Crompton on the sideline

#51
#51
g8terh8ter_eric said:
This has zero to do with the coaches. This has to do with a cocky athlete saying something that has come back to bite him in the arse. There is a reason that he never challenged Ainge for the starting job.
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Yep. Ainge is a much better quarterback. Lots of us pointed that out over a year ago. It has nothing to do with arrogance.
 
#52
#52
kptvol said:
Yep. Ainge is a much better quarterback. Lots of us pointed that out over a year ago. It has nothing to do with arrogance.
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So, what are you going to look over his comments and just say he was trying to get this team fired up?? His comments had nothing to do with the team, it had to do with him giving himself lip service. Had he backed them up we wouldn't be in the situation we are in, but he didn't and now he is being exposed for the self absorbed athlete he is. Feel bad for him, no. Feel bad for the team, yes.
 
#53
#53
g8terh8ter_eric said:
So, what are you going to look over his comments and just say he was trying to get this team fired up?? His comments had nothing to do with the team, it had to do with him giving himself lip service. Had he backed them up we wouldn't be in the situation we are in, but he didn't and now he is being exposed for the self absorbed athlete he is. Feel bad for him, no. Feel bad for the team, yes.
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I look at them exactly like I look at the comments of every college athlete. They are essentially the same. You've interpreted every comment Crompton has ever made negatively. You clearly have a bone to pick with him.
 
#54
#54
kptvol said:
I look at them exactly like I look at the comments of every college athlete. They are essentially the same. You've interpreted every comment Crompton has ever made negatively. You clearly have a bone to pick with him.
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Not really. Had he just said I want to keep everything in perspective and go out there and do the best job I can instead of the statement he made, I would be A LOT less critical of him. Right now, to see him sulking on the sidelines makes me happy because he is learning a valuable lesson in sports, don't get cocky and not have the game to back it up.
 
#55
#55
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Not really. Had he just said I want to keep everything in perspective and go out there and do the best job I can instead of the statement he made, I would be A LOT less critical of him. Right now, to see him sulking on the sidelines makes me happy because he is learning a valuable lesson in sports, don't get cocky and not have the game to back it up.
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I've yet to see you assign any degree of responsibility to Dave Clawson for our offensive troubles.
 
#56
#56
kptvol said:
I've yet to see you assign any degree of responsibility to Dave Clawson for our offensive troubles.
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I think our O-Line is a bigger problem now that we have seen a QB that can move the ball. Our O-Line play is hideous at best. I still think that Clawson is handcuffed by Fulmer. Clawson's offense is simple at best right now, and it looks like he can add some more to it based on how Stephens did last night.
 
#57
#57
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I think our O-Line is a bigger problem now that we have seen a QB that can move the ball. Our O-Line play is hideous at best. I still think that Clawson is handcuffed by Fulmer. Clawson's offense is simple at best right now, and it looks like he can add some more to it based on how Stephens did last night.
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Clawson has done a very poor job with his playcalling in more than one game.
 
#58
#58
kptvol said:
Clawson has done a very poor job with his playcalling in more than one game.
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Outside of UCLA and choosing not to run the ball as much, I think he has had a pretty good gameplan for the most part. We just had a QB in there that made him look bad and the whole team for that matter. I will reserve judgment on Clawson until I see him able to call 100% of the plays. No matter what Fulmer says, he is a micromanager on offense and always will be. I even think he did it to a degree with Cut. If Clawson has come out and said SPECIFICALLY that he calls 100% of the plays and Fulmer is not involved at all in playcalling, then and only then will I fault more than I have to this point.
 
#59
#59
g8terh8ter_eric said:
This has zero to do with the coaches. This has to do with a cocky athlete saying something that has come back to bite him in the arse. There is a reason that he never challenged Ainge for the starting job.
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Trust me. Every athlete from D3, D2, D1, NAIA, JUCO, all are cocky about what they can do. If not they have no business being in the competitive arena.
 
#60
#60
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Outside of UCLA and choosing not to run the ball as much, I think he has had a pretty good gameplan for the most part. We just had a QB in there that made him look bad and the whole team for that matter. I will reserve judgment on Clawson until I see him able to call 100% of the plays. No matter what Fulmer says, he is a micromanager on offense and always will be. I even think he did it to a degree with Cut. If Clawson has come out and said SPECIFICALLY that he calls 100% of the plays and Fulmer is not involved at all in playcalling, then and only then will I fault more than I have to this point.
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Righto. Likewise, I will continue to believe that the majority of our coaching staff are actually androids until they come forward and declare themselves to be human beings.
 
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Business said:
Trust me. Every athlete from D3, D2, D1, NAIA, JUCO, all are cocky about what they can do. If not they have no business being in the competitive arena.
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I can't remember anyone other than Kelley Washington being so cocky and not being able to back it up. I like the kind of athlete that's quiet and let's his or her game do the talking for them. Much better approach.
 
#62
#62
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I can't remember anyone other than Kelley Washington being so cocky and not being able to back it up. I like the kind of athlete that's quiet and let's his or her game do the talking for them. Much better approach.
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What you see through the media and what is real is two different things. If you think Al Wilson never just stopped and said, "I'm the baddest mf'er of all time, I'm the best looking mf'er of all time, too", then your crazy.
 
#63
#63
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I can't remember anyone other than Kelley Washington being so cocky and not being able to back it up. I like the kind of athlete that's quiet and let's his or her game do the talking for them. Much better approach.
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Kelley Washington absolutely backed up what he said.
 
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#65
Business said:
Didn't he, though.
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In practice he'd tell the DB what route he was going to run and then make the catch, anyway. Apparently he let every DB take a turn against him and did that to every single one of them.
 
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#66
kptvol said:
Kelley Washington absolutely backed up what he said.
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Really?? So that's why the year he proclaimed himself "The future" he only had 443 yards receiving?? He also SCREWED Donte' Stallworth and he couldn't get out of the draft like Washington did. Remember that?? Yeah, backed it up alright.
 
#67
#67
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Really?? So that's why the year he proclaimed himself "The future" he only had 443 yards receiving?? He also SCREWED Donte' Stallworth and he couldn't get out of the draft like Washington did. Remember that?? Yeah, backed it up alright.
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Yeah, Donte Stallworth really got screwed by being selected in the top 10. Poor guy. He got 443 yards because Casey Clausen had about 0.2 seconds to throw the ball behind an offensive line that makes the one we have currently look like they should be playing for the Patriots. Also Casey was injured. Washington also was injured midseason.
 
#68
#68
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Really?? So that's why the year he proclaimed himself "The future" he only had 443 yards receiving??
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It probably had something to do with the fact that his starting QB was hurt and midway through the year against Georgia he basically broke his neck struggling for yardage after a catch in a close game . . . but whatever makes you feel better.

The part about Donte Stallworth is just funny.
 
#69
#69
GAVol said:
It probably had something to do with the fact that his starting QB was hurt and midway through the year against Georgia he basically broke his neck struggling for yardage after a catch in a close game . . . but whatever makes you feel better.

The part about Donte Stallworth is just funny.
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If I remember right, Washington came back like 2 games later to play and never played up to the expectations that he laid out for us.

Actually, it's not because had it not been for Washington making the bet with Stallworth who would go higher when Washington declared before him, Stallworth would have been here his senior year.
 
#72
#72
g8terh8ter_eric said:
If I remember right, Washington came back like 2 games later to play and never played up to the expectations that he laid out for us.

Actually, it's not because had it not been for Washington making the bet with Stallworth who would go higher when Washington declared before him, Stallworth would have been here his senior year.
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You remember wrong.
 
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