Darrin Walls - Take a seat.

[We_Are_ND]

This guy looked so promising after his sophomore season, but something just isn't right. He got burned all day against Michigan, and he has gotten burned all day today and dropped a pick. I just don't think he has what it takes to be an every down corner. I thought he was gunna be a game changer

 

[Junkhead]

Agreed. He looks lost so far this season.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Couldn't agree more

 

[IrishAddiction]

Agreed. Sad to say but he is the player that has by far hurt us the most that last game and this one so far.

 

[Junkhead]

McCarthy is the only player in the secondary playing great. Harrison, so-so, McNeil so-so. Walls should be better.

 

[Junkhead]

Walls is the new Lambert. WTF is he even doing on the field?

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Get him out. Now. He can't cover a white guy named Blair

 

[tko]

Walls is the new Lambert. WTF is he even doing on the field?

scratch that, walls is the new clifford jefferson!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[We_Are_ND]

WHAT THE FUCK??!?! Do I need to coach this team?

I made this thread in the first fucking half and said he needs to get off the field, he gets burned and makes no effort to make a play. FUCK.

 

[DirtySecret]

LMAO!! So typically just single one player and put the blame on him instead of looking at the whole defensive unit..

 

[DirtySecret]

WHAT THE FUCK??!?! Do I need to coach this team?

I made this thread in the first fucking half and said he needs to get off the field, he gets burned and makes no effort to make a play. FUCK.

Coming from from a guy who just said this to another poster..

You are one of the most bi-polar fucks out there. You make thread after thread all week how great this team is, then when there is a little hiccup you freak the fuck out.

You think USC fans right now are going, "Oh my fucking god, we are tied in the 3rd Quarter with Washington our season is FUCKING OVER."


Chill out, Our QB is trying to gut it out and our best WR is all dinged up still trying to make plays for the team.

We are about to find out what this team is really made of. This is the biggest half of the season.

I guess that bi polar disease spreads..

 

[Junkhead]

Nice play Darrin, prove me wrong!

 

[Steve]

the man took a full year off and is in his 3rd game back. he can't get some games to adjust?

 

[DirtySecret]

the man took a full year off and is in his 3rd game back. he can't get some games to adjust?

They don't care. They expect you to catch lighting in a bottle.. If you wanna blame Walls than blame Young for the personal foul too. That was a costly penalty.

 

[Junkhead]

the man took a full year off and is in his 3rd game back. he can't get some games to adjust?

With practice and all that, just didn't expect him to be rusty still. He'll get it together.

 

[DirtySecret]

With practice and all that, just didn't expect him to be rusty still. He'll get it together.

Junkhead your right about this team being like the 06 team all over again.

 

[Junkhead]

Offense is good again, now D is Minter-like.

 

[tko]

They don't care. They expect you to catch lighting in a bottle.. If you wanna blame Walls than blame Young for the personal foul too. That was a costly penalty.

God i wish Walls had taken that one to the house. I just don't understand the general cushion that the DB's are probably coached to give. that needs to change. also, sam young should put his practice gear on and do some fkn gassers for his stupid mistakes the last 2 games. gassers til he pukes and run some more, similar to the scene from Miracle when the 1980 olympic team was in europe playing and the coach wasn't happy with their level of conditioning.

 

[We_Are_ND]

How am I bi-polar for thinking that Darrin Walls shouldn't be an every down corner?

 

[BeatSC]

[ also, sam young should put his practice gear on and do some fkn gassers for his stupid mistakes the last 2 games. gassers til he pukes and run some more, similar to the scene from Miracle when the 1980 olympic team was in europe playing and the coach wasn't happy with their level of conditioning.[/QUOTE]

My sentiments exactly. He is making Freshman mistakes. HE is one of 5 reason we lost last week. Stupid shit.

 

[jfjkd01]

They should sit Young's ass down for all of his penalties he's had the past 2 weeks.....

 

[tankjeep]

They should sit Young's ass down for all of his penalties he's had the past 2 weeks.....

punish him yes, sit him, no!

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

I'm not convinced that Young has made all those mistakes. I am thinking bogus calls.

 

[tko]

I'm not convinced that Young has made all those mistakes. I am thinking bogus calls.

i think it's a combination, but throwing that kid to the ground at the end of the game and standing over him like a tough guy was uncalled for and a rookie mistake. thank God for Golden dicTate.

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

thank God for Golden dicTate.

There you go with that dicTate thing again. And I still bust out laughing.

 

[tko]

There you go with that dicTate thing again. And I still bust out laughing.

i did that for you, LOL.

 

[jason_h537]

The team plays zone and we are getting no pressure on the QB. Lay off the secondary. We were expecting way too much from our d line. Too many sophmores and average players on the d line will have an effect on the entire defense. Football is won in the trenches. and we are losing on the d line. Dont blame Walls he is in his 3rd game and is often left on an island. Made two big breakups in the 4th quarter. No ones giving him credit when he makes plays. Maybe people are right. We do have the most obnoxious fanbase

 

[We_Are_ND]

^ I agree. I feel it's alot on the Dline, and alot on Dwalls tying to find himself. It just seems that every time a receiver is making a big catch, walls back is turned watching him catch it.

 

[AlumniHall98]

The bottom line is, it doesn't matter that its "his third game back", I mean, if that is the case and he cannot handle the pressure being put on him, then maybe he DOES need to sit for a while..playing for ND and starting on the defense is a priviledge, not a right...he has to earn the spot, and thus far this season, he has been our achilles heel - lest we not forget that he broke to the inside instead of staying with that Michigan receiver who caught the winning pass against us two weeks ago....offenses are going to keep throwing to his side of the field ALL DAY...and given Tenuta's blitz-happy schemes, our corners are left on islands all day long - if Walls can't handle being out their on an island, he needs to let someone else have a shot.

He's young, yes, and I hope he continues to develop and improve - but every game is TOO big for him to have the luxury of developing during real-game situations - that is what practice is for.

 

[kmoose]

Walls is the new Lambert. WTF is he even doing on the field?

The thing that Lambert never got credit for...........

He was a great open field tackler, against the run. I'm not trying to say that his lack of coverage skills didn't hurt us, or that his tackling made up for that, but he did keep some runs that would have been HUGE gains down to a manageable 5-7 yard gain.