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Sirmon and Tafisi
RoadDawg55
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Remind me of Constantine and Lawyer when they rotated at ILB in 2015. You know the opponent is marching down the field when they are in.
I’ve already given up on Sirmon. I see no tools that could make him an impact player in the future.
Tafisi can at least hit. Maybe if he gets quicker he can be an above average LB.
TL,DR: Our young back up ILB’s are quite a bit worse than Manu and Wellington.
I’ve already given up on Sirmon. I see no tools that could make him an impact player in the future.
Tafisi can at least hit. Maybe if he gets quicker he can be an above average LB.
TL,DR: Our young back up ILB’s are quite a bit worse than Manu and Wellington.
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They are same level bad as Manu or Wellington, so let’s invest in them and hope at least one of them is decent next year.
Manu and Wellington are not getting better. Fuck them and make them ride the bench -
Sirmon can be a reserve fullback to try catch a one-yard pass once in awhile?
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Our best hope at ILB will be Hemuli and Calvert assuming they can get it together an stay healthy. Next year might be worse
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Those two and Ah You. Hopefully one of the guys currently playing can improve enough to at least be serviceable. Maybe Ngata as well. We are actually better on the edge now, especially with Smalls coming in.bananasnblondes said:Our best hope at ILB will be Hemuli and Calvert assuming they can get it together an stay healthy. Next year might be worse
It blows my mind that Ulefosio isn’t better Thant he two playing. He might be a guy that can run and hit, but can’t change direction and grasp defensive concepts. -
Seriously where has Edy been? Ive seen enough on everyone else.RoadDawg55 said:
Those two and Ah You. Hopefully one of the guys currently playing can improve enough to at least be serviceable. Maybe Ngata as well. We are actually better on the edge now, especially with Smalls coming in.bananasnblondes said:Our best hope at ILB will be Hemuli and Calvert assuming they can get it together an stay healthy. Next year might be worse
It blows my mind that Ulefosio isn’t better Thant he two playing. He might be a guy that can run and hit, but can’t change direction and grasp defensive concepts. -
Y'all are forgetting about the Nigerian Nightmare ....Olufshubungholio. I heard he's killing folks on the field on KR.
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I agree with your first three paragraphs.RoadDawg55 said:Remind me of Constantine and Lawyer when they rotated at ILB in 2015. You know the opponent is marching down the field when they are in.
I’ve already given up on Sirmon. I see no tools that could make him an impact player in the future.
Tafisi can at least hit. Maybe if he gets quicker he can be an above average LB.
TL,DR: Our young back up ILB’s are quite a bit worse than Manu and Wellington.
Part of Wellington's problem is playing next to Manu. Wellington gets locked up when the opponent runs to his side. Manu is supposed slide over and fill. He's doesn't. I think Manu had one tackle against Stanford. Inexcusable.
Then, Manu can't get into his drop zone on passing downs putting more pressure on the nickel and the underneath safety. It showed Saturday. Stanford killed us in the middle of the field. Because Manu sucks,
A 2-4-5 defense needs LBs capable of covering sideline to sideline. BBK and a healthy Azeem regularly generated double digit tackle totals. Keyshawn Beieria usually had tackles in the high single digits. It's no surprise the defense was at its best with Azeem and Bierria on the field at the same time. Manu made 1 tackle
I'd start Tafisi at MIK and pair him with Wellington. Tafisi can take on a block better than Wellington whose athleticism is better served filling in behind.
This team can't win consistently keeping Bob Gregory. In 5 years BBK was the only ILB Gregory signed worth a shit. Pure luck on Gregory's part. Contending teams don't win recruiting 6 foot 200lb HS LBs.
Two sources close to the team told me Malloe, Kwiat, and Pete closed last year's LB class. All three of them held Gregory's hand getting Heimuli. Malloe ran point on the other Polys. The same two sources, I mentioned told me Calvert eliminated UW early on. Calvert's dad called UW later and asked if UW still had interest in his son after USC dicked Josh around.
This is shit you'd expect from Tyrone and Sark, not from Pete in year six. -
If he can run, hit, and go one direction that's a standard deviation above ManuRoadDawg55 said:
Those two and Ah You. Hopefully one of the guys currently playing can improve enough to at least be serviceable. Maybe Ngata as well. We are actually better on the edge now, especially with Smalls coming in.bananasnblondes said:Our best hope at ILB will be Hemuli and Calvert assuming they can get it together an stay healthy. Next year might be worse
It blows my mind that Ulefosio isn’t better Thant he two playing. He might be a guy that can run and hit, but can’t change direction and grasp defensive concepts. -
Manu Mania!
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Timu was awful as a freshman too, he turned out to be pretty decent. The issue is that LB recruiting was awful for the first 5/6 years, now players who aren't ready have to play. If Tafisi and Sirmon look this bad next year then I will be worried about them.
