These are our leading tacklers

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MrTech

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This is bad news:

Jerrard Tarrant 5 4 9
Morgan Burnett 6 2 8
Dominique Reese 4 2 6
Mario Butler 4 2 6
Logan Walls 2 1 3
T.J. Barnes 2 2
 
Like the Falcons D last year. Leading tacklers were the secondary. That it just horrible. Our defense couldn't cover the flag football team at fat camp.
 
Not surprising about Jerrard. Jacory sure loved to throw it to whomever it was Jerrard was covering.
 
Jacory picked on Tarrant the whole night. Tarrant just needs to shake off the rust and QUICK!!!!!
 
Harris completed 80% of his passes last night. Hell Reggie Ball would have completed 65% of his passes last night with the 10 seconds our defensive line gave Harris to check off to his third, fourth, & fifth read. We cannot cover receivers forever. No tipped passes at the line of scrimmage either. I think the defensive backs need to kick some defensive line butts this week during practice or we will make the UNC quarterback look great. Wommack & his assistants have their work cut out for them this week.
 
MrTech said:
This is bad news:

Jerrard Tarrant 5 4 9
Morgan Burnett 6 2 8
Dominique Reese 4 2 6
Mario Butler 4 2 6
Logan Walls 2 1 3
T.J. Barnes 2 2
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How much PT have Walls and Barnes had? Maybe they ought to be starting.
 
MrTech said:
This is bad news:

Jerrard Tarrant 5 4 9
Morgan Burnett 6 2 8
Dominique Reese 4 2 6
Mario Butler 4 2 6
Logan Walls 2 1 3
T.J. Barnes 2 2
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Thanks for a very telling stat. If linebackers aren't making tackles, something is very wrong. If they are not blitzing but still not making tackles, might as well confuse a player like Harris with 7 DB's on the field and no LB's, as Penn State confuded the U years ago. OR, get the backers blitzing full bore. Do something!
 
LB production has been terrible under Wommack. Much of this is Wommack's scheme, and it is a scheme I disagree with, especially with a young DL. Some of it may be player development. Without being at practice, I can't answer that part.

The jab at Jefferson posted above was inaccurate and unfair.
 
jacketup said:
LB production has been terrible under Wommack. Much of this is Wommack's scheme, and it is a scheme I disagree with, especially with a young DL. Some of it may be player development. Without being at practice, I can't answer that part.

The jab at Jefferson posted above was inaccurate and unfair.
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Personally I don't think our LBs are that good. If they were, we'd be using 3 instead of 2.
 
ncjacket said:
Personally I don't think our LBs are that good. If they were, we'd be using 3 instead of 2.
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Depends on what you mean by "not that good." Jefferson, Sylvester, Munroe, Machen, Barnes and Watts were all highly recruited. Are they "not that good" because they don't have talent, or because the staff is not developing them? Who has Wommack developed at LB?

It is also a scheme issue. Tenuta used the DL to occupy blockers at let the LBs make plays. Wommack's strategy is different. He lets the DTs play the gaps, which gives the OL a clear shot at the LBs, and the LB production goes down. That may have made sense with last year's DTs, but it makes no sense this year. We had poor DTs under O'Leary and most of time under Gailey. They used the LBs to make plays. Wommack is not doing that with this scheme, which is just one of the ways in which I disagree with his philosophy.

I also suggest that the nickel package has less to do with talent than with Wommack's opinion/scheme. He seems to think that he can defend the passing game with coverage alone. That has proven to be wrong multiple times this year. On Miami's first TD, we had seven guys out in coverage on three receivers. TD Miami.
 
I for one believe a well-timed corner blitz would have knocked Jacory Harris out of the game. I dont condone head-hunting but that guy is one blind hit away from the bench...
 
KrazieJacket said:
that guy is one blind hit away from the bench...
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Florida State nearly tore his head off near the end of the game. He went to the sidelines complaining that his whole arm went completely numb. The very next series (Miami's last series of the game) he came back out and threw the game winning touchdown.

He's tougher than he looks, apparently.
 
00Burdell said:
Florida State nearly tore his head off near the end of the game. He went to the sidelines complaining that his whole arm went completely numb. The very next series (Miami's last series of the game) he came back out and threw the game winning touchdown.

He's tougher than he looks, apparently.
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No, FSU player knocked his arm really hard, rest of him was fine. He also said the feeling came back quickly so I theorized his funny bone got a bad hit. I'm still waiting to see what happens when someone actually hits the center of mass there.
 
Brian Jean-Marie is our LB coach. He has been here for 5 years now, and was the one who developed Wheeler, Guyton, et al.

I think the new D formation reflects the reality that the ACC is becoming a passing league. Also, with the make-up of the current recruiting class, I think you can see what our staff thinks of our current DB situation. Skole, Ayers, Bostic, Johnson and Holton are all DB's. 5 out of 12 in a very restrictive year. This after signing 4 last year.
 
stinger78 said:
Brian Jean-Marie is our LB coach. He has been here for 5 years now, and was the one who developed Wheeler, Guyton, et al.

I think the new D formation reflects the reality that the ACC is becoming a passing league. Also, with the make-up of the current recruiting class, I think you can see what our staff thinks of our current DB situation. Skole, Ayers, Bostic, Johnson and Holton are all DB's. 5 out of 12 in a very restrictive year. This after signing 4 last year.
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I hope I am wrong but I feel that this is more a instance of taking the best athletes we have a shot at getting. Also think Wommack would put 11 db's on the field if Coach johnson would let him.
 
Why the heck isn't Barnes playing more? Miammaa was eating up 8 yards a carry for much of the game. A big body like Barnes would have to be tougher to run against.

I just don't understand it. Is he that much of work in progress?
 
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