Kirkland Out for the Season.

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jakez4ut said:
i'll just say for myself, i'm tired of feeling like we've got 1 hand tied behind our back in regards to injuries.

we should be able to overcome them. we haven't shown that we can thus far. i don't think that's excuse making.

it is what it is, until it isn't. maybe this is the year where we can take a hit or two like this and do that.

all we know right now is that the last two years, we haven't been able to.
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Ask yourself....who is the one constant during that period of time, and you may be on the right track to finding an answer.

Injuries happen to every team. Somebody has to be able to overcome them. We have a deficit somewhere.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
Ask yourself....who is the one constant during that period of time, and you may be on the right track to funding an answer.
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i know the answer, and we'll agree on it.

we'll see if we have better answers than we have the last two years.
 
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jakez4ut said:
we don't have the depth this year if that same rate of injury hits us again. it was abnormally high injury rate last year.

hoping that's not going to repeat this year.
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Were not going to have that type of injury scenario more than likely. But we are actually deeper this year than last, no doubt about that. GBO!!!!!
 
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wildorange said:
Were not going to have that type of injury scenario more than likely. But we are actually deeper this year than last, no doubt about that. GBO!!!!!
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we lose 3DT's, 2 OL, another LB, a RB, and a corner...and we'll find out.

edit...that's not a prediction btw... just to kind of shed some light on what kind of attrition we had last year, and if it repeats, what would this roster look like this year?
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Agreed.

And it's not like we don't have a guy like Daniel Bituli on the roster who was highly recruited like DKjr, is bigger than DKjr and just as athletic.

No excuse for why he isn't ready to play right now as a sophomore.

No excuse.
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How can you blame the coach for a guy not being able to pick up the scheme? If he is as athletically gifted as you say, it sounds like he has not picked up the playbook well enough to play. Has it ever dawned on you that some players are just not as smart as others, and that it takes them longer to figure out what they are supposed to be doing?
 
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KBVol said:
Nah. And if losing one player in year 5 who's not our starting qb causes our season to go off the rails and crater, we got much bigger problems than we thought. Ought to be able to absorb losing one guy after 5 years of strong recruiting....if not, we're screwed anyway.
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jumper starting doesn't show 5 years of strong recruiting at MLB
 
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I get how Ignont and Bituli have more potential and all, but why all the hate for Jumper given he had 61 tackles, seven tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and an interception in seven starts.

May not be the second coming of Al Wilson, but it isn't exactly screaming 'we are screwed big time' either.
 
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jarnol32 said:
How can you blame the coach for a guy not being able to pick up the scheme? If he is as athletically gifted as you say, it sounds like he has not picked up the playbook well enough to play. Has it ever dawned on you that some players are just not as smart as others, and that it takes them longer to figure out what they are supposed to be doing?
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So it's the amateur athletes fault, not the multi-millionaire professional tasked with evaluating,then teaching him?

Got it.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
So it's the amateur athletes fault, not the multi-millionaire professional tasked with evaluating,then teaching him?

Got it.
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The multi-millionaire is not paid to steer and propel the amateur athlete's brain. He can only feed the information to the lads; some are going to absorb it, some aren't.

No matter how much money you pay me, I ain't gonna be able to do your thinking for you, Boro. :)
 
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'Boro-vol said:
So it's the amateur athletes fault, not the multi-millionaire professional tasked with evaluating,then teaching him?

Got it.
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Clueless as usual.

That's like hiring a guy to do a job but he's still struggling to do the job right.

Who are you going to fire? The worker who can't get the job done or the worker who tried his best to teach him the principles of the job?

Butch can't mind control these kids into perfect football players. If you can't learn a certain task on whatever the case might be, that's on you. There's only so much football coaches can do.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
Clueless as usual.

That's like hiring a guy to do a job but he's still struggling to do the job right.

Who are you going to fire? The worker who can't get the job done or the worker who tried his best to teach him the principles of the job?

Butch can't mind control these kids into perfect football players. If you can't learn a certain task on whatever the case might be, that's on you. There's only so much football coaches can do.
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However, when the issue happens repeatedly, dont you have to look at your hiring process?
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
jumper starting doesn't show 5 years of strong recruiting at MLB
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Daniel Bituli was a highly regarded top 150 player in the country in 2016. He flashed great talent last year as a true freshmen. Any halfway decent coach would have had him ready this year just in case something happened to DKjr.

The issue we have isn't recruiting. Its poor coaching that can't put their best athletes on the field.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Daniel Bituli was a highly regarded top 150 player in the country in 2016. He flashed great talent last year as a true freshmen. Any halfway decent coach would have had him ready this year just in case something happened to DKjr.

The issue we have isn't recruiting. Its poor coaching that can't put their best athletes on the field.
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I agree. Jumper has no business starting for a SEC team mark my words his pass coverage will cost us
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Daniel Bituli was a highly regarded top 150 player in the country in 2016. He flashed great talent last year as a true freshmen. Any halfway decent coach would have had him ready this year just in case something happened to DKjr.

The issue we have isn't recruiting. Its poor coaching that can't put their best athletes on the field.
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And by flashed great talent we mean made a tackle on special teams.
 
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jarnol32 said:
How can you blame the coach for a guy not being able to pick up the scheme? If he is as athletically gifted as you say, it sounds like he has not picked up the playbook well enough to play. Has it ever dawned on you that some players are just not as smart as others, and that it takes them longer to figure out what they are supposed to be doing?
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jarnol32 said:
How can you blame the coach for a guy not being able to pick up the scheme? If he is as athletically gifted as you say, it sounds like he has not picked up the playbook well enough to play. Has it ever dawned on you that some players are just not as smart as others, and that it takes them longer to figure out what they are supposed to be doing?
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Because it's the coaches responsibility to adapt the scheme to the players. If super talented players like Daniel Bituli can't pick it up by their second year, it might be time to simplify things.

Its unacceptable for a coach to play more experienced but less talented players ahead of less experienced but more talented players simply because they understand the playbook better. That's a sign of bad coaching. Good coaches adapt the scheme to fit their best players not the other way around.
 
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