Taj was talented but undisciplined. Bad drops, bad attitude. That's on Dino to fix and he didn't. Devito got him the ball more than once it just went plop into the turf. To think we shouldn't be able to compete with anyone in our conference is a defeatist attitude and means you either think we need to drop to G5 or take our place with Kansas and Rutgers. No thanks. I'll keep demanding more as a fan.
Taj is a good receiver, plain and simple. If you want to nit-pick drops then let’s talk about the drops Flowers has had this year.
None of them would play over Ishmael, Estime, or Phillips who were recruited bye the previous staff.
Yes reading comprehension is hard, we had 20 WR’s and 12 O Linemen but you ignore that and compare us to Alabama’s depth instead lol
A good WR will still show his talent despite QB. See FR Ishmael with AJ Long throwing to him. See Mike Williams with ARob throwing to him.
The biggest recent example of a good QB making a difference on a WR was the difference in Sean Riley from Junior to Senior year. Going from Dungey to Devito made him look like he forgot how to play. I agree with others that QB/OL has been the biggest issue in the passing game the past couple of years, think our WR's are good enough.
What about wake?
“Hyperbole” it’s a pretty commonly used rhetorical device to express the magnitude of difference between two loosely correlated things.
I’m not sure how you could possibly make that second point and completely ignore how a bad QB can limit the success of good WRs. If you can’t get the ball near the hands of your receivers, it’s hard to see how anyone could have success no matter their skill level.
Experience? Good luck? Striking gold on a couple guys over the last 3-4 years? I mean let’s not pretend wake is some perennial contender. They have some distinct advantages compared to Syracuse including better local talent and superior academics but they also are on a relative upswing from the very late 2000s to now following (with some pretty bad seasons in there) following nearly 30 years of irrelevancy. So when Syracuse was successful and northeast powers were possible, they were dreadful, this is a opposite side of that.
Again see Ishmael and Mike Williams. You cannot get worse QBs and they still produced. Would that production have been better with a good QB? Of course. But even with a bad QB they shined. Our current WRs haven't come close to shining. Plus, if we had a good WR Shrader would look better. You don't get back to back low passing games with a good WR. Doesn't matter who is QB.
You’re right the roster wasn’t maxed out so why not pick up a few 2 star or unranked O linemen? You say we can’t get quality depth but how about just having depth in general? We couldn’t even practice because we didn’t have a full ones and twos.
JB is a top 5, 10 college hoops coach of all time. He also has four of his eight that play from upstate NY
Oh I agree, JB is top 10 all time. But he still gets and always has gotten recruits to come here regardless of the weather and academic requirements.JB is a top 5, 10 college hoops coach of all time. He also has four of his eight that play from upstate NY
Wake has no advantages over us they are I believe the smallest p5 school that plays football. They virtually have no history and it's an extremely difficult school to get into. They found the perfect coach for them. There is no reason we can't be doing what they are.
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And where do those 27 in state kids fall in the recruiting ranking? They were the only Acc school behind us in the Acc recruiting rankings last year.
Their helmets are cool. Their mascot looks like a guy caught on to Catch a Predator. He's creepy as he'll.
