Ehhhh, the Garret Nelson video was way better
Yes, but he scares children. Hell, he scares me.
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Yes, but he scares children. Hell, he scares me.
RedDenver
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SouthLincoln Husker
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I’m not coaching him up
im commenting on an internet board
and I’m negative on the way he tackled last year
does anyone really think this kid is even in the 35th percentile for tackling in this league ?
Commented on the video i saw in this thread which looked like more of the same from last year
which wasn’t good
I’ve coached over 25 years and attended dozens of clinics
im not coaching him face to face
Im commenting on a board
to critique you the exact same way you did me
if you knew anything about tackling or had coached or taken many tackling classes you would have known his tackling attempt was terrible
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teachercd
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Husker in WI
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His tackling was only part of the benching, and once he was reinstated as a starter (after one game, if I remember correctly) he was always on the field. He saw less playing time in one game early in the year - either it's not as bad as you think, or we don't have anyone the coaches trust more. Probably some of both.
BIG ERN
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As long as people aren't tweetng at players or going to games and being an idiot towards them, I don't see the big deal in criticising kids play on a football forum. Believe it or not, not every player on the team is good. We were 4-8 last year
SouthLincoln Husker
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Mierin
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Literally no one is saying he was awesome last year or any pryor year. People are merely arguing with the absurd notion that you can judge how well he tackled in a 3 sec of video. It’s also pame to pick out the most negative thing you can find, but that seems to be common with your posts, as the poster above stated.
Hater
we all want to see him play better
no harm in that
our tackling is weak
otherwise we don’t give up 31 ppg
the facts are the facts
its got to improve for us to move forward
or we can bury our heads in the sand and pretend it’s not an issue or not have enough football knowledge to appreciate that it is a problem
Tackling is about technique but also a lot about want to
while this player has freakishly good athletic skills
his tackling has consistently been bad
he shied away from contact last year
took terrible angles and whiffed a bunch
goes back to very shallow recruiting classes in that position group
so he may be the cleanest dirty shirt we have to wear
sure hoping he gets better or someone better steps up
just not s fan of non physical play or lack of discipline
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If a player has already been playing football for 11-12 years
when it comes to tackling and the want to there
by year 12 if it isn’t there
it isn’t going to magically appear
it isn’t about learning how to jam a receiver or pattern read or banjo
it’s either in your dna by then or it’s not
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Husker in WI
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Tackling is a problem, no one disagrees there. Where some people disagree is the claim that the video is an example of that - it's not great form, but it did the job. We can agree to disagree there, but in any case it's one clip and we'll see if it's still a problem on Saturdays. For all we know Fisher chewed him out for it in film review, or maybe the guy was out of bounds already.
Somewhat to Big Ern's point I think criticism of play is fair on a board, but I'm curious what the rationale is behind using numbers or "this player" to do it. I know a lot of former players and media members do it as well, but why? We all know who we're talking about, I'm just genuinely curious about the difference between "Jackson has shied away from contact" and "this player has shied away from contact" and similar statements. I know a lot on twitter was directed at Young - what's better about saying "#5 took a bad angle" as opposed to "Young?"
Somewhat to Big Ern's point I think criticism of play is fair on a board, but I'm curious what the rationale is behind using numbers or "this player" to do it. I know a lot of former players and media members do it as well, but why? We all know who we're talking about, I'm just genuinely curious about the difference between "Jackson has shied away from contact" and "this player has shied away from contact" and similar statements. I know a lot on twitter was directed at Young - what's better about saying "#5 took a bad angle" as opposed to "Young?"
SouthLincoln Husker
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You already said that Riley's coaching staff was terrible. You have to break bad habits to install good ones. The new staff even said that the first year was about basics. I think you just like to argue.