So A.Williams is now 3rd string...

[fishwater99]

Holloway to start, followed by Shumpert...

"Williams closes out the regular season with the best numbers among running backs, but still not a starter. He’ll likely come off the bench in the St. Petersburg Bowl against Miami (Ohio). Holloway, playing his final game in his hometown no less, is the projected starter. Fellow senior Ashton Shumpert could also get the nod."

 

[Hoover Dawg]

He's just giving props to the seniors, bruh. Don't think so much.

 

[57stratdawg]

He should have averaged 12-15 carries a game this year. He had single digit carries this year in 7 of our first 8 games and it probably cost us a win somewhere along the way.

 

[engie]

Nothing says Fishwater thread like an unattributed Mike Bonner speculation quote...

A quote that, unsurprisingly, is factually incorrect...

ACTUAL St Pete Bowl depth chart

RB 10 Brandon Holloway 5-8 165 Sr.-3L Season-high 80 rush yds vs. UMass ... 226 rush yds, 1 TD in ‘16 ... 6 starts this season ... Missed 4 games
-or- 32 Ashton Shumpert 6-2 218 Sr.-3L Started 4 games this year ... 3rd on team in rushing (255 yds, 54 att., 1 TD) ... Playing his final game
-or- 27 Aeris Williams 6-1 217 So.-1L 2nd in rushing (125 att., 656 yds, 4 TD) ... Career-high 191 yds, 2 TD last gm vs. OM ... Avg. 112.5 rush last 4 gm

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

It cost us 3 games....we win all 3 easy with an established ground game

 

[engie]

He should have averaged 12-15 carries a game this year. He had single digit carries this year in 7 of our first 8 games and it probably cost us a win somewhere along the way.

We were too slow to make the move. One could easily argue a full year too slow. Although Aeris was terrible on blocking and assignments early in this season before becoming a very strong blocker at the end. That said, it seems Mullen should have a difficult time messing up the RB situation going forward.

 

[aTotal360]

I'd expect Holloway and Shump to split the entire first series. ATrain after that with those 2 playing reliever.

 

[AlCoDog]

All you left out was a hevessey dig.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Two things at once may be a little too advanced for him*

*

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

We were too slow to make the move. One could easily argue a full year too slow. Although Aeris was terrible on blocking and assignments early in this season before becoming a very strong blocker at the end. That said, it seems Mullen should have a difficult time messing up the RB situation going forward.

You're going too easy on dan's leadership issues. I don't see how a 200 lb back can be a poorer blocker than a 145 lber. regardless of the size of his heart physics still win. At some point dan has to man up and tell some of these older guys not everyone gets a trophy.

 

[KurtRambis4]

It could possibly

have been a matter of not knowing his assignments, which isn't a physical matter (in a sense) at all.

A-Train may have just not had a grasp of the plays...who he was to block.

 

[fishwater99]

That's never going to happen. Dan loves him some upperclassmen.

 

[engie]

You're going too easy on dan's leadership issues. I don't see how a 200 lb back can be a poorer blocker than a 145 lber. regardless of the size of his heart physics still win. At some point dan has to man up and tell some of these older guys not everyone gets a trophy.

Aeris would go the wrong way routinely on assignments early on. I missed where I'm "going too easy on Mullen" -- of course -- I never wanted him fired this year so maybe in your mind that counts. It was obvious to anyone who had paid attention that a personnel headache was coming. My quote on "bracing for 2013 all over again" is easy to locate on here -- I've beaten it to death.

At some point gnashing teeth about the exact same thing over and over is pointless. He's our coach, a damn fine one, and the future is as bright as it's ever been for us. There is some stuff I wish he did a little differently -- but I recognize that as fans we can't know everything that goes on contributing to decisions behind the scenes. His way is working here overall. And he's got the best QB/RB combo we've ever signed in a class on the way next year. By the time we need either to start for us barring injury -- Mullen will be within a couple wins of becoming MSU's all-time winningest coach.

There is plenty to be excited about with football. But I know we've got a section of fans that are going to treat this just like baseball -- spending so much time being pissed off about some small detail they think they know more about than the coach -- that they can't even really enjoy success when it's happening.

 

[KurtRambis4]

In the chicken-little/fire mullens crowds mind,

if you aren't berating mullens, then you just aren't being logical...

 

[RightOfCenter]

I would like to see D. Lee get some carries. He shows flashes of running hard but doesn't get carries. Does he not know how to block from the backfield? Could you imagine, if he gets it together, having multiple upperclassmen that actually are SEC caliber next year ?

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I would like to see D. Lee get some carries. He shows flashes of running hard but doesn't get carries. Does he not know how to block from the backfield? Could you imagine, if he gets it together, having multiple upperclassmen that actually are SEC caliber next year ?

There's only so many carries for fitz, Aries, shump, Holloway... he will probably get some carries next year.