Man, the guys that can tear it up in both areas do not grow on trees.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Herman needs Oscar Giles to be aces in 2019...)
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That's fair, I'm definitely thinking injuries and miscasting him positionally is a part of it. If the roster is to be believed, him up to 290 evidences his body is being allowed to go where it was heading all along. So I'm finding excuses for his MIA. I think he's just too smart a football player with too unique physical skills to not end up being highly productive, but next year we'll have the definite answer. By the way, I get where you are coming from and think its a reasonable take across the board.
He has struggled with his hand on the ground, which is why they kept moving him to linebacker, despite the fact he couldn't get on the field.
The defense was screaming for help in the pass rush along the line last year and he was a zero impact player in that area.
That's a red alarm going off.
I believe the Defensive Line is going to be every bit as good as last year. Roach and Graham have plenty of experience, great talent, and being upper classmen, their bodies are very developed to go with that talent/experience. With Junior College Jones onboard along with Ojomo, there is talented depth. I expect the Hager position will be upgraded. Wilbon is experienced as well, and backfiling Nelson is not as big of a leap as it was for Nelson backfilling Poona Ford. Add in Coburn as backup, or even Ojomo here and the talent depth is as good as this past year at this position.
My concern for defense is not the DL, but the two LB spots held last year by Johnson and Wheeler, and the Corners losing two experienced seniors as well. Replacing Gary Johnson is gap priority #1 to figure out.
My concern for defense is not the DL, but the two LB spots held last year by Johnson and Wheeler, and the Corners losing two experienced seniors as well. Replacing Gary Johnson is gap priority #1 to figure out.
That’s smug but inaccurate. You used returning sacks and TFLs 2018 v 2019 as the basis for your skepticism. That’s meaningless unless you multiply the 2019 returning stats to correspond to playing time.
I think they just needed to let him get bigger and move him inside. Sort of like when they had Nelson playing end in 2017.
I agree but don't you think Texas is one of the places that should not have to settle with certain deficiencies. I know head coaches love their boys sometimes....but Giles lack of gusto on the recruiting front is not a secret in the coaching world.
anyway I agree big yr for him and drayton.
Okay, generally I agree that Giles is not a Rockstar recruiter, but he does seem to always put a solid product on the field. So, I have to give him the benefit of the doubt on our DL this coming season.
As to the quoted comment above, heading into their senior seasons, respectively, Roach had shown more than Omenihu.
I think the DL will be just fine this year.
That’s why I said it was the wrong question. But I see your point. We can’t be optimistic unless the returning players already have lots of playing time and stats - through which stats you can bank and quantify your optimism. If that’s your measure, you ought to transfer your concerns to cornerback.
You still haven't answered the question.
Yes, I used production as a key point to discussing the questions of this team.
Who asked "Five or more losses this season will result in Herman’s termination?"? That question is SO OFF base. Is this person an aggie poser? Who else would be wondering such a question (and maybe hoping for it)? I am just stunned by it.
I think we should do what Georgetown did with their NIT banner if we win it.
"He made news at the beginning of the 2000-01 season when he hung the Hoyas’ NIT banner above the urinals in the locker room. The motivation worked, as Georgetown went all the way to the Sweet 16. He has also been known to give players who make a mistake on the court a quick hook."
"He made news at the beginning of the 2000-01 season when he hung the Hoyas’ NIT banner above the urinals in the locker room. The motivation worked, as Georgetown went all the way to the Sweet 16. He has also been known to give players who make a mistake on the court a quick hook."
I probably agree with you.
It has to be noted, though, that Graham was not a plus player a year ago. He struggled to rush the passer and at times the coaches preferred to keep running out Hager, despite the fact he wasn't any better.
He's the most bankable player on the line and he's a major question mark at this point.
Hence, the top section.
Here is your production analysis:
“The production of 2018 along the defensive line with the three starters featured a combined 115 tackles, 31 tackles for loss and 12 sacks, which came on the heels of that trio recording a combined 69 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and nine sacks as juniors.
With the departure of that senior trio goes a ton of production and never was the impact of their departures more profound than on the opening week of spring practice when their spots in the line-up were filled with the likes of junior Taquan Graham, senior Gerald Wilbon and senior Malcolm Roach - a trio that combined for a mere 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks in 2018.”
In order to have the meaning you impart to them, these numbers have to be calibrated to relative playing time. You would also need to include the tackles number for the current returners.
I don’t think the gap between roach and omenihu is larger between the Hager and graham.
That sounds a lot like an analysis that would have belonged to Omenihu coming out of his sophomore season.
So, with equal playing time, you are asserting the production would be just as good?
Except he was a sophomore that started the entire season, instead of a reserve that barely played meaningful snaps because of a lack of production.
To compare apples to apples, you’d have to take the 2017 production of Omenihu, Hager and Nelson (69 tackles 19 TFLs and 9 sacks) and adjust the ? tackles, 3.5 TFL and 2 sacks of Graham, Wilbon and Roach upward to correspond to the 2017 playing time for Omenihu, Hager and Nelson versus the 2018 playing time of Graham, Wilbon and Roach.
I’d also like to know the fumbles caused/recovered stats and if bowl games are included because one of the biggest plays of 2018/9 was Graham causing Swift’s fumble in the Sugar Bowl that Wilbon recovered.
My B/S questions never make it. I think they are hard hitting and thought provoking.
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I love both. I want both.My B/S questions never make it. I think they are hard hitting and thought provoking.
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It would be a precise apples to apples comparison. It’s the results of that comparison that we can’t know without someone doing the work.
