2022 Fall Camp Thread

[GrangerIrish24]

I’m here for this

 

[NDdomer2]

Lol put the blue jersey back on too early huh

 

[DONTH8]

Seeing the target and our QB's missing...

 

[dublinirish]

 

[Old Man Mike]

The artificial equipment is often harder to "flow naturally" with than the real dynamic of moving players.
So on that one, I'm not sweating it --- I think that Tommy was using the drill as a convenient teaching-of-form
device --- he had time with the "other" QB to talk shop with while the other guy threw. Then he'd go and show
cleanly what he was talking about without the noise and chaos of fuller drills. I thought it was good. It DOES
mean that both Buchner and Pyne NEED this sort of thing though. So there's that.

On Kristovic: Kristovic's real good. We should be so lucky to have back-ups at every position as good as he is.
Here's a guy who'd start for nearly everybody.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Seeing the target and our QB's missing...

Looks a hell of a lot better than Wimbush lol
Edit: i can't remember the exact stats, but at one of the practices Prister (I think reported it) Wimbush was 0/12 for even touching the target, anywhere

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

The artificial equipment is often harder to "flow naturally" with than the real dynamic of moving players.
So on that one, I'm not sweating it --- I think that Tommy was using the drill as a convenient teaching-of-form
device --- he had time with the "other" QB to talk shop with while the other guy threw. Then he'd go and show
cleanly what he was talking about without the noise and chaos of fuller drills. I thought it was good. It DOES
mean that both Buchner and Pyne NEED this sort of thing though. So there's that.

This.
Also, I'm assuming the point of the three different windows is to work on ball placement. I would still think it would make more sense for a GA to be catching, high low mediums balls but who am I?

 

[Old Man Mike]

The negative psychology about the basket net actually involves at least two things: If you're not some gun-slinging stud who is supremely confident in yourself (think some mentality like Baker Mayfield) you might overthink the damm thing and not relax; and secondly (and closely related) you are tempted with the different baskets to aim or push the ball rather than rip it --- especially true since the three different baskets demand slightly different shoulder-on-release positions and holding onto the ball in the arc. Needless to say, Tommy would be watching that so as not to encourage bad mechanics or flow.

I like Tommy and believe that he is a fine QB mechanics coach, so I'm going to believe that what he's doing is trying to turn the two of them into confident let-it-rip ballers regardless of the slight positional and distance changes needed in the passing short game --- which is what this is about (not the mid to long game.)

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Also, I love how the media is allowed to post 3 mins of film and we get 45 seconds of Rees throwing lol

 

[arndtjc]

I’m here for this

100% they’re fired up, I love it. Guys being dudes

 

[dublinirish]

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Sneed and Merriweather start by the end of the year

 

[Irish4life]

 

[stpeteirish]

The artificial equipment is often harder to "flow naturally" with than the real dynamic of moving players.
So on that one, I'm not sweating it --- I think that Tommy was using the drill as a convenient teaching-of-form
device --- he had time with the "other" QB to talk shop with while the other guy threw. Then he'd go and show
cleanly what he was talking about without the noise and chaos of fuller drills. I thought it was good. It DOES
mean that both Buchner and Pyne NEED this sort of thing though. So there's that.

On Kristovic: Kristovic's real good. We should be so lucky to have back-ups at every position as good as he is.
Here's a guy who'd start for nearly everybody.

He (Kristoflec) started nine games for us last year.

 

[IrishLion]

Raridon looks like a freak. Staes looks so smooth. That's good news if you're dipping into the TE group to help with receiver depth.

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

We’ve reached the annual Joe Wilkins looks good portion of camp

 

[Dale]

Griffith not Brown, Bertrand not Liufau, Bracy not Lewis are some big drops

 

[Rockin’Irish]

Raridon looks like a freak. Staes looks so smooth. That's good news if you're dipping into the TE group to help with receiver depth.

I am pleasantly surprised at how svelte Staes is, he‘s going to exceed expectations even as he bulks up.

 

[Dale]

Sounds like Morrison and Mickey smell blood in the water over the Barnes/Tucker/Riley class

Barnes repped at CB & safety.

 

[IrishLion]

Sounds like Morrison and Mickey smell blood in the water over the Barnes/Tucker/Riley class

Barnes repped at CB & safety.

What happened to Justin Walters?

Did he not get great reviews last year and play really well in the Spring game? I thought he looked like a ball hawk in the making.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

What happened to Justin Walters?

Did he not get great reviews last year and play really well in the Spring game? I thought he looked like a ball hawk in the making.

I guess adding Joseph and keeping Griffith and Brown didn't help his cause. The path to playing time will look a lot different in 2023. He may well be starting next to Henderson.

 

[IrishLion]

I guess adding Joseph and keeping Griffith and Brown didn't help his cause. The path to playing time will look a lot different in 2023. He may well be starting next to Henderson.

I swear I thought he was a '20 guy... he was just a freshman last year. He's got plenty of time.

 

[Dale]

I guess adding Joseph and keeping Griffith and Brown didn't help his cause. The path to playing time will look a lot different in 2023. He may well be starting next to Henderson.

Agreed. Two deep isn’t realistic for Watts/Barnes/Walters this year yet everyone will be essential for next. Tough.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[irishff1014]

It's not good to hear that the offense today was a struggle. We knew the defense was going to be good. I love hear the positivity about the young DB's. We needed the offense to be better. Doesn't sound like the case.

 

[Irish4life]

It's not good to hear that the offense today was a struggle. We knew the defense was going to be good. I love hear the positivity about the young DB's. We needed the offense to be better. Doesn't sound like the case.

While I agree, I honestly believe that calling this ND defense good is underselling it a bit. I could be wrong here, but I honestly believe that this is going to be a top 5 defense in CFB this year. Only defenses I'd take over ours would be Bama, Clemson, and UGA.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

It's not good to hear that the offense today was a struggle. We knew the defense was going to be good. I love hear the positivity about the young DB's. We needed the offense to be better. Doesn't sound like the case.

Literally yesterday (at the real 11v11 live practice) the offense won the day lol.
Per sources. TB scored on every drive. sans one INT

This sounds like the best case scenario, O and D going back and forth.

 

[Dale]

O versus D someone has to lose haha. O has starting RB limited. Starting LG out. 2 Starting WRs out, one backup WR out, one backup WR limited.