What do you all make of Pickett's fake slide?

[Suhrthing]

Wake coach: Pitt QB's fake slide a slippery slope

After his Wake Forest defense was victimized by a fake slide from Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, Demon Deacons coach Dave Clawson thinks the NCAA should outlaw such a move.

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Clawson is a bit salty about it:

"If that is the rule, I will just have my guy fake knee all the way down the field, and really, what do you do?" Clawson said. "So it's something the NCAA is going to have to look at, and you know, you can't fake a slide."

"You just train your players, as soon as your quarterback starts sliding, you stop because if you touch him it's going to be a penalty," Clawson said. "He started his slide, and our kids stopped playing. I don't think he did it intentionally, but if he did, he's brilliant. I just think he reacted as an athlete. But what do you tell your players? The quarterback is protected, and there are two guys there who could have made a play but stopped playing because he started to slide."

"Yeah, it was intentional," said Pickett, the ACC Player of the Year who accounted for three touchdowns Saturday night. "I just kind of started slowing down and pulling up and getting ready to slide and I just kind of saw their body language and they just pulled up as well. ... I have never done that before. I just kind of kept going after I initially started to slide."

I think you play to the whistle, but I can see where penalties and injuries could result from if it became normal.

 

[DTP]

Yeah, they have to outlaw that sort of thing. The slide is to protect the player. Once you start the motion, that’s it. You’re down

 

[Mr. Dynasty1]

Def a smart play by him. He needs to be mad at his players. You make sure he goes down

 

[407cane]

I actually agree with him. It's BS

they are making this flag football and the players would have been ejected in the biggest game of their lives had they even touched the dude if he slid so he can fake it and keep running? nah

 

[WhatTheHell]

If they don't outlaw it QBs are just going to start getting nailed.

 

[Kjdcanefan]

Taking advantage of the "unable to hit a sliding qb" rule.

 

[Cribby]

Yeah, they have to outlaw that sort of thing. The slide is to protect the player. Once you start the motion, that’s it. You’re down

Personal foul and back that **** up. Same thing with acting like you’re going out of bounds. Defenses are already f’d , they need some kind of break

 

[Tru C]

I would have told my players if he does it again to take his head off.

 

[Zombie-Cane]

Totally smart move, but it needs to be banned, otherwise you have to let the D take their heads off.

 

[scrantoncane]

The fake slide shouldn’t be legal

I don’t think Pickett was trying to fake a slide; I think he was about to slide, and saw he had space to run.

But you can’t neuter these defenders, and at the same time let offensive players do this stuff. Not fair.

 

[MiamiVice7]

I actually agree with him. It's BS

they are making this flag football and the players would have been ejected in the biggest game of their lives had they even touched the dude if he slid so he can fake it and keep running? nah

 

[Yoyo423]

It was a BS play. Should have been blown dead as soon as he dragged his foot. Just like a fair catch.

A fake fair catch is a penalty right?

 

[Empirical Cane]

Total garbage move that isn't as funny as the announcers/media have made it.

If you are a DC, tell your players "open season"*.



*obviously won't work penalties wise

 

[pianojib]

Need to stop this ASAP, defensive players are already pulling up. Now they have to wonder if a QB is going to slide. Stop this ASAP.

 

[Empirical Cane]

If they don't outlaw it QBs are just going to start getting nailed.

as they should.

 

[dk72]

Wake coach: Pitt QB's fake slide a slippery slope

After his Wake Forest defense was victimized by a fake slide from Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, Demon Deacons coach Dave Clawson thinks the NCAA should outlaw such a move.

www.espn.com

Clawson is a bit salty about it:






I think you play to the whistle, but I can see where penalties and injuries could result from if it became normal.

It should be the same as a fair catch signal. Soon as you start, play is over.

 

[da truth]

Yeah, they have to outlaw that sort of thing. The slide is to protect the player. Once you start the motion, that’s it. You’re down

He’s going to get hit on actual slides in bowl game after doing that yesterday

 

[canes1996]

Only legal if TVD does it. Lol

 

[orange&green84]

I actually agree with him. It's BS

they are making this flag football and the players would have been ejected in the biggest game of their lives had they even touched the dude if he slid so he can fake it and keep running? nah

I’m with this. Players are taught once the QB starts to slide, don’t hit him. You can’t even breathe on a Qb. So yeah that was bull****

 

[nobeastofburden]

They had the referee guru on and he said it will absolutely be addressed. First time he had ever seen it, he wasn't amused.