Freedom v Gangwish
- Thread starter Eric the Red
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Sargon
Starter
That's encouraging as is the Gangwish/Freedom combo.
Getting more playing time for the youngsters will help in recruiting also. Best players play, need to upgrade, yada yada.
ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
Stoltenberg's future is at DT. It made sense to move him there in the spring.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
On C.Davis: DT, or DE? If DT, is that just due to injury? This is what I expect it is (hence the "we want to be smart about it" comments). We have a number of guys in the DL rotation already and could preserve an extra year for Carlos. On the other hand, if we can shore up DE ...
On USM being the best game so far: It's good to be encouraging. Also telling they're talking about showing looks with McMullen out of the DE spot, though, and Gangwish & new blackshirt Freedom Akinmoladun instead.
On USM being the best game so far: It's good to be encouraging. Also telling they're talking about showing looks with McMullen out of the DE spot, though, and Gangwish & new blackshirt Freedom Akinmoladun instead.
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I don't disagree. But then being thin at DE is basically self-imposed going forward.
StPaulHusker
Banned
Banker Starting McMullen ahead of Freedom or Jack is a more fireable offense than the anemic pass defense
Count 'Bility
Banned
Like i said in a status. Watching McMullens effor thus far this year, its extremely significant to note that he visited Bo prior spring. Is what is. But its such a lack of options at end.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
Woah, pump the brakes there.
You deal with what you have. If you *inherit* players who probably belong at a different position, you have to move them. Sure, maybe the need is so pressing you sacrifice long term for short term, or vice versa, but that's a pretty difficult balancing act.
And it all comes back to what you start with. Better or for worse, there's no getting around that.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Wow let's pump the brakes on implying anything with McMullen visiting Bo. The insinuation is that McMullen is intentionally sandbagging because of some Bo Pelini influence. I wouldn't expect such a conspiracy from either guy, and I'd need more than a little proof to believe it.
We have no idea what kind of relationship Bo & McMullen have. Maybe it's deeper than football. Maybe McMullen needed something and Bo could provide it. Who knows, and really, who cares?
To go from an offseason get-together to any kind of "dogging it" implication is way too far to go. Let's let that idea just die, mmmkay?
We have no idea what kind of relationship Bo & McMullen have. Maybe it's deeper than football. Maybe McMullen needed something and Bo could provide it. Who knows, and really, who cares?
To go from an offseason get-together to any kind of "dogging it" implication is way too far to go. Let's let that idea just die, mmmkay?
ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
McMullen is from Ohio. He probably made a trip home and spent a night with friends and former teammates. Not everything is a conspiracy.
To some extent, yes. But I'm confused why we are moving so many guys to DT which started out as the one of the deepest positions on the team. We started out with Collins, VV, Williams and Maurice. Now we've moved Stoltenberg and Price there and are talking about moving McMullen there as well. I really doubt we have need for 7 DTs this year. I don't mind Stoltenberg at DT long-term but I don't think it would hurt him to stay at DE one more year, especially if we have depth issues there. He needs another year to bulk up before being ready to be a force at DT anyway.
And I think people are basing too much criticism of McMullen on one video that they're ignoring the context of the play call in that video. He played quite a bit as a redshirt freshman two years ago. He was our second-leading tackler among DLinemen last year (Gregory had 54, McMullen had 47) including four sacks. He's only two tackles behind Freedom on the year. He is still easily our second-best DE this year. Perhaps Gangwish will prove to be a little better but there is nothing to base that on at this point. And even if he does, why move your third DE to where he won't be better than the fifth DT?
I'm talking about depth, not necessarily impact. McMullen is a servicable to solid DE, especially if when we get to teams that run the ball more. He would not do us any good at DT.