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  1. Heard on NFL network that Zay Flowers had a pretty high drop rate. Per PFF, he and Worthy are reasonably similar. Over the past two seasons, Flowers drop rate is higher with 2022 being about the same. Looks like catch% is about the same in 2022. Flowers a bit better at contested catches over the two year period.
  2. He’s not fast. Got thrown out trying to steal 2nd. Must be slow.
  3. What took GP so long this past season to tighten up the pass D in the middle of field? This was a big of a problem in 2021 too.
  4. Hookers average depth of target was 11.7 yards with an average time to throw of 2.60 seconds. Still a lot of variables, but that’s not taking much time to throw and getting it down the field. Stroud is 10.7 and 2.92. He’s a bigger risk taker than Hooker. Young is 10.0 and 3.02.
  5. Once in a lifetime opportunities don’t come often. You shouldn’t pass those up.
  6. Yeah Lovie did a very good job. He was the last to lead them to the division title. They were probably more stagnant than necessarily needing to move on. And when I say not well run, I’m referring to the front office as I’m not sure they did a great job for Lovie. As you said Grossman.
  7. I think the RAS score will be a good indicator for DMO. If he scores well, his effort and attitude will lock him on special teams. I’m not sure what his ideal skill is or where he fits. That’s sorta a crapshoot for LBs unless they’re a sure fire pass rusher.
  8. Yes, G5-ish type teams don’t count.
  9. You know he might surprise. Or he might not.
  10. Maybe you’ll like the Run D. From 63 in 2020 to 30 to 74 in 2022. Keep in mind that he had no spring ball headin into 2021.
  11. From 71 in 2020 to 61 in 2021 to 66 in 2022 per PFF.
  12. Unless it happened another time, that was versus OU.
  13. Fine. No need to be ass. If one were to speculate, it wasn’t all about playing time. That’d be reasonable.
  14. Peter Geib. 2021. 1 official AB. 3 walks. 1 AB, 1 homer. Powell 3 hits. 11 ABs. 1 HR. Whitehead over a .500 average last year. 18 ABs. Schuessler.350 average in 20 ABs last year. There are examples counter to what you believe are chances given. My guess is that he’ll cycle through a bunch of guys this year because we have little experience. Now all of these are limited sample sizes so to draw any conclusions is premature. Same for Gashs 23 ABs. And as I mentioned we are beating Citadel, ICW, UCA no matter who’s starting or not (assuming we don’t bench all our starters). And actually our backups were more talented than whatever they ran out so those may be wins no matter what. There absolutely were opportunities for each of those dudes to double their ABs during the season at no expense to the record. None.
  15. What I’m saying is that Kash could have been developed to be a contributor in the post season. Maybe he only plays 1st. Maybe you manage the roster knowing that Melendez has that locked up and work him in left, but you can certainly try him in the outfield for spot duty. Maybe O’Dowd (he got some run while Todd was out). Maybe Powell. My understanding is that Gash was a very highly thought of player. More so than maybe any other hitter on the roster. If you think you just turn a switch on day 1 and any frosh is instant offense, then ok. Just looked up a small sample. Douglas Hodo III. In a 4 game stint versus the powers of The Citadel and the U of the Incarnate Word, started all 4 games, had 22 plate appearances and never left the lineup. We won 59-8. Then we followed up playing Central ArKansas. I’m certain there are a ton more examples. We win all these games no matter who starts. Not only did the core lineup start, but they rarely came out. Catchers sit all the time. It’s as much about preservation as talent. Pretty sure Silas got a little sloppy at times. Rest would not have hurt. Any sound baseball person realizes rest for a catcher is perfectly acceptable. I took a quick glance at all 8 CWS teams. Stanford and us seem to be those least likely to use their bench. It may be those are the best lineups. But historically I don’t think Pierce runs a deep bench. Obviously you won’t be convinced. Gash did not get lots of ABs against the sisters of the poor though. He was 0-3 against midweek Guinea pigs. 4 starts, only 4 games with multiple official ABs. Tech, A&M, K-State x 2. He went 3-8 over a 3 game stretch. Then had 5 plate appearances over the next month and was done.
  16. You follow recruiting. How talented is he? If you’re trying to win the whole thing, you need to develop depth. We lost 5 postseason games. Scored 3 runs or less in 4 of those. We won 8. Three of those we scored 5 or fewer. In 7 of those 8, we gave up 3 or fewer. With all the bitching about pitching, our post season hitting was fairly pedestrian. We needed more of it. Hitting carried us in maybe 1 game. Pitching several. You use a .170 average on 26 plate appearances in 69 games as an indicator of what? Spread those ABs out and it’s hard to develop consistency. In one weekend he already has half the plate appearances. In today’s environment saying “oh, please don’t leave” is not enough. Particularly for a hitter in baseball. Again, I don’t know any behind the scenes shit but for outward appearances Pierce did a poor job. Generally speaking I like Pierce but he spends time with his head up his ass like most coaches. Silas started 68 of 69 games. Melendez 67 of 69. Murphy 68 of 69. Hodo 69 of 69. Messinger 65 of 69. Faltine 69 of 69. I think one of Melendez’s was injury related. Silas is the easy example. Catchers get days off. I realize he DH’d some, but there’s 5 games right there. Best guess is that our final outcome is no worse if you find about 10-15 extra starts from the above to allow others to play and grow. Or even simply pulling them one AB earlier. It’s not about taking someone else out over the long term but preserving their bodies to an extent while engaging others and maybe developing some confidence. In college athletics you really can’t dismiss next year. And now look at our experience on the field this year.
  17. I know I’m not talking you out of it. I’m not trying to do so either.
  18. This is a weakness of Pierce. Failure to use his depth. An esteemed poster here pointed out Kashs lack of maturity. It’s possible that lack of maturity was the sole reason for his departure. I don’t know jack about the team dynamics. I suspect it was not all about maturity. With Kashs supposed talent, I can understand the frustration and even doubt about his future here. With the lack of consistent plate appearances then added to the above, don’t expect consistency. Baseball is too hard for that. 9-13 doesn’t necessarily prove much but after limited reps last year that’s pretty strong. That’s pretty strong anytime. No ill will from me.
  19. Look at their resumes. There’s probably multiple reasons EB doesn’t have a head job. I’ve read on this very site that RB coaches are not your best coaches. That is what EB has coached. And then he stepped into an OC role for a team led by Reid that won 33 games the prior 3 years. Probably has nothing to do with EB, but Adrian Peterson got 2100 two years after BE left. He was the “assistant head coach offense” for 1 year. The Vikings went 6-10 and then he was gone. Pederson and Nagy both coached in more, different roles. Both were QB coaches - probably a more significant role than RB coach. I didn’t really know the full backgrounds of these dudes but looked up the last two years hires for head coaches. EBs resume from how it looks on paper is the weakest. Hell, I don’t remember any of the others even having RB coach on their resume. That simply is not the path to head coach. You’ve got some with scouting, some with QC work, some coaching multiple positions If he’s a sorry interview, the resume and experience aren’t enough to get the job. He hasn’t called plays, he hasn’t developed anyone as best as I can tell, he hasn’t installed his offense, he hasn’t shown thru experience to develop in other key areas.
  20. I’m not saying Nagys great, but check out his resume. He was 34-31 as a head coach. The Bears won 3 fewer games after he was gone. He was quality control coach then QB coach then OC. All with Reid. I’d expect that transition to OC from QB coach. That’s a somewhat natural progression to then head coach. I don’t know that he ever called plays though. He’s pretty loyal to Reid and vice versa. He returned as QB coach this past year so the natural progression was for him to return to the OC job once EB left. And honestly that stint with the Bears has some justification to say he’s worth a shot again as a head coach. In the last 15 years, the Bears have been to the playoffs 3 times - twice under Nagy. They’ve only won the division twice - 1 under Nagy. He led them to their 2nd best record in the last 20 years. They haven’t had a reliable QB in who knows how long. Outside of the Ditka years, they aren’t well run. Before he arrived, they hadn’t won the division in 20 years. Nothing about the org says long-term success. Nagy probably gets another shot and people will shit themselves. I’ll just have a hard time finding issue with a guy with a record above .500 getting a second chance.
  21. If you can get them down to 3.5 hours, that’s probably ideal. I don’t want less actual football. Meaning fewer plays. I want less screwing around. Easy fixes - the real time officiating adjustments that the NFL used this year. When it comes replay time, the official keeps his ass on the field. The resolution is communicated to him on the field. When a replay or injury occurs, cut immediately to commercial. Increase the number of split screen commercials. Cut 5 minutes off halftime. I was thinking college halftimes are 8 minutes longer than the NFL. Replays have a time limit - tie it to commercial length. If it’s so damn close after 2-3 minutes that you still can’t tell, then the call on the field was reasonable. I attend the games. My goal is to not rush home. I pay more money and spend more time than those that don’t. I won’t get charged less for tickets and don’t care to be rushed out after 3 hours. My opinion matters more than those that don’t attend. That’s damn valid whether some of you gimps like it or not. If you’re sitting on your ass at home, record it and start watching 30 minutes late. Then you’ll realize it’s the commercials that take forever. But you can manage how long it takes to watch the game. 1 sounds good. 2 is a non-factor. 3 and 4 are not preferable.
  22. Frank Reich is 40-33-1 with 2 10 win seasons out of 5 for a franchise with an odd owner that also lost their franchise QB for a premature retirement. He had prior experience with the Colts and won as many Super Bowls as OC as EB prior to this year. And his was won with Nick Foles. There are lots of odd hires, but Reich is down the list of those. I’m not overly inclined to hire a Pats assistant, but those guys get looks because of the desire to get some of that Patriots magic. The Bill Walsh coaching tree has seemingly lived forever. That tree flowed through the Packers and still lives today. EB has been a RBs coach and non-play calling OC for his career. Based on what I can tell, Mike Kafka and Nagy were the QB coach for many of the years he was OC. That type of experience really doesn’t scream head coach. So you really better come off pretty damn well in an interview. Nagys failure as a head coach and with largely only Andy Reid to vouch for EB are drawbacks. Id assume that Reid is not exactly hands off in game planning and play development so yeah you have to question the true impact of EB. I’d agree with Texzilla in that organizational skills/game management type stuff is more important than offensive and defensive play calling for a head guy. Yet owners/GMs still hit up OCs/DCs to be that guy. If EB wants to be head coach, then OC with play calling duties was the next step. I don’t see any mention of him developing Mahomes so there really are quite a few big questions about what he brings to the table. Hes only coached for two NFL teams. His only position that he coached is perhaps the least technical position. Then his OC role is a bit of an unknown as to his impact.
  23. I’ll take it too if interested. Odds in your favor as I failed on my football team prediction.
  24. More than 6 not just 6, right?
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