'26 NC OT Jabian Shabazz (Tennessee commit)

#79
#79
Weezer said:
To be fair, last year's OL was dominant at run blocking. At the same time, every Vol fan being honest with themselves knows our pass blocking was almost non-existent. And that is where the frustration with Elarbee comes from. I do think he would benefit from hiring an assistant/analyst/whatever you want to call it to help teach better pass blocking technique.
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Think I will stick with CJH and his staffing decisions. Too many folks trusting their own THINKING from afar generates a lot of noise. Bet CJH talks to coaches frequently and evaluates how they did WITH WHAT HE SUPPLIED THEM.
 
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Weezer said:
To be fair, last year's OL was dominant at run blocking. At the same time, every Vol fan being honest with themselves knows our pass blocking was almost non-existent. And that is where the frustration with Elarbee comes from. I do think he would benefit from hiring an assistant/analyst/whatever you want to call it to help teach better pass blocking technique.
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I agree with you, but my true response is 'yes and no'. Not counting injury battles, there definitely were moments of bad pass pro.

We also had a QB who took 2 seconds longer than SEC average to get rid of the ball. 2 seconds is a long time for any tackle to keep Tyreak Sapp, Landon Jackson, Mason Thomas, etc away from your quarterback. Gotta make calls. Gotta make quicker decisions. Two things can work in tandem to make things appear worse than they are. Our offense only works when QB is diagnosing and spreading the ball out quickly.

Think our Pass pro shows significant improvement this year. Aguilar will not hold on to the football long enough, and I think the gunslinger effect may give our OL the juice to control games longer
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
Think I will stick with CJH and his staffing decisions. Too many folks trusting their own THINKING from afar generates a lot of noise. Bet CJH talks to coaches frequently and evaluates how they did WITH WHAT HE SUPPLIED THEM.
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Just watch the games. Run blocking was great. Pass blocking was not. Not sure what to make of your group think suggestion. I can observe and think for myself.
 
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Go Fight Win said:
I agree with you, but my true response is 'yes and no'. Not counting injury battles, there definitely were moments of bad pass pro.

We also had a QB who took 2 seconds longer than SEC average to get rid of the ball. 2 seconds is a long time for any tackle to keep Tyreak Sapp, Landon Jackson, Mason Thomas, etc away from your quarterback. Gotta make calls. Gotta make quicker decisions. Two things can work in tandem to make things appear worse than they are. Our offense only works when QB is diagnosing and spreading the ball out quickly.

Think our Pass pro shows significant improvement this year. Aguilar will not hold on to the football long enough, and I think the gunslinger effect may give our OL the juice to control games longer
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I certainly hope so. We've all seen our run game can dominate. If pass blocking can get better, this offense will be lethal.
 
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Weezer said:
Just watch the games. Run blocking was great. Pass blocking was not. Not sure what to make of your group think suggestion. I can observe and think for myself.
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Pretty simple, CJH makes the only relevant evaluations of the OL Coach. If he thought his production was deficient and could be improved by a new body, he would pull the trigger. He won’t make a change till after this season, so negative shots have zero value add to the program and COULD have a negative impact, like for every target. Very few want to sign on to a projected lame duck. Not rocket science. Prospects may not want to analyze posters track record.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
Pretty simple, CJH makes the only relevant evaluations of the OL Coach. If he thought his production was deficient and could be improved by a new body, he would pull the trigger. He won’t make a change till after this season, so negative shots have zero value add to the program and COULD have a negative impact, like for every target. Very few want to sign on to a projected lame duck. Not rocket science. Prospects may not want to analyze posters track record.
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Read what I posted. It wasn't a "negative shot". It's what's called a fair assessment.
 
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This kid protected the blindsided of 4 star QB
Bryce Baker that stuck with his commitment to North Carolina after Bill Belichick to the job.
Baker accumulated 4,000 total yards and 45 TDs for East Forsyth as a senior. He was well protected in leading them to a. 13-1 record.

Tall kid that moves well but I don't believe he has a great deal of physical strength YET.

But he can play left or right..he has really long arms and plays with gold effort
 
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LittleVol said:
This kid protected the blindsided of 4 star QB
Bryce Baker that stuck with his commitment to North Carolina after Bill Belichick to the job.
Baker accumulated 4,000 total yards and 45 TDs for East Forsyth as a senior. He was well protected in leading them to a. 13-1 record.

Tall kid that moves well but I don't believe he has a great deal of physical strength YET.

But he can play left or right..he has really long arms and plays with gold effort
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Hadn't made that connection, so good to know. Don't know too much about him as a player admittedly but looked like he has very long arms on first couple plays on HUDL
 
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Go Fight Win said:
I agree with you, but my true response is 'yes and no'. Not counting injury battles, there definitely were moments of bad pass pro.

We also had a QB who took 2 seconds longer than SEC average to get rid of the ball. 2 seconds is a long time for any tackle to keep Tyreak Sapp, Landon Jackson, Mason Thomas, etc away from your quarterback. Gotta make calls. Gotta make quicker decisions. Two things can work in tandem to make things appear worse than they are. Our offense only works when QB is diagnosing and spreading the ball out quickly.

Think our Pass pro shows significant improvement this year. Aguilar will not hold on to the football long enough, and I think the gunslinger effect may give our OL the juice to control games longer
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i wish more people would get this. Fans get so enamored with the slinging it and blame the O-line when it goes poorly, when some of the time it is all because the QB processes info slowly, is not confident with his reads/system, and/or has a slow release. As an example PM was a GOAT type QB because of his mind and quick accurate releases. Hendon gave us great QB play because of his great reads, quick releases and mobility. As a result the O-lines then trusted and knew what their QB can do, so they played smarter and better as a unit.
 
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