'24 CA LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (Notre Dame Signee)

[SDIrishFan]

How useless are our journos

Kinda like none of them asked about greathouse for like 5 weeks.

 

[Ricochet]

Everything they do with KVA they can do with Sneed. KVA is just consistently better at it. But Sneed can provide at times as good or better of the same skillset.

That's true but only when KVA is playing as the Will, the problem is when KVA spells Bowen as the Mike. The other LB's that get regular play are Will's and no real Mike's.

 

[Dale]

That's true but only when KVA is playing as the Will, the problem is when KVA spells Bowen as the Mike. The other LB's that get regular play are Will's and no real Mike's.

KVA almost never spells Bowen at the MIKE in non garbage situations

 

[Rockin’Irish]

Wonder if they’ll pull Preston Zinter back over from the DL room as a LB depth piece or if the staff will elevate one/two of the younger guys.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Wonder if they’ll pull Preston Zinter back over from the DL room as a LB depth piece or if the staff will elevate one/two of the younger guys.

We have plenty of depth

 

[Rockin’Irish]

We have plenty of depth

I realize that……it’s the experienced depth that is the challenge. I’m also skeptical Sneed can be a full time player in high leverage situations.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Hearing it’s ACL and done for year

 

[Domina Nostra]

Hearing it’s ACL and done for year

Dang

 

[NDpendent]

The game is over at that point. Besides stat padding, there’s no reason for him to be playing.

So by your theory we should have been sitting our top 30 best players at three minutes into this game?

 

[laughingirish92]

Hearing it’s ACL and done for year

where are you hearing this from

 

[MacIrish75]

where are you hearing this from

08 has had a couple instances where he’s actually had intel…which considering his posting history…is batshit insane. But, nonetheless, he was right on those occasions.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Craig, Traore and Evans all had ACL injuries and were ready by the next season. It used to be a 1 year recovery but with technology now I’ve seen guys back within 6 months.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

08 has had a couple instances where he’s actually had intel…which considering his posting history…is batshit insane. But, nonetheless, he was right on those occasions.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

Sucks. Obviously would be a big loss. But hopefully this is where we can feel the effect of some of our deeper recruiting classes lately.

Next man up. We still have some guys who can make plays.

And, if the defense does take a step back, we finally have an offense capable of dropping 30-40+ against virtually anyone.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

where are you hearing this from

Someone on the II blog stated that they heard from a campus source that KVA’s injury is ACL related.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

If he's out for the season it would be a blow, but LB is one of the deepest areas on this team. I think next man up definitely applies here.

 

[ulukinatme]

Journalism at its finest.

I'm wondering if Freeman doesn't have some policy where they've asked the talking heads not to pry about injuries post game, or in some cases maybe to stay away from certain players to avoid giving any news to opposing teams? My guess is Freeman probably addresses it Monday, but if not you have to think they're trying not to give anything away.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Craig, Traore and Evans all had ACL injuries and were ready by the next season. It used to be a 1 year recovery but with technology now I’ve seen guys back within 6 months.

Craig and Traore suffered their injuries in September, so they had a good 2+ months on this presumed KVA injury.

Even Evans had a few weeks on KVA.

Again, that's assuming the worst. I'm not sure that's the case.

 

[NDhoosier]

If they believe it was an ACL tear, would the player normally be in a boot of some kind? What gives me some hope that it isnt a fullblown tear is that he was not in any type of boot. At least not from the TV copy I saw.

 

[rtrn2glory]

A boot for a knee?

 

[MacIrish75]

A boot for a knee?

I think he means these bad Chads, like my wife has.

 

[IrishTusker]

Sampson said he heard from sources that it was "bad" and that he is likely out for the rest of the season (including playoffs). No details about the injury itself though.

 

[irishu]

Feel terrible for the kid

With that said, this is a way less impactful injury than losing Mills last year considering the depth at the position

 

[arrowryan]

Feel terrible for the kid

With that said, this is a way less impactful injury than losing Mills last year considering the depth at the position

Time will tell on that one. An argument could be made that KVA is the second best player on defense.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Anybody have snap counts for him relative to other LBs over the last several games.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Time will tell on that one. An argument could be made that KVA is the second best player on defense.

I’d say he is 3rd best honestly I Think it’s Moore, Tae Johnson, then KVA

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Anybody have snap counts for him relative to other LBs over the last several games.

No but he’s tied for 3rd on the team in tackles. Bowen leads w/ Shuler & Tae after that

 

[Irish#1]

Craig and Traore suffered their injuries in September, so they had a good 2+ months on this presumed KVA injury.

Even Evans had a few weeks on KVA.

Again, that's assuming the worst. I'm not sure that's the case.

Yep and it also depends on the severity. We’ll probably hear something more definitive later this week.

 

[CoachB]

I rewatched just to watch KVA and he is a stud. He's everywhere. It's like the predator out there. Even if he doesn't make the tackle, he disrupts the play. Sadly, this will be a huge loss. A chance for someone else to step up.

 

[IrishFanForever23]

I didn’t see the 2nd play before when I went back to watch. Could have happened on that play instead of the first.