Amazing how much can get read into Crist's "attitude" based on a one second TV sideline flash. Dayne walked straight over to Kelly and pulled off his chinstrap. He did not sneak away. Just amazing.
I think folks that have all the answers really need to go back and rewatch some plays, and tell me how much time Dayne has had throw, and how many receivers he had open on a microsecond decision, and all this while he was trying to catch the snap and position the ball in his hands.
I'm not making excuses for him - I believe I was one of the first on here to question his play so far - but the assumptions being made here about his "attitude" seem pretty silly.
Who knows but Crist and Kelly. But I will repeat, such negative reinforcement after a mistake benefits NOBODY and can only create animosity.
Come on bro. Its obviously not just that one instance. Its an overall performance issue/attitude or maybe like posted, lack of attitude. More than likely its that.
I was actually very surprised at how well this post has gone, reasonable, no hating stupid comments and just a good debate.
Definitely definitely against this..These dreadlocked "quarterbacks" are no good, you'll never beat a good team...ask michigan how that experiment turned out.
Dayne is also not the answer..it's not a matter of learning the offense, his problems are deeper than that. Doesn't have the accuracy to make the clutch plays..AT ALL.. and just isn't that smart.
It'll take time but eventually he'll find his next tony pike.
Yeah bro you right. I defo DO NOT want a Robinson. Hes amazing..but hes injured too often. So yeah don't want that. More like an Oregon QB. thats strong tuff, fast ..etc
You are seeing things that you want to see.
You see that as "proof" that BK is down on Crist? ND needs to recruit a potential starting QB pretty much every year. It will be even more critical next recruiting season as it seems unlikely ND will land a quality QB this year.
No I'mm not. I don't want to see him play bad or have attitude. Thats just stupid, I mean for real?
No, but to say thats his #2 priority is pretty strong. But yeah maybe your right. But I think the way he said it (again reading too much into it!
) was very exasperated.
I dont want to simplify what I believe DC is going thru, but I think it can be summed up concisely by saying that DC needs to 'Buck Up'.
DC needs to actively look to see what he can do to stop BK from yelling at him. Why does he yell at me? what did I do just before he blew up at me? What steps do I take to make sure that doesnt happen again?
I also think that DC needs to elevate his own expectations of himself. That is something he could look to JC's example for. JC was never short on his own expectations, and what JC thought his own game should be. I dont see that same tenacity with DC......yet. I always thought it was funny ppl said JC was arrogant, I always believe there is fine line between arrogance and confidence.
Something happened in JC's life after the infamous syracuse game. The HAW game was phenomonal, then came the summer quote "we're not losing because of me." Then came his 28td-4int junior season. Then came the NFL. JC expected to succeed; I think right now DC wants and hopes he succeeds.
DC needs his 'post-syracuse' moment to happen.
Definitely agree with this post ^^. I think its right on. Hes totally got the potential and the talent the skill...etc He just needs that extra little something to make him great. And yeah, I believe its the confidence.
Funny what you said about arrogance and confidence. People said that Golden was arrogant, but I said it was confidence and I loved it! I see a bit of that in Riddick which is exciting.
But..I mean please, Crist, don't make us wait fora Syracuse loss!!!! PLEASE! I'm begging you!!
And to address the whole Yelling don't Yell thing, check out this quote from Huggins about Kelly;
Savon Huggins said:
"[Kelly has] flat out told me that if I play the best there I’m going to be the running back next year. He’s hands on and I respect that type of coaching. I don’t want a coach that just lets you walk past him when you make a mistake. I want someone that will tell me when I do something right and get in my face if I do something wrong.”
So I guess I really think it depends on the player. Some won't like it, and want a more laid back coach. To me that tells me about the kind of player that one would be like. Lazy. If I played, I'd want a coach to push me till I break and than push me more. I would hope that these guys WANT to be good.
Its obvious that Kelly ain't just yelling to yell. Hes passionate about the game and heck! his butt is on the line. Hes got the same if not more, pressure as Crist!
Great reading all you guys post. I think its a very interesting debate.
Cheers!
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