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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3527896, member: 40"] [B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Offense[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [LIST] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Positive Surprise[/COLOR][/B] -- Elmore, agree with everything above. This guy is playing his FOURTH position in four years, at a key position that he's [a.] too short for, and [b.] where everyone else has spent their entire career working on technique, and he's holding up. Kid is a major team player for doing whatever the coaches ask, throughout his career. [/LIST] [LIST] [*][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][B]Negative surprise[/B][/COLOR] -- That the coaches were so intent at trying to establish the inside run with Jawhar Jordan. Wrong guy to use in that capacity. Not only does it neutralize his strengths -- i.e., speed and elusiveness, he's too "small" to run inside with a line that hasn't opened many holes. I get that some of it might be RPO decisions by the QB, but they had to get away from that. And it looks like they have, now that Tucker seems to be the bell cow. [/LIST] [B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Defense[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [LIST] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Positive Surprise[/COLOR][/B] -- How well the young talent is playing on the back 7. We are STOCKED at both LB and secondary for several years -- and it shows how well the staff has identified athletes in the last couple of classes, with so many guys -- even true frosh -- who are capable of contributing at a high level. Some of those guys aren't optimized in terms of size / strength yet, but you can still see how well they are stacking up. Glad that our coaching staff has decided to take advantage of this year not burning a year of eligibility to get those guys on the field. [*][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][B]Positive Surprise #2 and #3[/B][/COLOR] -- I'm very impressed with how quickly our staff / players hit the ground running with the 3-3-5. Kudos to them for not needing a transition year [or two] to start using it effectively. And a big part of that is them not giving up big plays anymore -- how many quick scores did we give up the first couple of years under Babers, and last year? Glad that's been cleaned up. [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Negative surprise[/COLOR][/B] -- How poor we are against the run. I believe [hope?] that some of it is technique based, and that we'll do a better job tackling as the year goes on. And I recognize that the 3-3-5 gives up something inside, being down one D-lineman inside. But we have to do better. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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