Asante

[HuskerNMO]

Nothing against the guy, but all this hype about him recently has been... surprising.

Check out some Ball State game film. His pass coverage has typically been pretty poor.

Larry reminds me of Roy Williams in his style of play, looks for the big hits and plays well close to the line, but can be exposed if dropped deep into coverage. Doesn't mean he sucks, just means that he isn't a great coverage safety. With that said he is a key part of our defense and Larry needs to have a great year for the Blackshirts to meet their goals.

 

[RedDenver]

I'm telling you, Asante was not the problem last year or the year before. That is why he was honored in All-B12 voting by coaches those two years. LB play in '07 and FS play (Thenarse and O'Hanlon) along with a new system were the problems last year.

I broke this down in depth before and I am not going to do it again. LA has been one of the best players on this defense for two seasons. If we could get Thenarse to keep his assignments or make O'Hanlon faster we would be in business.

Eric Hagg will be the starting FS this year at some point.

Do you have a link to where you discussed this before? I'm not at all sold on Asante, but I'd sure like to be. He and Thenarse miss too many tackles for me to have much hope for their futures.

 

[caveman99]

I'm telling you, Asante was not the problem last year or the year before. That is why he was honored in All-B12 voting by coaches those two years. LB play in '07 and FS play (Thenarse and O'Hanlon) along with a new system were the problems last year.

I broke this down in depth before and I am not going to do it again. LA has been one of the best players on this defense for two seasons. If we could get Thenarse to keep his assignments or make O'Hanlon faster we would be in business.

Eric Hagg will be the starting FS this year at some point.

Do you have a link to where you discussed this before? I'm not at all sold on Asante, but I'd sure like to be. He and Thenarse miss too many tackles for me to have much hope for their futures.

Don't lump Thenarse in with Asante, a whole different issue there.