tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post9197835272750827439..comments2024-03-24T05:21:33.293-04:00Comments on Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: 2011 Position Previews: Wide Receivers and Tight EndsATL_eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-25751744391654377802011-07-22T17:00:42.826-04:002011-07-22T17:00:42.826-04:00C-Teabag,
Being a drunk and angry snot watching ...C-Teabag, <br /><br />Being a drunk and angry snot watching BC football on TV does not qualify you to comment, especially when you are dead wrong and don't know jack about football.<br /><br />If you think Larmond (4.4) is fast, then so is Amidon (4.4), so is Swigert (4.4) and so is Philips (4.5). Some of these guys even turned down offers from the great SEC, Big Ten, and ND. Yep. It is so.<br /><br />It's not all clowns at BC football. The only clown is you, and your SEC loving buddy Snuffy. Go post your snot remarks on some SEC board.neenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094645831951941617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-74979904318561120342011-07-22T16:26:30.944-04:002011-07-22T16:26:30.944-04:00You don't remember the criticism the WRs got d...You don't remember the criticism the WRs got during the Bowl game? Even the play-by-play guy was calling them out. When the play-by-play guys calls you out between reading promos for another boring ABC show, you know you have some serious problems. We were playing freakin' Nevada. A defense of such ill-repute that 1940 France looked like Ft. Knox compared to them. Defenses don't need to worry about being beaten over-the-top with us, and that hurts the running game. Too many dopey safeties and LBs to block. Larmond should help, but that's precisely because he is fast. The group as a whole is not. You can't teach height, but give me "you can't teach speed" at that position. Yes, Rettig was pretty weak--to be expected--but separation is a position issue. We. Are. Slow. If 60 year old white guys see it from 100 yards away...<br /><br />Then again, who knows, maybe Rettig channels his inner Peyton, dates all of FSU's cheerleaders, tutors Castonzo in Biochemistry, and cuts unemployment in half. Won't matter then...CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783098791522341665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-58133006080091356512011-07-22T13:03:51.030-04:002011-07-22T13:03:51.030-04:00We've got really good height and size in our r...We've got really good height and size in our receiving corps. No freshmen, only one senior - this is a young, developing group of ball-catchers. I see a lot of promise here.<br /><br />14 Johnathan Coleman SO WR 6-4 208<br />30 Donte Elliott JR WR 6-0 195<br />1 Colin Larmond, Jr. JR WR 6-3 202<br />17 Clyde Lee JR WR 6-0 193<br />3 Ifeanyi Momah SR WR 6-6 229<br />84 Shakim Phillips SO WR 6-2 203<br />10 Bobby Swigert SO WR 6-1 184<br />37 Hampton Hughes JR WR/DB 6-3 202<br />83 Alex Amidon SO WR 5-11 185<br />25 Joseph Bronzo RS FR WR 5-11 187<br /><br />(deleted previous comment in order to clean up the player list)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850144451590968474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-79222718354968104212011-07-22T13:00:58.122-04:002011-07-22T13:00:58.122-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850144451590968474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-53994120425419418172011-07-22T12:58:34.914-04:002011-07-22T12:58:34.914-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850144451590968474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-82719151412959083062011-07-22T11:46:58.861-04:002011-07-22T11:46:58.861-04:00It is hard to tell just how good a freshman is whe...It is hard to tell just how good a freshman is when he just walked onto campus and was handed a uniform and then he was in a game. BC felt that they had to skip the redshirt on a number of freshmen. This was especially true at wide receiver and of course the guy that threw them the ball.JBQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344181644293746758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-76443685679748593512011-07-22T10:43:35.847-04:002011-07-22T10:43:35.847-04:00100% agree with ATL --- this group has as much if ...100% agree with ATL --- this group has as much if not more talent than most of the groups we've seen at the Heights over the past two decades. <br /><br />The problem was not the receivers. Very few look good in double coverage. Even fewer look good on 3 & 12 against a dime package. Those were the situations in which we were passing last year. <br /><br />Over the past 20 years we have had only a handful of receivers that could get open on their own absent the play design doing it for them. Some were fast enough to do so (Blackmon), and others were just good receivers capable of finding soft spots in zones (Gunnell, Anthony DiCosmo, BRob). But mostly we've relied on keeping defenses off-balance. <br /><br />The only way Tranquill would have kept a defense off balance is if he lulled them to sleep. We telegraphed every damn play, and passed only on third and long. Shocking the receiving crew --- all of whom were VERY young --- didn't look like all Americans. Wans't their fault.TheFivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915265564962871007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-88669164183764481882011-07-22T10:37:39.042-04:002011-07-22T10:37:39.042-04:00BC's receivers might be getting closer to ACC ...BC's receivers might be getting closer to ACC calibre players, but they would be laughed off the field in the SEC. They just do not have the athleticism of an SEC player. None we even recruited by SEC schools. But, hey, good enuff for ACC so rah!neenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094645831951941617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-43417317757135098802011-07-22T08:19:30.583-04:002011-07-22T08:19:30.583-04:00Two things about Momah:
1. He's my favorite p...Two things about Momah:<br />1. He's my favorite person to yell out to on the Eagle Walk. Comes up the rear, whatever you say about the game you get a nod and a "yes, Sir."<br />2. You gotta appreciate how hard he worked in the weight room at the DE experiment. He really tacked on the upper body strength for it. It is nice to see a kid work that hard to contribute wherever the coaches need him.<br /><br />And the WRs overall, so much depth this year, even if there are no superstars. Larmond, Swigert, Coleman, Momah, Amidon, Phillips, Clyde Lee. We don't need to go 7 deep, I'd like to see Amidon redshirt. He plays hard but IMO has the most to gain from age & practice on technique.<br /><br />I'd go Larmond & Momah starting wide, and Swigert starting in the slot, with heavy rotation all around. Those 3 all bring different things to the table.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852682232912278307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-66889214362351359282011-07-22T08:09:33.894-04:002011-07-22T08:09:33.894-04:00Here is what mod10 said in comment on this blog la...Here is what mod10 said in comment on this blog last year: <br /><br />"Matt Millen was merciless last night talking about how BC's receivers are slow, don't even try to get separation and can't catch the ball when it hits their hands. At one point McDonough said BC's receivers were not D1 caliber"mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.com