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volatil said:
Whoa

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it's football and its crap that one player gets protection simply because he throws a ball. Protection in the pocket? sure. once you're a runner you're just a dude. He went down with zero time to spare at best. I can't fault Kiko on that because if Flacco doesnt go down and kiko lets up, hes not doing his job.

it was a penalty. but not cheap or excessive.
 
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bignewt said:
most of us (me included) were very impressed with the off season coaching hires. Scott wound up being no bueno but at the time it seemed logical.
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The defensive hires were logical and impressive enough.

The offensive hires reeked of Butch stubbornly not wanting to implement any real change or bring in someone who might challenge him or want control of the offense.
 
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The Dog said:
James Cook commited to Georgia 2night. I just don't get it, if they hang on to White, that makes three 5 star RBs to Georgia in the last 2 years, counting Swift.
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Cat and Rish made good points on this. Add in the system Chaney/Pittman run along with UGA's tradition of having featured backs going to the NFL. Smart didn't have to prove to recruits he knew what to do.
 
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utvols88 said:
it's football and its crap that one player gets protection simply because he throws a ball. Protection in the pocket? sure. once you're a runner you're just a dude. He went down with zero time to spare at best. I can't fault Kiko on that because if Flacco doesnt go down and kiko lets up, hes not doing his job.
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it was a penalty. but not cheap or excessive.
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Yeah everything happens in a split second and Flacco went down kind of late. Hard to blame Kiko for that. He will probably get a fine and it’s definitely a penalty but I don’t think it was overly flagrant. Just a bang bang play that looked really bad.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
The defensive hires were logical and impressive enough.

The offensive hires reeked of Butch stubbornly not wanting to implement any real change or bring in someone who might challenge him or want control of the offense.
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I have no interest in defending Butch Jones in anything at all but I don't think the situation we ended up with regarding our offensive staff was his first choice.

Kiffin was definitely coming to LSU from Alabama to be the Tigers’ offensive coordinator, per multiple, multiple sources. And per Orgeron, who’d included Kiffin’s name as OC on a projected coaching staff during his interview.

"I know probably — and I can’t blame them — I know that Alabama probably didn’t want him to come here," Orgeron says. "I’m assuming they did everything they could to get him a head job. But he was honest with us. He said, ‘Coach, I’m coming to LSU unless I get a head job, and I want a head job.’

"We thought he had the Houston job. He woulda been dynamite there. Dynamite. Then we hear about Florida Atlantic, and we didn’t think he’d take that. But he calls and says, ‘Hey man, I’m coming. I’ve got one more meeting, and I’m just going to listen to them.’ Ended up, he took the job."

The staff retrenched, preparing for a battle to land Matt Canada, the offseason’s hottest coordinator candidate. With defensive coordinator Dave Aranda locked into a $1.8 million annual deal, Orgeron, with Alleva’s blessing, wanted an equally notable — and compensated — OC.

"The day we got him here, we knew Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee was all after him. That’s not all of them. These schools were just dying to get him. So we had to move. And the guy was wanted, so we had to make the right offer," Orgeron says.

Canada signed a $1.5 million annual deal, putting LSU at $3.3 million in coordinator pay. The moves fortify the Tigers with arguably the best coordinator duo in the game, a statement to those critical of O’s acumen as a CEO. If either gets a head coaching or NFL gig, bring on the next bidding war.

"I don’t look at any of those things as costs," Alleva says. "Those are investments. You make investments to improve. I look at the dollars that we spend on those guys as investments to be better."
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Gonna take Grudens spot on MNF when Gruden comes to coach UT at a salary of $10m/year along with $9.5m/year for his staff. "We had to make the right offer," John Currie said, "I don’t look at any of those things as costs. Those are investments. You make investments to improve. I look at the dollars that we spend on those guys as investments to be better."
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utvols88 said:
it's football and its crap that one player gets protection simply because he throws a ball. Protection in the pocket? sure. once you're a runner you're just a dude. He went down with zero time to spare at best. I can't fault Kiko on that because if Flacco doesnt go down and kiko lets up, hes not doing his job.

it was a penalty. but not cheap or excessive.
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I agree. A QB should be afforded extra protection behind the line of scrimmage. When he passes the line and becomes a runner, he should be fair game. He still has the opportunity to give himself up. Don't want to get hit, slide before the defender has started his tackle.
 
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