Quack Fix: Michael Clay leads on and off the field, Darron Thomas is "underappreciated"

I know, I loved watching him, but Autzen still booed him several times … it was embarrassing

That’s a really poor reason to boo him. The guy is a true freshmen.

Just because you saw how he was acting, that doesn’t mean you know what was actually going on in his head. Give the kid a break.

Oh, and do ever boo a player. That too.

In high school basketball sometimes we would play great defense and then someone makes a miraculous shot. All of us had that look, but you can’t defend that and the coaches would know it. They’d say “Good defense, that was better offense.” You can’t really read body language in teenage and college kids.

But I must admit, against WSU from my view from the student section (and with no knowledge of what was actually happening between the players on the field), it did look like Boyett gave Hill some “WTF are you doing” type of looks and gestures after being beat a few times.

That is what just looked like what happened, it was probably just encouragement or some help along those lines.

There’s nothing in your post that justifies boo-ing a 19-year-old kid in a tough situation.

I defend your right to boo, even though I may not agree with it in this particular situation.

I will, however, express all kinds of righteous indignation at coaches who I think are underperforming relative to their compensation.

Problem is, when I boo a coach, it sounds like I’m booing a player. So I try to only do it when I’m in front of my plasmatron.

Every time he runs I cringe. He often tries too hard to get extra yards and takes way more damage than he needs to. I’ve noticed he is tarting to slide more and take what yardage he already gained.

When he got hurt this year is a perfect example. He spun , lost yards and got hurt. I would love to see him just fall forward and get back in the shotgun

I should have said that he doesn’t go after hits like Masoli does. He doesn’t put his shoulder down for a couple more yards. He slides or dives or goes out of bounds. And that’s fine (and honestly makes me feel better) but it does mean he won’t get the same kind of first downs Masoli or Bennett or Costa could.

And it proves costly, especially against high-quality lines like Auburn or LSU.

But it does take away that misdirection that was so good with Dixon.

FIRST PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET TO DO SO.

I can say that the coaches have far more observational data to support their decisions. But I personally think that if Bennett clearly displayed on a day-to-day basis that he is is obviously the better choice, he would be starting. Coaches careers depend on such decisions; they are not made out of loyalty to a player or other such soft-hearted nonsense as sometimes referred to as the reason why DT is still starting.

It isn’t so much that it’s assuming the coaching staff is infallible in its decision-making.

It’s that that one would be assuming they know the better decision than the coaches do.

I’m not an accountant, but I’ve been pretty good with my money and I’m pretty good with numbers. That’s a part of my job, but I wouldn’t tell an accountant that I know how to do his job better than they do, despite my history and knowledge.

If it’s really that easy to coach your front seven that, if left unblocked, to crash hard on LaMike, you are effectively taking him out of the game…assuming we have a zone read called.

I get that these are assumptions, but you would think that someone would have tried it by now. (The only possible example of this might be early game Arizona, where DT kept the ball on the majority of carries during the first drive. Although it’s tough to say, because DT did not keep it much after that, and Arizona’s defense is terrible.)

DT has not really proven that he can beat someone with his legs. LaMike does it every week.

You say it would leave them out of position…and certainly the OLB would be fulfilling a different roll than he would if he were to stay at home. Lineback rotation is one of the base concepts that drives 3-4 defenses, and could be used to good effect here, with the middle linebacker filling behind the OLB. Each of the blockers is committed to blocking for LaMike, so the MLB shouldn’t have an issue with blockers when rotating away from the zone-read side.

Obviously, doing this would remove one of the defenders from the point of attack —> and this is my point. If it is strictly a read only, you could force DT to keep it, and plan for that accordingly. It is not as simple as that, and I think Chip is commited to the LaMichael James run game.

That’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.

I honestly think people pronounce it wrong when they say “Share E’s” … it is obviously called “Share iss”

Their logo sucks.
They use an apostrophe.

But I just noticed it is spelled with an A. That’’s so Gorby.