Kelly's Thoughts on Floyd Thus Far

[Ben E.]

Brian Kelly: Michael Floyd overrated no more | CollegeFootballTalk.com


NO MORE!

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

I was very suprised when I heard BK say this...however as they say "once a coach stops yelling/challenging you is the day he stops careing..." Didnt seem like it bothered Floyd when they asked him about it...he is confident in his ablility.

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

he also said he was the hardest worker on the team! think at first he was trying to motivate micheal

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

BK said that Michael was capable of so much more than he was "being asked to do by C-Dub". He's now exhibiting the ability to run all of the routes with speed and precision because that is a function of his offense.

 

[IrishMoore1]

BK said he at first thought Floyd was overhyped. Now that he's seen him in practice, BK said he has changed his mind about Floyd.

 

[Ben E.]

BK said he at first thought Floyd was overhyped. Now that he's seen him in practice, BK said he has changed his mind about Floyd.

yea that pretty much is the point of the article...that he realy is the real deal. injury free he is going to put up insane numbers!

 

[ryno 24]

it didnt look like he ran good routes last year i see him turning into a more talented version of crabtree with as much talent and now the work ethic

 

[Big23Head]

IrishIllustrated.com - Floyd takes 'over-hyped' comment in stride

 

[Riddickulous]

yea that pretty much is the point of the article...that he realy is the real deal. injury free he is going to put up insane numbers!

Because Michael is so dominant, he might.

However...

Kelly's quarterbacks in D-1A:

Kent Smith, 2004: 188-333, 2284 yards, 16 TDs, 8 INTs (Team record: 4-7)
Kent Smith, 2005: 255-420, 2799 yards, 16 TDs, 6 INTs (Team record: 6-5)
Dan LeFevour, 2006: 247-388, 3031 yards, 26 TDs, 10 INTs (Team record: 9-4)

Ben Mauk, 2007: 235-386, 3121 yards, 31 TDs, 9 INTs (Team record: 10-3)

Tony Pike, 2008: 199-324, 2407 yards, 19 TDs, 11 INTs
Dustin Grutza, 2008: 44-66, 613 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT
Chazz Anderson, 2008: 46-75, 520 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs
Combined Cincinatti Quarterbacks, 2008: 289-463, 3540 yards, 26 TDs, 15 INTs

Tony Pike, 2009: 211-338, 2520 yards, 29 TDs, 6 INTs
Zach Collaros, 2009: 93-124, 1434 yards, 10 TDs, 2 INTs
Combined Cincinatti Quarterbacks, 2009: 304-462, 3854 yards, 39 TDs, 8 INTs


Notice that the first quarterbacks to see the field at both of those schools under Kelly (Smith and Mauk) do not have stellar passing numbers. Smith barely has 2,000 yards and Mauk barely eclipses 3,000. If Central Michigan was not 4-7, we can assume that Smith would probably have put up better numbers.

Notice as the teams get further along under Kelly, the passing numbers begin to increase. Passing totals for Kent Smith in year two under Kelly improved by over 500 yards in the same number of games. LeFevour eclipses 3,000 as a true freshman. At Cincinatti, Mauk starts off with over 3100, which improves to over 3500 in 2008 and to almost 4000 in 2009.

Seeing these numbers, it's safe to assume Kelly does not throw as much when his players are adjusting to his system. As they adjust and learn the offense, he throws the ball more, and the passing numbers increase.

Kelly likes our running backs. He says he would be shocked if we couldn't run the football. We are going to see more running than a Kelly offense has seen in a long time. Crist will have time to adjust and gain confidence against two absolutely atrocious secondaries in Purdue and Michigan, and another weak secondary in Stanford.

Expect Crist to break the 3,000 yard mark. He'll probably throw 25 TDs, maybe a couple more, maybe a couple less.

Floyd will not have "insane" numbers, unless he is a godsend at receiver and can manage to beat double coverage in the early part of the season for 150 yards every game (teams will begin to key in on other weapons such as Kyle Rudolph and Theo Riddick when they begin to make plays at will against defense keying in on Michael Floyd). Crist will spread the ball around to three receivers (up that total to five with the rotation at the non-Floyd outside receiver position), Rudolph, Eifert even, and checkdowns to the running backs.

 

[IrishMoore1]

it didnt look like he ran good routes last year i see him turning into a more talented version of crabtree with as much talent and now the work ethic

Floyd has always had the best work ethic, at least out of the receiver group. That's how he's so good. He's got the talent, but he works the heck outta his craft to improve his skills. In practice reports I read over the last 2 years, he clearly stood out as the hardest worker.