Sounds like Wilson Whitley before UT game in 1976.
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I hope he means Jack Boyz special. That secondary was incredible!
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Just hearing Coach comments is encouraging. Most of here I bet are concerned with DBs, Secondary.
#LetsGo
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He says it is the best he has ever coordinated, not the best that we have ever seen. Jack Boyz were one of the best position groups I have ever witnessed at our school. There ability to generate turnovers was unbelievable. Coach Gibbs.
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Actually, he said itâs the best heâs ever had as coordinator, not the best heâs ever seen. Iâm pretty sure any number of secondaries from LSU could take that title! But VERY encouraging nonetheless.
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Talk about going from the outhouse to the penthouse! This is a huge turnaround from the walking wounded and inexperience players thrown into action we had last season.
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Touche. Edited it.
It was not pretty at times to say the least. Still concerned with Height that I saw starting at DB, one was 5â8", other 5â9". What happens when they have to cover the fade into the EZone with WR 6â3". Oh well Iâm more 1/2 glass full kind of person so lets make it Work!!
This is why I think itâs silly for anyone to make predictions about this yearâs team by pointing to the 4-8 record last year. This yearâs squad is so much more talented and deeper than last yearâs.
height is not as big a deal at the corner spotâŠthere are tons of elite corners thatt are shortâŠmultiple 1st round cbs drafted last year were sub 6ftâŠthere were numerous 5â9 players drafted at cb and 1 5â8 cb (those drafted are eliteâwe dont even need everyone to be elite)
safety is regularly where you need height and we have good height at safety
we really arent undersized at the db unitâŠthe only DB that is really undersized for his position is jovanni stewart.but he is the most accomplished safety on rosterâŠ
and note everyone loved the jackboyzâŠmeasurement wise, the jackboyz had some horrible measurementsâŠwe had multiple 5â9 4.7 40 players starting at safetyâŠherman when he joined houston noted how odd our db unit was measurement wise and hinted he likely wouldnt have recruited them (noting what he wants his dbs to look like when he recruits themâŠdid not match a single safety on roster)
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Idk how to take those comments sometimes. Does that mean our QB canât throw, we canât make the catch, or they are better than the last guys.
Thanks.
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Bingo!
Wow that young man is fast.
And shifty!
In the media set today, Cauthern said, âUp front we are going to be a lot more violent this year.â Music to my ears.
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If they can turn, run, and punch through the catch point without pass interference, then height shouldnât be an issue. There are plenty of prototype DBs who get stacked and then caught on, fitting the typical measurements, but how many shorter guys do you see out there?
I feel like weâre in a new golden age of football where we canât expect the usual. It would be more conducive to develop âfootball playersâ and not guys of a minimum measurement/clock speed. I find it intriguing because you never know what might happen. Makes you root for them more when people say they canât make it happen because they donât fit the prototypical mold.
We ask our guys to be cover corners and I hope we let them get up on the receivers. I was impressed with the North Carolina corners because they were in the receivers grill on most passing downs. Very hard to hit the easy slant route when they are getting bumped hard at the line.
We quibble about our depth, but every team has their shortcomings or a spot where they wish they were deeper. I think we have the pieces to be competitive and now it will be the intangibles like leadership, discipline of assignments, playing within the offense, etc., that will make us have a special season.
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Lets hope it translates into putting pressure on the qb
Another thanks!
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