2013 Spring Practice Thread

[PANDFAN]

How close is Elijah Shumate from being a functional safety? Diaco says "light years"

 

[NDdomer2]

How close is Elijah Shumate from being a functional safety? Diaco says "light years"

Hasn't he been getting reps at 1? Yikes.

 

[BeauBenken]

Hasn't he been getting reps at 1? Yikes.

Diaco is hard on his best players.

 

[PANDFAN]

Hasn't he been getting reps at 1? Yikes.

i thought maybe i was reading it wrong...not sure what to make about this..but yes he has been at #1

 

[PANDFAN]

Irish Illustrated ‏@NDatRivals 1m
Bob Diaco wraps up a 30-minute press conference, sounding downright head coach-ish, maybe more than ever before.

 

[NDdomer2]

Diaco is hard on his best players.

as he should be. i just would like to see the actual question and full answer. i have a feeling there is some reporters editing in there.

 

[NDBoiler]

How close is Elijah Shumate from being a functional safety? Diaco says "light years"

I'm guessing a little reverse psychology is involved here. He probably know what he needs to say to motivate him to work that much harder.

 

[NDBoiler]

Irish Illustrated ‏@NDatRivals 1m
Bob Diaco wraps up a 30-minute press conference, sounding downright head coach-ish, maybe more than ever before.

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[Emcee77]

How close is Elijah Shumate from being a functional safety? Diaco says "light years"

There's gotta be a miscommunication here, right? Shumate has been a first team safety all spring, ahead of Collinsworth, who we know was at least "functional" at the end of last spring, before he hurt his shoulder, when he was ahead of Farley. I think there's some context that we are missing, or maybe Diaco is just being hard on Elijah.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Hopefully he thought the question was "How closer is Shumate from being a functional safety as compared to last year..."

 

[Emcee77]

Hopefully he thought the question was "How closer is Shumate from being a functional safety as compared to last year..."

Ahh, yeah, that strikes me as plausible, for sure.

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

When Elliott talked about Shu in a recent interview he simply said he was mentally on par with how Farley was last year.. square 1. What else did anyone expect?

 

[Luckylucci]

As we all know Diaco says some interesting things from time to time. This is the first I've heard of Shumate not doing very well back there. I'll trust that the other dozen good things I've heard are true and this is a one off.
Its been pretty unanimous from the staff to writers that have watched him, they talk about how good he looks playing back there.

 

[Ironman8]

Guys I think this is nothing more than Diaco making sure a young safety knows how far he has to go. Many players can naturally relax when they think / know they are the guy, and maybe not work as hard as they need to improve. Diaco won't let that happen.

Shumate has all the physical tools to be a very good DB for us, but he even admits he has to improve on his knowledge base, especially considering at Field Safety he sets the defense. He is a long way away from being able to do that to the level the coaches want, which should be expected. It took Harrison and Zeke a long time to do that as well, and they turned out pretty darn good.

 

[IrishFaninTX]

He was being sarcastic.

My bad. The lack of italics made me think somebody wasn't paying attention last season.

 

[STLDomer]

There's gotta be a miscommunication here, right? Shumate has been a first team safety all spring, ahead of Collinsworth, who we know was at least "functional" at the end of last spring, before he hurt his shoulder, when he was ahead of Farley. I think there's some context that we are missing, or maybe Diaco is just being hard on Elijah.

from watching the video its this one.

Diaco also mentioned Collinsworth, Baratti, and Shumate are competing for that postion.

FS Farley Hardy Redfield
BS Shumate Collinsworth/Baratti

So this would be my guess for the depth chart at the moment.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Hasn't he been getting reps at 1? Yikes.

Beef O' Brady Bowl, here we come.

 

[NDdomer2]

Beef O' Brady Bowl, here we come.

good thing we didnt use our bowl clause with them yet huh?

 

[Kak7304]

If a coach sits around and talks about how great a player is, especially a young one competing for a stop, you risk complacency.

 

[TheTurningPoint]

Shumate is going to be just fine. Kids like him theres going to be some bumps with him not being experienced, but he plays just fine. He isnt there presnap/mentally, but when the ball is live he is gonna shine

 

[Walter White]

Would anyone with knowledge about our defensive scheme care to explain to me the difference between our two safety positions?

Is it a boundary/field split, like at corner? Or is it the traditional free and strong? What are the different responsibilities?

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

This doesn't answer your question WW, but is relevant to what TP said about it being mental for Shumate - the skill is there. From a recent Irish Illustrated article quotes by Elliot:

Sophomore Elijah Shumate is getting the first crack this spring at the field safety position opposite Farley at the boundary. Shumate is making a transition after playing nickel back/cornerback last fall.

"Shumate is a very talented guy, extremely talented," Elliott said. "He can tackle. He can play man-to-man. He's got good ball skills. It's the mental gyrations that go on through a play. The calls he has to make, how he plays a certain route by call?It's just all new to him and he needs to get rep after rep after rep."

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Is it a boundary/field split, like at corner? Or is it the traditional free and strong? What are the different responsibilities?

Yes.

 

[PANDFAN]

Notre Dame Football ‏@NDFootball 9m
#NDFB on ESPN cont...12:20pm Everett Golson on SC, 1:30pm @CoachBrianKelly on SC, 3pm College Football Live #GoIrish

 

[koonja]

What time zones are these in? They're having CGD at South Bend today??? I had no idea...

 

[clashmore_mike]

Eastern. They had a segment live from inside locker room with Palmer and Joe T. Golson and Kelly scheduled to be on in those other time slots.

 

[PANDFAN]

What time zones are these in? They're having CGD at South Bend today??? I had no idea...

i would ASSUME eastern standard time

 

[condoms SUCk]

Notre Dame Football ‏@NDFootball 9m
#NDFB on ESPN cont...12:20pm Everett Golson on SC, 1:30pm @CoachBrianKelly on SC, 3pm College Football Live #GoIrish

CFL just did one of these on scUM. Interviewed Fred and talked about Jake Ryan a little. Gardner seems like a good kid, but I would take Golson over him any day of the week and twice on Saturday.

Edit-Jesse Palmer made a comment about Mich losing to ND since they lost Jake Ryan and will have a hard time stopping our offense and they'll lose to O$U.
Of course this PO'd some Mich fan, and they are confident that Mich will beat ND this year b/c they are undefeated at home under Hoke not to mention that we lost our defense (did give us some props regarding our d-line) and we have a crappy secondary. SMH
O$U-They’ll win that one too.

 

[irishroo]

Would anyone with knowledge about our defensive scheme care to explain to me the difference between our two safety positions?

Is it a boundary/field split, like at corner? Or is it the traditional free and strong? What are the different responsibilities?

It's boundary/field like at corner. Boundary is typically going to be the guy who gets up in the box and is better against the run. Field guy is generally gonna be a bit quicker and better in coverage. Makes sense that Shumate would be at field given his background at CB.

 

[GBdomer]

per II

look for Elmer to back up Martin at LT
Stanley to back up Lomard at RT