Offensive Line Thread
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Irish Storm
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Great recruiter for the O-Line. Average at coaching great talent into a dominating unit. OSU, Alabama have dominating lines. Ours should be
Veritate Duce Progredi
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When do we get to start voting for 2015 awards? Irish storm is off to a great start for one of them.
Andy in Sactown
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Mile wide, millimeter deep. Not hard to see through without any depth.
Irish Storm
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I said he is a great recruiter for us. And the kids love playing for him, no question.
Irish Insanity
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FIFY
It's a lot less interesting during the off season without Koon around.
#FreeKoon
greyhammer90
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You expect Koon to increase the amount of football knowledge?
NDdomer2
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dshans
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No more and no less than the average NDjoesixpack1 ...
Some are dull, some are KEEN.
Much depends on just how the blade is sharpened.
Or left to wallow in disuse or neglect.
ACamp1900
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Nah, insanity is just into dudes with abs also.....
greyhammer90
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and some are safety scissors
Irish Insanity
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No. My statement about it being less interesting around here w/o Koon in the off season is a stand alone statement.
Who isn't?
NDinL.A.
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I think it's much better and much more interesting. And far less bullshit. I'm sure the mods are happy with the break as well.
NDPhilly
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dshans
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ulukinatme
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Please don't stone me, but I think there's some grains of truth in what Storm has said here. I wouldn't say Harry is average at coaching talent. He's probably Top 5 or so when we're talking pass blocking. Run blocking? I think the jury is still out. We certainly looked good at times against LSU, and we started the year looking good against Rice, but it was Rice. There were certainly games in the middle where we had some issues.
It's been discussed that the blocking style and offense being run affects all that, but honestly when it comes down to it has our OL recruiting lived up to the hype? Maybe with some positions/players, but have we been dominant? I don't know if we're there yet, we've been too inconsistent, although this could be the year where we have the OL that flat out mauls teams and asserts their dominance. We have the bodies, we have the depth, we should play to that strength. As mediocre as Warriner's recruiting has been at times, you can't argue that he gets a lot out of his players. He certainly turned around our offense using Charlie's guys, and our OL was pretty bad at times when Charlie was around.
Do I want to get rid of Harry? Absolutely not. He's a vastly superior recruiter, the pass blocking technique he teaches is very good and gets results. I'm not sold on how well we run the ball though, we're not opening the holes that we used to. It's great when Tarean can squeeze between a tackle and a guard and show his athleticism to gain a couple extra yards, but I'd rather see him run through a Mack truck sized hole and scamper for 10+. I think this is the year we can be consistent and dominating against all the teams we face in the trenches, and Harry can cement a legacy as the best OL guy in the game.
ulukinatme
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It's the off season. It's going to be less interesting with or without the Koon.
For those that miss the Koon, think about it this way: absence makes the heart grow fonder. When the Koon returns ya'll can profess your love and get hitched in front of the Library before the Texas game.
Irish Insanity
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Lulz
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Not a fan of Koon?
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Bogtrotter07
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Fog is right, dshans!
The problem with this thread (and site for that matter), if it is a problem, is that people have confused behavior, mood, and character, with "football knowlege."
A) People take their prejudices and try to fit the circumstances the observe, to show them off to their best advantage.
B) That is why themes keep getting recited over and over.
C) And that is why the same people say nasty things about the same people, who some people think say nasty things, but it does't ever bother some of the same people, every time.
The problem with this thread (and site for that matter), if it is a problem, is that people have confused behavior, mood, and character, with "football knowlege."
A) People take their prejudices and try to fit the circumstances the observe, to show them off to their best advantage.
B) That is why themes keep getting recited over and over.
C) And that is why the same people say nasty things about the same people, who some people think say nasty things, but it does't ever bother some of the same people, every time.
Booslum31
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You are rolling today Bogs!
NDinL.A.
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I've never shied away from my own issues on this site. Admitted them many times. I can comment on Koon just fine with a completely clear conscience. You've had your own issues but I don't bring them up every time you comment on something.
And I guarantee you that you can ask the mods who creates more problems for the site, Koon or myself, and they'll say him. Not even close. I know this for a fact. I'm pretty much a mouse on this site nowadays anyway.
But hey, nice efort. (<<<------- There, I gave you something to write about, so you can feel like you contribute to the site.
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dshans
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...You've had your own issues but I don't bring them up every time you comment on something.
... But hey, nice efort. (<<<------- There, I gave you something to write about, so you can feel like you contribute to the site.
I hereby declare this "Our Song":
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Passive-aggresive meets deflective-aggressive?
There you go. Waist high lob ball. You've been given the "swing away" sign from the coach. Go for the fences!
Snark on snark mayhem. Oh, the internetity!!!
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Why are you bring up Harry?