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Wiley Playing Time

Hurracanes said:
LB needs a serious upgrade and Heatherman needs to do a better job developing his room. How Chase is still on this team is beyond me.
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The last part is a bit extreme, he was our highest grade returning run defender and is stout against the run this year. The problem is pass coverage
 
MizCane said:
I don’t think Mario plays that BS. He needs to make his mark on ST or do more in practice etc. the money these kids are being paid and the stakes on the line favorites aren’t being played only those who earn the time. Hes still young. Samson took 3 years to develop.
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Really why isn’t Wingo starting yet ?
 
NaplesCane said:
So there is freshman players starting on defense and offense and you guys think that he’s not playing because of favoritism. He would be playing if he has earned time to play. Cristobal doesn’t care about seniority. He cares about winning and if Wiley playing would help the team he would be playing.
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Wingo is better than upshaw
 
ADELPHI said:
I hope coaching favoritism and obstinance are not factors here.
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Mario and Hetherman want to win. Whether we agree or disagree with their decisions, those decisions are driven by their desire to win. If they believed Wiley or any other player could help them win, then those players would be playing. Thornton has a nice NIL value, and he wasn't cutting it, and what happened? Right, they sat his *** because he wasn't cutting it.

Toure and Smith have their limitations (that's putting it lightly), but they must be doing something (or the other LBs are ******* up so badly that they can't be trusted) that convinces the coaches to keep putting them out there.

We are scouring the 2027 class for LBs and have more guys coming in than going out, which I think speaks volumes of what the coaches think about what's in that room.

Wiley has been given opportunities to earn playing time. During the spring, they even experimented with him as an edge player like Arvell Reese in order to take advantage of the kid's physical traits. There's a reason we aren't seeing that experiment live on Saturdays.

Wiley and a few others who more than likely will transfer should probably start looking in the mirror and ask themselves if they are doing enough to prove the coaches wrong. None of us know what's going on behind the doors, but if these guys aren't living in the film room, and not maximizing their practice reps then it's on them for why they aren't seeing more opportunities.

We can't point to freshmen snap counts (2nd in the nation) as a positive and then turn around and cry favoritism at the same time. Mario has shown he will play the best guy for the job. Dylan Day was likely thinking he would be a starter or playing starter minutes, but JJ Dunnigan shows up and snatches Day's job and reps. Day hasn't cried online about it, and everything we've heard about Dunnigan is he approaches his preparation like a pro.
 
Definitely need better use of the portal this off-season.

Need at all positions except WR.

QB if there is a clear acquisition available.
 
I don’t know what’s up with the situation here, and will admit that there’s been really poor play from the LBs at times, especially in coverage.

We do play young guys over vets tho. That’s not even up for debate. It’s a head scratcher to say the least because the entire defensive unit has MAs all the time. So not sure what’s the reasoning behind keeping guys from getting burn or not.
 
Memnon said:
0 snaps.
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Flynell7 said:
The last part is a bit extreme, he was our highest grade returning run defender and is stout against the run this year. The problem is pass coverage
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You believe those ratings, I’ll believe what my eyes show me. Dude is too big and slow to play LB. He certainly isn’t a NFL LB. Sure, he’s decent against the run but who cares if you’re that much of a liability on the pass? Then we put Toure and Chase on the field at the same time? OC’s like Petrino are licking their chops.
 
skyman said:
At the very least he can do the same as Chase and Toure in coverage which is nothing.. Let the young guy try, its crazy if he ***** up and probably learn and get experience its like

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But toure 8 years, doing college twice and Chase 6 years and its they have experience so their mistakes are excused
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One problem, take away Toure & Chase & three other LBs get PT. So, Wiley is 6th on depth chart at a position with two guys on the field
 
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