Trueblue25
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After watching our defense vs Clemson, what is the actual size of the talent gap at Syracuse?
The score didn’t reflect the competitiveness of most of the game. Another year, another inspiring performance by the defense squandered by an epic collapse from
the O.
Except this time, Cisco/Trill/Coley were not names in the box score. We were missing 3 of our top veterans. Who took their place?
Ja’had Carter. FR
Rob Hanna. FR
Aman Greenwood. R FR
They’re undersized, because they’re freshmen. But wow these kids have game.
Garrett Williams, Mikel Jones, Geoff Cantin Arku, Marlowe Wax, Stef Thompson. All younger names all consistently impressing.
These kids will get bigger in the offseason, and will form the core of a top ACC unit in years to come especially if Trill’s back.
The gap I see on D is on the line, but we are building depth slowly. We’d benefit a lot from
any of Bear, Josh, Kingsley deciding to come back. I don’t see it happening though, it’s a lot to ask of a kid.
On O, admittedly I’m hesitant here. There’s a clear gap, mostly because of depth, at QB. Thats inarguable. We do not have serviceable backups, period. Hopefully we bring in competition from the portal alongside Lamson. I want to see Tommy healthy and back, but he and the team only benefit from competition in camp.
WR. The drops and mental errors are frustrating. Very frustrating. I’d LOVE if Erv or Alec came back to help the staff and show these kids the attitude and effort you need to be successful on an every down basis. I think Queeley has “it”. Im impressed with EH’s size, control and ability to play over the coverage. We havent had that since Custis. Im confused why Courtney’s not gotten more looks in the slot, or maybe Lutz too. NJ’s improved, and he’d be up there with Harris in yards and TD’s if he’d just fine tune the mental errors. Drops on slants that’d lead to firsts or more cannot happen in our offense. It just cannot.
I think size and athleticism wise, the gaps closing at WR. Be it coaching or dedication to craft, my question lies in development.
RB and TE are A-OK.
The OL, the lack of spring practices killed us, and the injuries are unreal. We have size and experience coming back. Cav’s done a good job recruiting and rebuilding the foundation for coming years. It’s on the coaches to revisit our conditioning, nutrition and rehabilitation approaches, this amount of injuries does not just happen. I think OL’s more about experience and coaching rather than pure talent or upside. So remains to be seen here.
All in all, I see the “talent” situation improving.
People need to remind themselves of the injuries, opt outs and transfers/program drops.
Rewatch UNC and Clemson. The talent is absolutely building. Now we need to figure out the DL, QB and keeping the hippos healthy.
The score didn’t reflect the competitiveness of most of the game. Another year, another inspiring performance by the defense squandered by an epic collapse from
the O.
Except this time, Cisco/Trill/Coley were not names in the box score. We were missing 3 of our top veterans. Who took their place?
Ja’had Carter. FR
Rob Hanna. FR
Aman Greenwood. R FR
They’re undersized, because they’re freshmen. But wow these kids have game.
Garrett Williams, Mikel Jones, Geoff Cantin Arku, Marlowe Wax, Stef Thompson. All younger names all consistently impressing.
These kids will get bigger in the offseason, and will form the core of a top ACC unit in years to come especially if Trill’s back.
The gap I see on D is on the line, but we are building depth slowly. We’d benefit a lot from
any of Bear, Josh, Kingsley deciding to come back. I don’t see it happening though, it’s a lot to ask of a kid.
On O, admittedly I’m hesitant here. There’s a clear gap, mostly because of depth, at QB. Thats inarguable. We do not have serviceable backups, period. Hopefully we bring in competition from the portal alongside Lamson. I want to see Tommy healthy and back, but he and the team only benefit from competition in camp.
WR. The drops and mental errors are frustrating. Very frustrating. I’d LOVE if Erv or Alec came back to help the staff and show these kids the attitude and effort you need to be successful on an every down basis. I think Queeley has “it”. Im impressed with EH’s size, control and ability to play over the coverage. We havent had that since Custis. Im confused why Courtney’s not gotten more looks in the slot, or maybe Lutz too. NJ’s improved, and he’d be up there with Harris in yards and TD’s if he’d just fine tune the mental errors. Drops on slants that’d lead to firsts or more cannot happen in our offense. It just cannot.
I think size and athleticism wise, the gaps closing at WR. Be it coaching or dedication to craft, my question lies in development.
RB and TE are A-OK.
The OL, the lack of spring practices killed us, and the injuries are unreal. We have size and experience coming back. Cav’s done a good job recruiting and rebuilding the foundation for coming years. It’s on the coaches to revisit our conditioning, nutrition and rehabilitation approaches, this amount of injuries does not just happen. I think OL’s more about experience and coaching rather than pure talent or upside. So remains to be seen here.
All in all, I see the “talent” situation improving.
People need to remind themselves of the injuries, opt outs and transfers/program drops.
Rewatch UNC and Clemson. The talent is absolutely building. Now we need to figure out the DL, QB and keeping the hippos healthy.
