This is what I think of when I think of Champ's Florida years. Nobody blocking a defender. To be honest, our oline under Roper kind of resembled theirs. (But I saw improvement last year by the end of the season).
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This is what I think of when I think of Champ's Florida years. Nobody blocking a defender. To be honest, our oline under Roper kind of resembled theirs. (But I saw improvement last year by the end of the season).
Assuming you mean Elliott. Roper didn't coach OL and Wolford coached under Roper last year.This is what I think of when I think of Champ's Florida years. Nobody blocking a defender. To be honest, our oline under Roper kind of resembled theirs. (But I saw improvement last year by the end of the season).
BTW, that UF picture was when Pease was the OC.
Muschamp recruiting is non stop... Such a refreshing Change.. He will recruit ANYWHERE!!
I think Roper's (and other OCs under Muschamp) have had poor blocking schemes for the Oline and did not involve themselves with the linemen. Disconnect between OC and OL coach. Charlie Weisse had an unstoppable offense - in the backfield - but his Oline was not blocking for the correct plays by the backs. Pease, Weise, Roper doesn't matter. All of them had Olines that did not play together. That was my bigiest hesitation on climbing aboard the Muschamp Express when he was hired.
Everybody sayd Muschamp had QB problems. In fact, he had some good qbs. His Olines never played together.
Muschamp has always been willing to get down and dirty with the Dline, but not as much the Oline. Hopefully, we now have an Oline coach and an OC who will work together, but Muschamp needs to be more involved in OLine play.
You may be right, but I don't know how an OC can not involve and let an OL coach know what scheme he wants to run. I always thought Elliott's problem was that he learned one style of blocking and didn't have the experience (hadn't been coaching OL long when we hired him) to coach anything else.
Muschamp did bring in a new OL coach when he hired Roper at UF who had a good reputation, but it was too little too late IMO. Don't know who their OL coach was prior to that.
Roper's scheme made those line do things they were not recruited to do. Too much pulling for players that were extremely slow footed. They were getting beat to the hole by the back and the play would never have a chance
I bet the UVA frat boy will not forget the a hit by Boyd either
I agree with that. His scheme does/did use a lot of pulling guards and tackles....very much like a pro set.
I see. I had never heard anything like that so thought you were confusing him with someone else. I do remember the one year he sat out, and now that I think about it, I don't think it was injury related. You could be right. We used to tailgate with the parents of several players who were big time for us, and they never mentioned that about Boyd to my recollection (which ain't great these days
I smell Tater. We’re not letting you have anything...any more. Nobody outworks Muschamp!
Hope Crouch is reading this...and sees that a Clemson fan referred to him as a...Thug.
I’m hopeful he becomes a Gamecock.
I’m hopeful he doesn’t end up in Pickens or Rocky Bottom.
Other options I would not be happy but slightly more understanding
I’m hopeful he doesn’t end up in Pickens or Rocky Bottom.
Other options I would not be happy but slightly more understanding
That's why this felt like a hostage hire to me. Sounds a little harsh, i know. Especially when he does seem to be a fantanstic coach and recruiter. But the underlying sentiment seemed to be that threat that he would be more than happy to coach and recruit against us if he didn't get the OC gig.
I hope he and Werner are a huge success. But as someone else said, Muschamp is basically staking his career on this hire.
WHOOOOO! YEAH BABY!!!!! THAT'S THE ONE!!!! THAT WAS F&%#NG AWESOME!!!
247 predictions shows us and Clemson at 40% each and Tennessee at 20%, but for some reason I thought NCSU was more involved than that
Thanks Rouge...when I saw it, it was us 50% and Clemson 50%...with Crouch. UT has come on strong. There was an article written today by a rivals reporter on NC recruiting and he was talking abut what I had already said which is, UT is now making NC a priority again...and there you go, Crouch is now trending 20% UT according to the prognosticators.
I will say this. There are two HS coaches in the area that have DEEP and strong ties to the Charlotte area. Will needs to reach out. Both are USC alums.
Charlotte has been good to us...but let's keep in mind the best of the Charlotte area was on the South Carolina side of the border. Charlotte has become a hotbed in the last couple of years. Florida and Georgia have done better than us in Charlotte. The kids that went to UNC and NC State were not SEC or Clemson caliber at time of recrutiment...even that kid who was a running back who orignally commited to Notre Dame and then UNC, never panned out to greatness...
Well, this can't hurt at all....the ONLY school among all the P-5 conference schools. Good story (Sorry but it's from The State). http://www.thestate.com/sports/coll...tball/josh-kendall-blog/article212181629.html
Seem to remember him having a pretty good day vs USC. Hood had a tough college career, seemed like each time he got things going an injury popped up and slowed him back down. I think he is with the Panthers now and wish him the best.
And if he went somewhere else and was a great OC, you'd have said we should have hired this guy and not let him get away. No one can win on this board.
You don't know what I would have said. But since you incorrectly assumed you did, I'll tell you:
If he went somewhere and did well and Muschamp made a great hire that brought in a high-scoring and innovative offense, I'd have said it was the right move. If he did well elsewhere and Muschamp's hire gave us more of the same crappy and predictable offense, then I would say the problem is officially Muschamp -- not his OC hires.
Clear enough for you?
Now if we can get Jackson from NC and Walker from GA...we may shoot straight to #1 in recruiting..I can't wait till the weekend is over to see if we get any new plumbs....I'm giddy...
Come on down Crouch!!!!
Come on down Crouch!!!!
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LOL. I remember him saying that. That was a boneheaded thing to say but gave us some good memories as a Gamecock. He also went on to have some decent seasons in the CFL. He made the All-star game 2 or 3 times and rushed for over 1000 yards on 3 occasions.
According to Phil Kornblut, looks like Jackson's visit was outstanding. I'm really hoping to get this kid...If we can lure him, I think it may help spur Crouch....Let's keep this NC high school recruiting going...
I like him...When i was a student at Carolina in the mid 1980's I used to listen to him on sports talk and I would buy his recruiting news letter at the newstand downtown...Sometimes, he gives the news first...not always...but i get news wherever I can...
