DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 26, 2008 9:57:29 GMT -5
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Post by 98hoya on Dec 26, 2008 16:56:52 GMT -5
I like the looks of the safety, Hogan. Tough competition to recruit him, though.
Call me nuts, but I really hope we don't sign more than 1 QB this year (unless they're great athletes who can play another position).
For my Christmas wish, I wished for some 6'4" 295 lb OL for the football team. I suspect Santa isn't coming, however.
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mchoya
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Post by mchoya on Dec 28, 2008 15:55:50 GMT -5
We play at Johnny Unitas Stadium? Good job from ESPN.com.
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Post by 98hoya on Dec 28, 2008 16:06:30 GMT -5
Hey, if ESPN wants to help with our recruiting by giving us a connection to Johnny U, I'll take it. Come to think of it, isn't our facility more specifically called: Bronco Nagurski Field at Unitas Stadium?
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Post by gwhiz on Dec 28, 2008 20:17:15 GMT -5
98 Hoya is on the money. Priority one is 2 large offensive linemen, as nothing happens offensively in 09 without help up front. The team has quarterback talent in depth now. Find a WR with those linemen and you win 3 more games.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 28, 2008 21:46:24 GMT -5
98 Hoya is on the money. Priority one is 2 large offensive linemen, as nothing happens offensively in 09 without help up front. The team has quarterback talent in depth now. Find a WR with those linemen and you win 3 more games. Three more? That's being generous with the low-wattage offense Georgetown is running of late. Georgetown has practically no receivers returning in 2009--this must be a priority. Also needed--an honest to goodness fullback, which it has lacked for years. You can't just have a pair of 180 lb. backs without someone that can block for them.
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Post by 98hoya on Dec 29, 2008 13:09:08 GMT -5
Georgetown has practically no receivers returning in 2009--this must be a priority. Also needed--an honest to goodness fullback, which it has lacked for years. You can't just have a pair of 180 lb. backs without someone that can block for them. What are we going to do with receivers? Our offense doesn't use them. Kenny Mitchell is gone and no one is going to miss him because he served no function in our absurdly bad offense. Same goes for a fullback. What are we going to do with a talented FB? Have him block on the backside on waggle passes? We don't run any plays with a lead blocker. My kingdom for an offense that uses the I-formation and has a playbook that includes plays like a handoff to the RB who follows a lead blocker between the tackles or, gulp, an occasional 5 step dropback pass. Instead, I can virtually guarantee that Kelly's boys are holed-up with furrowed brows, crayons in hand, drawing up some new Miami Dolphin-inspired wildcat formation plays.
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Post by jkhoya12 on Dec 29, 2008 13:37:20 GMT -5
we have some young receivers like Dishon Hughes and David King. We should also try and develop our FR TE in Nick White....call me crazy but I think we should(if we're going to use a 2 QB system) use Keerome and Tucker Stafford. Brady is not remarkably close to pro-style size and Stafford is 6'5. It gives us a big arm and will allow Keerome to do what he does best, run the ball. Ideally we use Oladeji more at tailback because he showed me something in the few games he got significant time. And oh, hopefully that guy Charlie Houghton can play.....
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Post by 98hoya on Dec 29, 2008 15:47:07 GMT -5
we have some young receivers like Dishon Hughes and David King. We should also try and develop our FR TE in Nick White....call me crazy but I think we should(if we're going to use a 2 QB system) use Keerome and Tucker Stafford. Brady is not remarkably close to pro-style size and Stafford is 6'5. It gives us a big arm and will allow Keerome to do what he does best, run the ball. Ideally we use Oladeji more at tailback because he showed me something in the few games he got significant time. And oh, hopefully that guy Charlie Houghton can play..... JK, I'm not sure a pro style QB will flourish in the current offense. As its set up, we need a guy who can run option, throw short passes, and doesn't mind taking a lot of abuse. According to his rivals.com page, Brady runs a 4.68. Giving the accuracy of that statement the benefit of the doubt, he's a guy who, with some blocking, could run away from some people (at least the DL or LBs).
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Post by jkhoya12 on Dec 29, 2008 16:36:44 GMT -5
we have some young receivers like Dishon Hughes and David King. We should also try and develop our FR TE in Nick White....call me crazy but I think we should(if we're going to use a 2 QB system) use Keerome and Tucker Stafford. Brady is not remarkably close to pro-style size and Stafford is 6'5. It gives us a big arm and will allow Keerome to do what he does best, run the ball. Ideally we use Oladeji more at tailback because he showed me something in the few games he got significant time. And oh, hopefully that guy Charlie Houghton can play..... JK, I'm not sure a pro style QB will flourish in the current offense. As its set up, we need a guy who can run option, throw short passes, and doesn't mind taking a lot of abuse. According to his rivals.com page, Brady runs a 4.68. Giving the accuracy of that statement the benefit of the doubt, he's a guy who, with some blocking, could run away from some people (at least the DL or LBs). I guess I just haven't seen that kind of mobility from Brady....
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Post by gwhiz on Dec 29, 2008 18:20:41 GMT -5
Without help on the line, Matt Ryan would look weak on this team. Brady has a cannon of an arm and good wheels so I don't think he's your problem. Get 2 big tackles and allow some execution.
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Post by 98hoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:21:38 GMT -5
I guess I just haven't seen that kind of mobility from Brady.... I haven't either, and I was at, or watched, all but 1 game last season. However, the good folks at rivals.com indicate otherwise: iowa.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=544094.68. Man, it's easy to write those numbers down, but it sure is tough to actually do it with your legs.
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Post by hoyavictory on Dec 30, 2008 16:11:27 GMT -5
we have some young receivers like Dishon Hughes and David King. We should also try and develop our FR TE in Nick White....call me crazy but I think we should(if we're going to use a 2 QB system) use Keerome and Tucker Stafford. Brady is not remarkably close to pro-style size and Stafford is 6'5. It gives us a big arm and will allow Keerome to do what he does best, run the ball. Ideally we use Oladeji more at tailback because he showed me something in the few games he got significant time. And oh, hopefully that guy Charlie Houghton can play..... The best receiver on the team missed time due to illness and injury. I did not see David King play so I can't comment on him. The team needs to get away from the 2 quarterback system and start the best of the bunch and go with it. Houghton was missed and hopefully he will be back his senior season.
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Post by gwhiz on Dec 30, 2008 18:03:52 GMT -5
Gentlemen, Recognize that this board is read by the players. How 'bout a little support. It's a shame when the discussion devolves to whether or not a guy runs 4.68 or 4.82. These guys are undersized and undercoached. They are in the every Saturday. Would you have liked to been on the field versus Richmond? Call the AD and tell him you want change instead of nitpicking over player performance. The administration"s lack of respect for the football program is the problem, followed by coaching, followed by crap facilities (which demonstrate the lack of respect , etc).
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Post by jkhoya12 on Dec 30, 2008 19:27:02 GMT -5
I have emailed the AD.....trust me the response wasn't helpful....
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Post by gwhiz on Dec 30, 2008 19:35:49 GMT -5
Excellent. Let the change begin here. Rally your fellow alums to drill the message home to the admin that status quo is a no go. You've got to hit their phones and email. Light the fuse. When they get a hundred calls each week, maybe they'll be encouraged to take action.
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FormerHoya
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Post by FormerHoya on Jan 5, 2009 15:03:41 GMT -5
I have emailed the AD.....trust me the response wasn't helpful.... Please post it here. I would love to see what was said. Thanks.
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Post by 98hoya on Jan 5, 2009 19:45:31 GMT -5
Gentlemen, Recognize that this board is read by the players. How 'bout a little support. It's a shame when the discussion devolves to whether or not a guy runs 4.68 or 4.82. These guys are undersized and undercoached. They are in the Edited every Saturday. Would you have liked to been on the field versus Richmond? Call the AD and tell him you want change instead of nitpicking over player performance. The administration"s lack of respect for the football program is the problem, followed by coaching, followed by crap facilities (which demonstrate the lack of respect , etc). GWhiz, I'm sure your heart is in the right place, but I think people here actually do a pretty good of supporting the team. Also, I believe that if we're going to have a legitimate Division I team, the team's fans, supporters, parents and alumni should not feel restricted in commenting, criticizing, analyzing or dissecting anything related to the players, coaching or administration (assuming of course it's within the rules of this board). No matter how bad we suck right now, this is a Division I program. Not Division III, not high school, not pop warner. That means that criticism is absolutely fair game. If the players don't like it, they shouldn't read the board. The "only discuss the positive" argument is one of the things that holds us down and has been discussed on this board before. Serious program merit serious attention, whether positive or negative. If you don't get what I mean, go on over to the hoops board and see what response you get when you tell people not to say anything negative.
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Post by gwhiz on Jan 10, 2009 23:51:58 GMT -5
Your interpretation is all wet. My head is in the right place you knucklehead. This is a struggling program not GU basketball. If you cared about the future success of the program then you'd probably understand why exercising some restraint might be recommended. Recruits read this as well, Genius. Put the flag down, along with your free speech nonsense, and ask yourself if you are helping the program with your commentary, or not.
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Post by 98hoya on Jan 11, 2009 7:54:34 GMT -5
Well, gwhiz, after playing in the program, being one of the larger annual donors to the program, traveling to attend several games a year, and mentoring several football alumni toward careers in my field, I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to have an opinion.
It's also interesting that you single me out, given that multiple people have posted messages here that we should consider cutting the program all together (a view that I've never shared nor discussed on this board).
It's guys like you who want to treat the program with kids gloves that hold it back. Greeeeaat, everyone say how great things are...that'll change it up. No one will see through that veneer. Good thinking - change always comes through denial.
You're like Neidermayer in the parade scene at the end of Animal House: as the events devolves around him, you arrive just in time to insist that there's nothing to be alarmed about.
Got it, "knucklehead?"
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