O Line

[RutherfordBHayes]

As much grief as Hevesy gets, I think he's done a good job of managing whatever personnel he has to work with. Last year, he tinkered with the starting 5, especially moving Jenkins from left tackle to right tackle finally to right guard. The latter half of the season, I think they did well.

In the first quarter vs La Tech, it seems we struggled on that right side. But it seems we shored that up as the game progressed. We even had success running at that right side.

I'll watch the replay but it seems that after the first quarter we were putting one of the big tight ends on that side either beside Reese or off of his hip in the slot. That seemed to make the difference.

 

[57stratdawg]

Did Williams play later in the game? He had a shoulder at one point.

 

[msstatelp1]

This was our first real game so I'm hoping some of the problem was first game jitters.

 

[bulldognation]

Did the low snaps situation get fixed?

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

Did the low snaps situation get fixed?

Seems like it. I forgot to pay attention to it, but I never noticed any. And that's something that stood out against Charleston.
Elgton said that he was aware of the low snaps against Charleston, and he wasn't sure what was happening. But he was afraid to change mechanics mid-game because low snaps were better than snapping over Fitz' head. He said it would be an easy fix.

 

[tcdog70]

Did Cory Thomas get hurt?

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

As much grief as Hevesy gets, I think he's done a good job of managing whatever personnel he has to work with. Last year, he tinkered with the starting 5, especially moving Jenkins from left tackle to right tackle finally to right guard. The latter half of the season, I think they did well.

In the first quarter vs La Tech, it seems we struggled on that right side. But it seems we shored that up as the game progressed. We even had success running at that right side.

I'll watch the replay but it seems that after the first quarter we were putting one of the big tight ends on that side either beside Reese or off of his hip in the slot. That seemed to make the difference.

They definitely improved after the 1st.

I really hope this will give Dan and Hev a clue as to how to start off against LSU. If we start against LSU like we did against La Tech, they'll crush us.

Honestly, (and I REALLY hate to use this phrase) I think the absolute craptastic start, then taking full control of the game experience will be a good thing for this team. We still have a lot of youth on both sides of the ball and this kind of experience can only boost their confidence in themselves and their defense.

I'm really pumped about our defense and its new personality.

I don't really get some of the things I have read on other boards concerning Fitz. It's like they expect him to be Aaron Rodgers at this moment in his development and it kinda pisses me off.

 

[Seinfeld]

I'm glad that Hev was able to find some adjustments that allowed us to motor past Charleston Southern and La Tech, but we're about to really see what we've got this weekend. If we keep Fitz alive after LSU, I'll give the man some credit. However, the concern this year has never really been about the front 5. It's the cliff dive that we'll have if/when a couple of those guys go down.

His complete lack of effort in recruiting should have gotten the man fired or "reassigned" years ago, but as Dan clearly isn't going to do either of those things, I'll just keep hoping that others are able to do his job for him

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

I may be opening myself for criticism, but Hevesy is a good OL coach. Our OL technique is always good, our linemen always improve, we always tweak the lineup to get an effective unit on the field, and always get better as the season progresses.

The problem seems to be only recruiting. I'd like to see what he could do with some 4 star OL.

 

[HotMop]

They need to stop opening up long runs for our RBs and give up shorter runs. ***

 

[jack daniels dog]

The problem seems to be only recruiting. I'd like to see what he could do with some 4 star OL.[/QUOTE]

I'd like a date with Kate Upton, but some things just aren't in the cards in this life....

 

[blacklistedbully]

They need to stop opening up long runs for our RBs and give up shorter runs. ***

No...they need to stop allowing penetration on a high % of plays from over-matched d-lines. The RB's need to continue to try to exploit the holes we should expect from an SEC o-line vs lower-level d-lines as much as possible, and break well past the holes with their ability to break tackles, make moves, use speed, etc.

 

[tired]

They definitely improved after the 1st.

I don't really get some of the things I have read on other boards concerning Fitz. It's like they expect him to be Aaron Rodgers at this moment in his development and it kinda pisses me off.

I don't know what others have said, but at this point in his career, in certain situation he doesn't have to throw the ball 102 mph. I don't expect him to be an NFL QB but I expect him to know this. It Is frustrating to watch that multiple times a game, but he certainly has more positives than negatives.