Dana had specific instructions on how he wanted routes run. When it came to catching, technique etc, it was Baby J all the way. Corbin, in some ways, reminds me of Donny Avery who also had a a problem dropping the ball which Baby J fixed well enough to get him drafted.
Think i read Baby J is coaching in the new AAF league
So he just ran into bunch of luck catching 10 TD to lead the Team. So DEriq purposely bypassed others so Corbin could somehow get open and catch the ball and miraculously get into the end zone. Ok then!
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lol at CMA going anywhere.
Not sure if it was pure luck but every time he made a catch I breathed a sigh of relief. I think Lawdog’s point is that some coaches have zero tolerance for drops and Corbin did have a lot of critical, drive killing drops this year. Others had drops too, and I don’t know if “drops” is a stat anyone keeps up with so I can’t say if he lead the team or not.
But my point I guess is that if we lose a game we remember the drops. If we win, we tend to forget the drops. Funny, isn’t it.
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Agree on him having too many drops this year. Again these are College players looking to hopefully improve on their abilities. My point was that this team doesn’t have bunch 4-5 Star Receiver’s hanging around the Scout team or even backups for that matter. I thought that was very disparaging remark about Corbin. Thought it wasn’t allowed here when it came to players. Who knows!
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Definitely get that sentiment. He’s talented but nothing like Vasher at Tech or Proche at SMU. But he seems to lack focus and appears lackadaisical. He’s like the last guy you would want making a key 3rd down catch in traffic. I’d be more than fine with Stevenson, Lark, and Smith starting.
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None of those guys proved they had better hands, and Corbin’s production should speak for itself. I’m not sure Dana would put someone else on the feild, I think he would just get Corbin to focus more.
Or Dortch at Wake Forest. If we play them in a bowl, he’ll burn us all day!
Man, I hate myself for this suggestion, but what about…gulp…Todd Graham for DC. Yep, the Toad himself.
Graham was a DC before becoming a head coach and is known for running a vary aggressive blitzing style that tended to be all or nothing at times (especially towards the end of his tenure at ASU). However, he was a hard-nosed DC who preached aggressiveness and had success with it.
He was also Rice’s head coach the year Applewhite was OC there, so they have history. He can recruit Texas and he’s still relatively young. He’s out of work, but was supposedly a finalist for the Kansas head job. Would he do CMA a favor and come back?
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If we can look the other way with Briles as our OC, I can’t say the toad would have been our most stomach turning hire to date.
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It would be one of those “he’s a douche, but he’s our douche” type hires if he succeeds.
He was a former DB (not that kind of DB), and DB coach and we need all the help we can get at that position next year.
Plus, if he somehow stayed until 2020, the game with Rice could be fun as I’m sure the MOB would have something ready to go for that one.
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Graham has done some fantastic coaching in the past getting his defense up for big games. He would be a real firecracker compared to Applewhite’s DC of the past two years.
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Good route runner, and gets in good position to catch the ball…just sometimes he drops them…at critical times. Got better near the end.
I like it.
I hated playing against him, meaning he was doing something right.
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I will agree he is a DB!
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He’s a good coach, we hated him because he was good. We hated him because he treats his employers and his players like crap. However, he gets results.
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Seems the great coordinators get wasted by becoming HCs. The right HC recognizes abilities that make great OCs and DCs but are not necessarily either themselves.
Managers like black and white, yes/no, one or the other type decisions and are often averse to details. Great analytical minds on the other hand devise solutions for defenses and offenses, tend to be creative, and are continually aware of details/variables that escape the tunnel vision of a great manager.
imo the deal is we need both types of heads and all in between to make a great team. Reference somebody’s post saying Sumlin was an order and discipline and organization guy. Herman was a marketer/hype creator with a con-man sort of slime quality, if you will.
Then there’s the emotional/personal “likeability”/“It” factor element… all of the above and more components. You can tell I tend to be the analytical, admittedly not likely a manager. At least I don’t like many of the things a manager must do.
I like to think outside the box aka a drop back a few yards and look at a bigger picture,
Your explanation of why sounds plausible but I don’t know football/coaches.
Sometimes you have to take the bad (whatever it might be in his case) to get the good.
People change, hopefully improving as they move through careers.
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I don’t think Graham would be interested though. Unlike Pelini, Graham can go and be a successful HC at a smaller program. He has that kind of skill set.