Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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SoilVol said:
Request for prayers. As some know, I took a life-changing job in DC that started in September. In October we had our second child. I haven't had any time off and we knew it would be a challenge, but we didn't factor in how difficult this would all be for our oldest daughter (3.5yo).

We knew there would be an adjustment, but she's very obviously dealing with anxiety and probably depression. Multiple times a day she cries because she misses her friends from her old preschool. Multiple times a day she asks to call or facetime her grandparents, aunts, and cousins, something she never asked to do before we moved. While out she will go from being happy and in the moment to panicking and asking for her blanket or to be held.

We know part of that is being a 3yr old learning how to regulate emotions. And her imagination is definitely coming in full swing now. It's just been hard for us to watch and manage especially.

We are trying our best. We call family daily, we do fun things on weekends as often as possible, we are trying to make this Christmas a magical one, she's at a new school now slowly making new friends. Also hoping to start going to church where she's in school to create more of a connection for her and us. We also talked last night and plan to sit down with her and create a very structured schedule to alleviate some of her anxiety and help her and us manage each day. We just need some encouragement, prayers, and support.

And we need the Vols to play a bowl game so she can run around screaming "Woo!" As I sing Rocky Top and celebrate touchdowns.

Thanks y'all.
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I’ve learned if you are concerned and care you are being a great dad. So keep your head up and let the Lord handle it. He can give peace that makes no sense to us and has no replacement.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Yea the committee sucks. Miami should’ve been ahead of ND already due to h2h.

This is why they should do away with weekly rankings and just drop the final rankings on everyone’s head.
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We can agree on the bold part. I mean I'm not a ND fan by any means couldn't have happened to a better program. But I also hate that we get week after week of shilling for the Irish to justify them being where they are in the rankings to then see it tossed out the door.

We're not stupid fans, we know that it's because they were going to put an ACC team.

It was just weird...to see that happen

Week 11 of the CFP rankings ND is 11th then they move up in Week 12 to 9th and stay there until Week 15 when they lose a spot because Bama makes the SECG game.

Then Week 16 they lose another spot and get left out because Duke beats Virginia and Bama loses by 21?
 
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SSVol said:
He is paid to field a successful defense. Those stats and rankings are the evidence that he did not do that. We got whipped by Vandy. At home. Does that make it easier to understand?
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You can clearly see that Banks sucks. Did Banks suck last year? If he did why did none of y'all say anything then? Fact is most of these people making excutive decisions only know two things, the score and google stats.
 
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rikberry31 said:
Well it would be refreshing to hear someone on the fire Banks train give some specific football reasons for why Banks is so terrible and should be fired. All they spout is stats and rankings. Googling stats and rankings is all non-ball knowers do.
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Lol. That’s literally how you determine anything for an offense or defense. Stats.

Bahahaha

And go watch bulls break down on the defense and game film. He talks a lot on alignment issues, scheme, and gap assignments. He doesn’t think it’s all on banks but essentially says we need a lot of changes on defense. He says banks has mixed 4-3 and 3-4 concepts into the back and front end which makes zero sense and no one else does that.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I’m good with getting young innovative DC. Banks has had a top 30 defense in 3 of his 5 seasons. I don’t think you definitely need NFL players but you need solid veteran players. We can fix that issue with transfers. We have missed on too many High School kids.
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Only good seasons were elite players on DL. Without it, it’s crap. Banks defense resides on garner recruiting and evals. When it hasn’t been stacked, defense sucks. Landing McCoy from the portal helped eliminate a side of a field but he was a stud before here too
 
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rikberry31 said:
You can clearly see that Banks sucks. Did Banks suck last year? If he did why did none of y'all say anything then? Fact is most of these people making excutive decisions only know two things, the score and google stats.
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I'm neutral on Banks, I would like to upgrade but not sure if that's possible.

Here are my issues with Banks

1) His responsible for position is probably the weakest, least developed on the team. Now is that coaching or recruiting misses? I don't know

2) Blitz heavy, I don't mind blitzing for obvious reasons but you have to mix it up, especially when those blitzes aren't resulting in a good success rate.

3) In game coaching, all too often Banks is slow or simply unwilling to adjust. It's obvious coming out of the half that it takes Banks at least two to three series to adjust
 
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rikberry31 said:
Well it would be refreshing to hear someone on the fire Banks train give some specific football reasons for why Banks is so terrible and should be fired. All they spout is stats and rankings. Googling stats and rankings is all non-ball knowers do.
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Secondary recruiting is a big one....hasn't really shown the ability to develop secondary talent to play at the next level either.
 
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rikberry31 said:
Well it would be refreshing to hear someone on the fire Banks train give some specific football reasons for why Banks is so terrible and should be fired. All they spout is stats and rankings. Googling stats and rankings is all non-ball knowers do.
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His playcalling and schemes are not good imo. 3rd down playcalling has been abysmal. A mix of overcomplicating his defensive schemes where players seem to have to think more than playing instinctively and when he was an active recruiter, his position group seemed to recruit and be developed the worst. His responsibilities this year were supposedly cut so he could focus on running the defense and lo and behold this was probably our worst defense since he's been here. He gets outschemed/outcoached consistently by decent OC's.
 
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Weezer said:
I still think politics is what got Bama in. As much as I hate ND and think they should have to join a conference to be included, they should have been in over Bama. Two losses compared to three losses and Bama clearly has the worse loss on their record. AND Bama got handled in the SEC CG.

Football politics is part of the decline of this sport.
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But Bama wouldn’t have had 3 losses if they hadn’t played in the SEC Championship. They’d‘ve had the same record as ND who didn’t have to play anyone…I just don’t know what the solution is with ND, they get the same what seems unfair considerations as Bama…
 
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rikberry31 said:
Well it would be refreshing to hear someone on the fire Banks train give some specific football reasons for why Banks is so terrible and should be fired. All they spout is stats and rankings. Googling stats and rankings is all non-ball knowers do.
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It is an overall mentality kinda thing in my eyes. They don’t play aggressive football on the side of the ball that counts. How many times have you seen offensive players gain positive yardage after initial contact. How many times have we seen defensive backs run up and try to roll under the legs of a receiver or RB only to have the individual gain 10+ yards. How many bad pursuit angles have we seen in every game. How many times have we been caught in soft coverage on critical downs and how many times have we seen LB’s blocked down on because of poor positioning. How often has our Defensive line been caught trying to hold up and control their opponents instead of shedding the block and pursuing the ball and how many times did we get called for offsides because of lining up in the neutral zone.

I am not a coach, I did play some ball and all of these things I mentioned are basic fundamentals that are coached and planned for in games. The basics of coaching have given way to a passive mindset that in the long run will get you beat more times than not against quality opponents. Can these be changed ? Absolutely but is the current staff capable of making those changes ? Maybe but to this point I haven’t seen them show the willingness to do so.
 
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MarcoVol said:
If you punish CG losers, you’re incentivizing teams to not want to play in their CG.

And ND shouldn’t be allowed in the CFP until they join a conference. And if they are not in a conference, no team ahead of them the week before the final rankings that loses their CG should drop below them.

They have to figure out that out and fix it.
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I agree ND should be in a conference.

The incentive to play in the conference championship is to win the conference. You shouldn't go unpunished when you get your ass handed to you. That was Bama's playoff game. Losing it should have left them out of the field.
 
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SoilVol said:
Request for prayers. As some know, I took a life-changing job in DC that started in September. In October we had our second child. I haven't had any time off and we knew it would be a challenge, but we didn't factor in how difficult this would all be for our oldest daughter (3.5yo).

We knew there would be an adjustment, but she's very obviously dealing with anxiety and probably depression. Multiple times a day she cries because she misses her friends from her old preschool. Multiple times a day she asks to call or facetime her grandparents, aunts, and cousins, something she never asked to do before we moved. While out she will go from being happy and in the moment to panicking and asking for her blanket or to be held.

We know part of that is being a 3yr old learning how to regulate emotions. And her imagination is definitely coming in full swing now. It's just been hard for us to watch and manage especially.

We are trying our best. We call family daily, we do fun things on weekends as often as possible, we are trying to make this Christmas a magical one, she's at a new school now slowly making new friends. Also hoping to start going to church where she's in school to create more of a connection for her and us. We also talked last night and plan to sit down with her and create a very structured schedule to alleviate some of her anxiety and help her and us manage each day. We just need some encouragement, prayers, and support.

And we need the Vols to play a bowl game so she can run around screaming "Woo!" As I sing Rocky Top and celebrate touchdowns.

Thanks y'all.
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Prayers sent soil, As a dad of 2 daughters, I moved my kids numerous times over a 10 year period. My youngest is an introvert and really struggles with making new friends. Each time was a challenge but for us the first few months were always the most difficult. I would tell you that for us finding a church quickly was by far the most helpful thing in our kids adjustment. That church also needs to be close to where you live if at all possible. It only takes one or two friends to change a 3 year olds life quickly. That's why I say a church nearby is best, if possible as those classmates will likely be close. My kids are both married now and I have 6 grandkids and I think both would tell you that moving around ended up being a great benefit. Keep the faith and just realize God knew what he was doing when he placed you in your current job. I have complete faith things will improve. God bless you and your family.
 
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