Again, hope you’re right. But they haven’t proven it yet. We can hope it’s a unit that our opponents will fear, but what are you basing that on? How do we know Alford is improved? He’s already dropped a wide open ball for 6. And he’s been running wide open, how will he respond when he’s not wide open and the defenders can stay with him? I hope our opponents with fear our group but again, I’m still in wait and see mode.
Huh? Because I’m not going to blindly say this unit is great? Yes I want to see the unit perform against peer competition before I say they’re going to put “fear” in every school we play, what’s wrong with that exactly?
You do realize one of the large parts of the fun of sports is prognosticating. Like markets...
Again, what have they done to show what they’re capable of? They’re running wide open against FCS and low level MAC athletes? I want them to be great as much as anyone but running wide open in glorified scrimmages hasn’t told me anything new. Can they beat peer level athletes off the release? Are they strong enough at the point of catch against peer athletes? Can they create separation on their breaks? We don’t know yet because they haven’t done it yet.
That’s great but I’m not investing in the market, I’m not trying to be ahead of the curve. You only know what you see in football, and the reality of it is we don’t know yet, we don’t have enough information. I’d like to hope this group can be good, I like the athleticism and raw skills of our group and I hope it translates against better competition
I hope you’re right but I’m not willing to say that until I see it. This is the only thing I dislike about this fan base, If you’re not blindly pro Syracuse you’re seen as negative. You can’t even say “Let’s wait and see what they do against better competition” about a group that has a combined career total 1,637 yards, and 723 of those yards are Alford.
Alford's like our 5th most dangerous receiving threat.
He said Alford improving was one of his reasons as to why he thinks this group is going to put fear in our opponents. So I asked him what Alford has done to show he’s improved.
Nothing! He's done nothing! Still all potential, very little real production!
Those guys have a lot of potential, but I’d like to see them against better competition before I say they’ll put fear in our opponents, again, what is wrong with that?
What's wrong with it is it's failing to acknowledge that these guys are making the kinds of plays we're not used to seeing, outside of Gadsden.
He had 13 of 20 catches the last five games last year. He had the third most yards and averaged 21yds per catch.
I’ve acknowledged they’ve looked good the first 2 weeks. But context matters. They’re running wide open in glorified scrimmages against lesser athletes. While it’s great they’re doing that, how will they respond when the defender can jam them at the LOS and isn’t physically outmatched? Can they have consistent success off the release against peer athletes? How will they perform at the point of catch against peer athletes? Can they get consistent separation on routes? We literally do not know because we haven’t seen them do it yet. They looked great against FCS and MAC level players, let’s hope it translates to better competition.
That sounds too smart to be something I would say.
I hope so, would love nothing more.
No sir, never personal. I respect your opinion as I do everyone’s opinion on this board. We’re allowed to have different views or different levels of optimism.
You really need some quality time with that pillowy bosom, boss.
I’ll get some Saturday if I’m lucky.
