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Caliknight

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MikeR0102 said:
Depends on what you want back there. If you want a guy who can make plays in the return game, then yeah. If you want a guy who can fair catch the ball and we can try to go all out block, I would say Tsimis is the best option.
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Again, that the problem. Harris is not a real playmaker. On our team he is. On most other teams he is the baseball player that they allowed to walk on. A team with any talent there has a real game breaker returning punts. We don't.
 
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I can't understand why we try to run this offense with Laviano. It just looks ridiculous when he runs.
 
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bitnez

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Caliknight said:
Again, that the problem. Harris is not a real playmaker. On our team he is. On most other teams he is the baseball player that they allowed to walk on. A team with any talent there has a real game breaker returning punts. We don't.
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No one is saying we have talent. We're saying that when you know you have no talent it's up to the coaches to at least teach kids how to play correctly. Mental mistakes have no bearing on someone's physical ability
 
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bitnez said:
No one is saying we have talent. We're saying that when you know you have no talent it's up to the coaches to at least teach kids how to play correctly. Mental mistakes have no bearing on someone's physical ability
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Making the right decision is part of being a talented football player. They have probably went over that a hundred times. But the player can't execute.

I saw that exact pkay in the last Clemson game. Is Swiney a bad coach?
 
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Caliknight said:
Making the right decision is part of being a talented football player. They have probably went over that a hundred times. But the player can't execute.

I saw that exact pkay in the last Clemson game. Is Swiney a bad coach?
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There is a pattern of mental mistakes on this team; that's coaching. But, I made my point. We simply disgaree. I'm moving on
 
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So all we do is run the ball, including the quarterback and we have to play Laviano? So frustrating to watch and please dont tell me coaches know best in all things.

Two people in the backfield and one of them is not Hicks? If you gonna do that let's not have Harris be the other person will put it with one back there .
 
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Caliknight said:
Again, that the problem. Harris is not a real playmaker. On our team he is. On most other teams he is the baseball player that they allowed to walk on. A team with any talent there has a real game breaker returning punts. We don't.
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By your definition, we have had very few playmakers over the last 15 years. I don't know how good Harris is yet, but I think he can be a productive player for us in several phases of the game. Either way, lack of playmakers comes back to Flood's inability to land a single WR recruit in the 2014 class after having 3 good ones all decommit.
 
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I think Rutgers outplayed them in the game so far.
Win the turnover battle and the team should win.

Laviano had a good dive and threw it out the window with the fumble...
 
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Then Chris makes the wrong read on the zone read and gives the ball to his HB with a stonewall of defenders in front of him.
 
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Coaches are really dropping the ball. Sure, having football IQ = talent. No disputing that. Our ace special teams guy is hurt. The backups are not nearly as good. He fumbled. Fine.

But for Laviano to still be out here is just a slap in the face to those who give a **** about this program. Please Ash, I beg you. Start and play a different QB other then Chris Laviano.
 
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