'13 CA S Max Redfield (Notre Dame Signed LOI)

[Irish Insanity]

I thought he did well. He was lined up on Russell's side much of the game and Rutgers went after Russell a lot (dumb idea IMO). To me the one Rutgers TD pass was where Max was the lone safety and they ran a fade to the corner and he could not get there. I think Jackson was the CB that got beat.

Russell had an awesome game.
Jackson got beat several times.
Collinsworth had a good game.
Hardy and Max had good games as well.

Pretty much nailed it.

And while Rutgers QB sucks, and most of their WRs suck, they had an NFL WR that BJax played on. He is something like 6'6" and runs a 4.5

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Didn't Bjax make a play on the ball that led to he Moore interception? Just saying.


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[Booslum31]

Didn't Bjax make a play on the ball that led to he Moore interception? Just saying.


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Yes...BJ's play on the ball led to Moore's interception. He had his hands full with that dude.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

He did, but he wasn't getting any safety help over the top. Maybe it's coaching mistake leaving Bjax one on one on the long pass and the TD. Just saying


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[BGIF]

Has been widely rumored and basically accepted that he has a shoulder injury... likely a separated shoulder.

Unrelated... coincidence or causation that Cooks takes over and Redfield spikes up the depth chart?

In the post game PC Kelly was asked a direct question about Redfield playing. Kelly responded that it was his (Kelly's) doing. He was quite specific.

 

[micks60]

He did, but he wasn't getting any safety help over the top. Maybe it's coaching mistake leaving Bjax one on one on the long pass and the TD. Just saying


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Safety help over the top on those plays? What coverage were they in. On sideline plays like that in their man and cover 3 scheme he wont see safety help.

 

[micks60]

Didn't Bjax make a play on the ball that led to he Moore interception? Just saying.


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One play doesnt make a game. Btw it was a bad choice by QB that led to that. Not a great play by BJ

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

Corner is the most difficult position in the game. I though BJAX had a decent game.

 

[Irish Insanity]

I thought he had a better game than some this year. But it was bipolar to a point. Some times he looked good and some he looked lost. Then again the size and speed of the one Rutgers WR would do that to a lot of DBs

 

[ulukinatme]

Corner is the most difficult position in the game. I though BJAX had a decent game.

If Bjax remained guarding Coleman, we probably lose that bowl game. Coleman was lighting it up until Russell moved over to his side, then he didn't receive another reception.

 

[EuropeanDomer]

wtf are you talking about...he is physical specimen...where was he outmatched physically?? there was not 1 time watching this game (and i had no alcohol)

2013 Pinstripe Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Rutgers - YouTube

54:40 and 1:16.00 mark, i was referring about these two plays.

 

[PANDFAN]

2013 Pinstripe Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Rutgers - YouTube

54:40 and 1:16.00 mark, i was referring about these two plays.

the oline man...yeah he took him out with a good 1 arm shove but he was running towards the carrier and took him off balance...

the 2nd one was the play where i stated he got trucked but STILL made the tackle...he didn't bounce off of him

both players in those plays outweighed him and i am not concerned at all about him physically

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I'm not sure what you saw, but I thought Redfield was a vast improvement over Farley. I mean, sure, maybe they all weren't great form tackles, but he got the offensive player to the ground, or at least kept the guy wrapped so someone else could come finish him off. It was certainly better than watching Farley whiff or get shook out of his cleats. Open field tackling, as we all see on a regular basis, is incredibly difficult, and is more often than not about simply making the tackle, as opposed to how it looks. I'm a DB coach (albeit at the HS level) and what I've always taught my kids (and what I've heard from numerous college coaches at clinics) is that the bottom line is: you get the ball carrier to the ground. From there, you can teach/improve technique. Max has shown some ability to do that, which for a true freshman is nice to see. Give him the offseason in the weight room and I'm confident by the spring game he'll have far surpassed everyone else at S.

First of all the Moore part was all about the fact that I love Kendall! I think he is very underrated.

I actually think Max had a good first start, and I understand why the staff wanted to get him game experience against Rutgers.

I don't think there is one defensive back that is total above or below the crowd on this team, except I am hoping that KRussell is beginning to separate himself.

So, then my overall response wasn't as much even meant to be about Max as it was that people have dogged Mathias all season. Mathias wasn't this teams problem defensively.

And Max had a real problem getting across and helping deep on a couple of plays including the touchdown. I would like to know whether that is caused by the player, coaching, or scheme based. Because it happened to almost everyone this year.

So, Max did okay. But I think Mathias Farley did most of the year too. I think Russell was on the rise and BJax was on the decline (maybe rapid).

Next year I expect Max, to be in there with Hardy, Schumate, and Baratti competing for a starting position.

 

[Wild Bill]

First of all the Moore part was all about the fact that I love Kendall! I think he is very underrated.

I actually think Max had a good first start, and I understand why the staff wanted to get him game experience against Rutgers.

I don't think there is one defensive back that is total above or below the crowd on this team, except I am hoping that KRussell is beginning to separate himself.

So, then my overall response wasn't as much even meant to be about Max as it was that people have dogged Mathias all season. Mathias wasn't this teams problem defensively.

And Max had a real problem getting across and helping deep on a couple of plays including the touchdown. I would like to know whether that is caused by the player, coaching, or scheme based. Because it happened to almost everyone this year.

So, Max did okay. But I think Mathias Farley did most of the year too. I think Russell was on the rise and BJax was on the decline (maybe rapid).

Next year I expect Max, to be in there with Hardy, Schumate, and Baratti competing for a starting position.

What do you mean he had a problem getting across the field? He was lined up on the far hash and Coleman scored on a corner route. There isn't a safety on Earth that can make that play.

Mathias was the weakest link on defense. It wasn't even close.

 

[GoIrish41]

First of all the Moore part was all about the fact that I love Kendall! I think he is very underrated.

I actually think Max had a good first start, and I understand why the staff wanted to get him game experience against Rutgers.

I don't think there is one defensive back that is total above or below the crowd on this team, except I am hoping that KRussell is beginning to separate himself.

So, then my overall response wasn't as much even meant to be about Max as it was that people have dogged Mathias all season. Mathias wasn't this teams problem defensively.

And Max had a real problem getting across and helping deep on a couple of plays including the touchdown. I would like to know whether that is caused by the player, coaching, or scheme based. Because it happened to almost everyone this year.

So, Max did okay. But I think Mathias Farley did most of the year too. I think Russell was on the rise and BJax was on the decline (maybe rapid).

Next year I expect Max, to be in there with Hardy, Schumate, and Baratti competing for a starting position.

Farley missed more tackles than he made this season. He personally cost the team multiple TDs and was most certainly the weakest link on an average defense. He regressed not only more than any other player (including BJax) on the defense, but as much as I have seen any player regress in my decades of watching college football.

 

[phgreek]

First of all the Moore part was all about the fact that I love Kendall! I think he is very underrated.

I actually think Max had a good first start, and I understand why the staff wanted to get him game experience against Rutgers.

I don't think there is one defensive back that is total above or below the crowd on this team, except I am hoping that KRussell is beginning to separate himself.

So, then my overall response wasn't as much even meant to be about Max as it was that people have dogged Mathias all season. Mathias wasn't this teams problem defensively.

And Max had a real problem getting across and helping deep on a couple of plays including the touchdown. I would like to know whether that is caused by the player, coaching, or scheme based. Because it happened to almost everyone this year.

So, Max did okay. But I think Mathias Farley did most of the year too. I think Russell was on the rise and BJax was on the decline (maybe rapid).

Next year I expect Max, to be in there with Hardy, Schumate, and Baratti competing for a starting position.

...if Russel did not grade out SIGNIFICANTLY higher every single week than any other dback we have...I'd be shocked. I wouldn't yet call him a sure tackler, but the surest ND had all year of its dbacks. I would call him on the verge of lock down on coverage.

Yea...in coverage Farley may have done better had we any semblance of pressure consistently. I wouldn't call his coverage skills regressed...just not improved, and now he was exposed due to lack of pressure up front. His tackling is some of the worst I've seen at that level.

Bjax surprised me. He suffered some from lack of pressure up front, but his tackling and coverage was real inconsistent. There were times where he did great job in coverage, but more often than not even when he got it right, he didn't finish (ie the Gary Gray look). His tackling was the same way...he made some nice plays but then failed to wrap up or whiffed far too often.

Russel is far ahead of any ND dback I've seen on the field...

 

[aubeirish]

I had a nightmare last night where Max was transferring to Stanford. Glad to see it was just a dream lol. All these events of the pass week are messing with my head man.

 

[rtrn2glory]

that's borderline neg rep material....don't do that to us with the week we've had

 

[Pachuco]

I had a nightmare last night where Max was transferring to Stanford. Glad to see it was just a dream lol. All these events of the pass week are messing with my head man.

You need a vacation, man.

 

[aubeirish]

Haha. Sorry guys. I just had to share with someone. I woke up all sweaty and not feeling too good.

I have been on vocation. I have too much time on my hands lol. It has to end. We have a saying where I'm from. Putting a man out of work is killing him.

Anyways. Sorry.

 

[Irish#1]

Haha. Sorry guys. I just had to share with someone. I woke up all sweaty and not feeling too good.

I have been on vocation. I have too much time on my hands lol. It has to end. We have a saying where I'm from. Putting a man out of work is killing him.

Anyways. Sorry.

And I saw his thread bumped and became sweating and not feeling well. Stop it!

 

[Irishnuke]

This is not the week, or month even, to be unnecessarily bumping players' threads...especially ones from California.

 

[EuropeanDomer]

By maxired10
Floyd(Max) Redfield Had to give some money and ask this kind gentleman for a picture...the fan base runs DEEP. Bless this man trying to survive on the streets of Chicago. #ND

 

[GBdomer]

I can't find the article but Eric Hansen I guess heard this info

"he is quickly becoming the star we thought he could be"

Shouldn't really surprise anyone, but still great to hear

 

[GoldenDomer]

Expecting BIG things

Notre Dame Football: Why Max Redfield Will Be Irish's X-Factor in 2014 | Bleacher Report

 

[GBdomer]

Thanks man, I usually hate bleacher report but that was a good read.

 

[GoldenDomer]

Thanks man, I usually hate bleacher report but that was a good read.

They have been okay as of late, better than anything you can read on SEC.com, I mean ESPN.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Keith Arnold wrote it.

 

[GoldenDomer]

Keith Arnold wrote it.

That'll help

 

[Irish#1]

I look for Max to show up big time now that he's got experience some under his belt.