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I’d like to recruit one profile like this per class.
'25 NC S JaDon Blair (Notre Dame Signee)
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Safety JaDon Blair Recaps Trip to Notre Dame
Irish Illustrated connects with Top 200 safety JaDon Blair following his trip to Notre Dame.
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Crystal Ball is still valid in my opinion.
He towers over Freeman in the pic. Idk if he will stick in the secondary but a great athlete to work with nonetheless.
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I can't say enough how big it would be if we land both Blair and Zackery on top of our current DB commits. Could be a haul that is referenced for a long, long time. I'd be paying Mickens coordinator money just to stay as a position coach until a coordinator job opens up for him here.
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I may be a moron here as far as it goes with the new hotness in defending college football offenses but its always been my opinion that you need a top notch secondary to truly stop these pass happy teams these days. It seemed to me that even Saban had just accepted the fact that offenses mostly cant be stopped if done correctly. I dont agree. Get me a handful of great secondary athletes, a good scheme week in and out and some pressure on the QB and good things happen.
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This is very true. Good pass rush probably helps as well.
The litany of rule changes and ticky tacky PI calls have not helped, but I think a great deal of what can cure defenses is proper coaching. I hate face guarding. Turn and look for the damn ball. Everyone tries to strip the ball and cause fumbles now, too. Tackle the bastard to the ground rather than give up another ten yards. Tackle and get to the huddle.
Defenses have always had to play catch up, but I feel like the way secondaries are coached are not doing anyone any favors on that end of the ball right now.
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As Woody Hayes said when asked why he didn't pass more, he replied, "When you pass three things can happen and two of them aren't good".
Did Saban ever not have a handful of great secondary athletes, good schemes, and pressure?
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Exactly, it's not like he was in Iowa City and forced use white guys at corner.
Cooper DeJean is going to get straight profiled into a safety spot. He'll be great at it and natural order will be restored.
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Yep and as soon as that's announced Jason Sehorn will light a Cohiba.
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Sure but not all the time.
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Riley Moss is a white CB from Iowa (2021) playing CB in the NFL. So enough with the Jason Sehorn talk
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He got 23 snaps at dime slot. They gave him #37 for a reason.
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The 265 snaps on special teams maybe?
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Driskell is saying that ND is the clear leader for Blair right now, and that ND "would have to blow this one to not get Blair."
To refresh, Blair is announcing on July 5th.
To refresh, Blair is announcing on July 5th.
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Oh great, Driskell has gotten into the Mtn. Dew Baja Blast again.
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Blair really liked O'Leary by all accounts, so Mickens and staff had some work to do. O'Leary put in some good words as a parting gift.
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Still have Jamir Joseph as well who visits next weekend, and will announce sometime after he visits Penn St on the 14th. Alot have wondered if we would take both and maybe use Golden on both sides. Good problem to have in my opinion, but were still waiting on 2 LBs and 2 WRs.
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This secondary is going to be legendary.
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I think it’s going to be hard to make him a first time DC after Golden. Or make it Co-DC while Golden is still here. But, since we have two of the highest paid coordinators now. We might as well go for the highest paid secondary coach in the country and hope that works out.
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WTH is going on with the secondary recruiting? I knew Mickens was the man but this is absolutely bananas.
We used to BEG for 1 top 200 secondary player per class. What Mickens, Golden and Freeman are doing in the secondary is beyond even the wildest expectations.
We used to BEG for 1 top 200 secondary player per class. What Mickens, Golden and Freeman are doing in the secondary is beyond even the wildest expectations.
Why not?
Why wouldn't they? They lose Watts and Heard after this year plus Ford who switch from RB-S, and you can't always bank on everyone sticking around. They were already light at Safety. Plus Urlacher most likely grows into a LB at some point. Bringing in 4 Safeties in perfectly fine. Also a guy like Golden can play WR.