actually let Malik throw to the open man, Ahmmon would have had at least 12 receptions.

I have suspected part of Malik’s struggles were fighting against his eyes to think through Richt’s progression.

He alluded to this in an interview saying he would get reprimanded in practice on completed passes.

Can you add any details to your statement?

 

[jjjrcanes]

Man, sucks his career was cut short. I think he could have easily been one of our all time greats. He was a beast as a Frosh and early in his Soph. season.
Imagine that WR room with that bad *** in it!

You could have easily said watching the 2 guys on the front of the clip! Barrios probably played his best game against F$Who! AR82 was just a dog in that game too especially with that decleate! Guy was not afraid to lay it out on blocks. Barrios and Richards save that game for us!

 

[TC@ne]

I have suspected part of Malik’s struggles were fighting against his eyes to think through Richt’s progression.

He alluded to this in an interview saying he would get reprimanded in practice on completed passes.

Can you add any details to your statement?

Just exactly what you said. Richt wanted the QB to go through progressions and reads as he instructed, as if it was the only right way.

Malik and any other QB were taught just because there’s an open man doesn’t mean it’s the right read. To a point, that makes sense, but Richt didn’t believe in exceptions.

In regards to Ahmmon, if you somehow found tape of 2017 vs FSU, watch him and he’ll be open at least 8/9 times he wasn’t even targeted. And I mean OPEN. It was killing me considering how bad the offense looked for the first 45 minutes of the game.

 

[TruCane81]

Just exactly what you said. Richt wanted the QB to go through progressions and reads as he instructed, as if it was the only right way.

Malik and any other QB were taught just because there’s an open man doesn’t mean it’s the right read. To a point, that makes sense, but Richt didn’t believe in exceptions.

In regards to Ahmmon, if you somehow found tape of 2017 vs FSU, watch him and he’ll be open at least 8/9 times he wasn’t even targeted. And I mean OPEN. It was killing me considering how bad the offense looked for the first 45 minutes of the game.

Good stuff.

In Malik’s first start in the Duke miracle game, he played well as a redshirt freshman on the road against a ranked team.

He had accuracy issues on some throws, but he was very decisive and threw some quick strikes. Some of the completions were ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. He even hit the tight end in stride over the middle of the field that was a no fly zone under Richt.

Coley settled him in with screen passes and some qb runs and he had his most efficient game under really tough circumstances.

I knew he was no Heisman winner, but he was obviously a serviceable qb. Under Richt he had the deer in the headlights look that didn’t match the icy play he had shown. When just cut loose to play, he would get the ball out fast and had a lot of poise. No thinking, just see and strike.

I felt like he saw the open play at the snap because he often seemed to get the pre snap diagnosis right and they always talked about how he got them into the right play during spring and summer of 2018.

Imagine reading the play and knowing where to go with the ball before it’s snapped, then having to ignore what you saw and think your way through your coach’s rigid interpretation of a play.

No wonder the kid fell apart.