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  • Re: Zack Zoo

    He's a true freshman, for cryin' out loud! And at least one of those penalties were bs. I was pretty impressed with his aggressive style of play.

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  • allwillbeorange said...

    He's a true freshman, for cryin' out loud! And at least one of those penalties were bs. I was pretty impressed with his aggressive style of play.

    You mean the aggressive style of play that helped gash us for 721 yards against Troy at home?? Being aggressive doesn't mean anything on defensive, especially if you have no discipline or communication between players.

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  • g8terh8ter_eric said...

    You mean the aggressive style of play that helped gash us for 721 yards against Troy at home?? Being aggressive doesn't mean anything on defensive, especially if you have no discipline or communication between players.

    Dude, that's about like pinning the atrocities at Abu-Gharaib on the lowest rankin private... c'mon man!

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  • This is Dooley's recruiting MO. Like I said when we offered these type of kids are not going to fire up the fans and build excitement for next season.

    We need kids who already have size and speed.

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  • allwillbeorange said...

    Dude, that's about like pinning the atrocities at Abu-Gharaib on the lowest rankin private... c'mon man!

    He got used and abused on Saturday. Gray has no business out there playing right now, because he's not that good. We have been recruiting DBs like crazy, and if Gray is any indication of what kind of play we can expect from the ones they have brought on campus, then Lord help our defense for the next few years. Gray is a guy that has to be recruited over, yet doesn't look like he will be.

    I'm really not trying to bash or bad mouth the kid, but he had no business being out there Saturday, especially based on his performance, and I blame the coaches much more than him for that.

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  • g8terh8ter_eric said...

    He got used and abused on Saturday. Gray has no business out there playing right now, because he's not that good. We have been recruiting DBs like crazy, and if Gray is any indication of what kind of play we can expect from the ones they have brought on campus, then Lord help our defense for the next few years. Gray is a guy that has to be recruited over, yet doesn't look like he will be.

    I'm really not trying to bash or bad mouth the kid, but he had no business being out there Saturday, especially based on his performance, and I blame the coaches much more than him for that.

    I completely disagree with ya here, but we should prolly just leave it at that and move on.

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  • His length at 6-2 and with 4.4 speed fits the description of potential. Taking the ACT in December may indicate why not many teams especially SEC, where it is a bit harder to get in school than some other ptograms, have not offered to date.

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  • You can't coach sub-3.4 speed.

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  • Dooley just wants to give guys opportunities to jump in over their head much like he did 3 years ago. Or was that 2 years ago? All of that "year zero" talk has me as confused as Coiner looked on the sideline in Starkville.

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  • utkdominic said...

    You can't coach sub-3.4 speed.

    That looked pretty obvious Saturday. Just sayin'.

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  • Also I would think this guy was a little more priority if Hinshaw was recruiting him. Hinshaw has an established name and reputation in that state.

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  • tmatthewsVFL said...

    Also I would think this guy was a little more priority if Hinshaw was recruiting him. Hinshaw has an established name and reputation in that state.

    Which brings up and entirely different issue I have with Dooley. Why on Earth do you make you best recruiter your "Recruiting Coordinator", and have him doing the busy work and paper pushing?? That one made no sense. It's why you never saw Thompson as the RC here, in fact, he laughed and politely said no when approached about it.

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  • g8terh8ter_eric said...

    Which brings up and entirely different issue I have with Dooley. Why on Earth do you make you best recruiter your "Recruiting Coordinator", and have him doing the busy work and paper pushing?? That one made no sense. It's why you never saw Thompson as the RC here, in fact, he laughed and politely said no when approached about it.

    Eric, you seem to be good at identifying the problems but don't ever give any solution. What's gonna help fix the problems? (not being a smart a$$, just want to hear what you think will fix it...)

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  • allwillbeorange said...

    Eric, you seem to be good at identifying the problems but don't ever give any solution. What's gonna help fix the problems? (not being a smart a$$, just want to hear what you think will fix it...)

    You put the guys who aren't necessarily the best recruiter as the RC, and let your best recruiters do what they do, recruit. I've never understand why people feel the best recruiter needs to be the RC, especially when those guys are basically the paper pushers for the HC. It's really nothing more than a title honestly, but it can hinder coaches on the trail, depending on what the HC expects from the RC. Look at it like this, compare Darin Hinshaw, pre-RC, to Darin Hinshaw, the RC. There is a big difference in his recruiting, at least to me there is, but that may be linked more to Dooley's probably exit than anything else. It's just my personal speculation.

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  • g8terh8ter_eric said...

    You put the guys who aren't necessarily the best recruiter as the RC, and let your best recruiters do what they do, recruit. I've never understand why people feel the best recruiter needs to be the RC, especially when those guys are basically the paper pushers for the HC. It's really nothing more than a title honestly, but it can hinder coaches on the trail, depending on what the HC expects from the RC. Look at it like this, compare Darin Hinshaw, pre-RC, to Darin Hinshaw, the RC. There is a big difference in his recruiting, at least to me there is, but that may be linked more to Dooley's probably exit than anything else. It's just my personal speculation.

    Understood. And I appreciate the response. I'm not real familiar with the responsibilities there, when it comes to paper pushing and didn't know what all that entailed. Just figured it would be some low-paid underling, pointing out the hot-spots to the coaches. biggrin

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