Booing the kids: Asa Turner edition (gifs)
I cannot stop laughing at Turner shuffling around acting like he Troy Polamalu on a blitz 3 yards off the LOS and not 12+ yard off the LOS. Starts rapid backpedal to get off screen well before snap, its a run play . Enters frame well after runner gains first down and is tackled. No contact. (this happens regularly)
STARTING 20 yards off the LOS and rapidly backpedaling off screen is not a meme...
The next FOUR GIFS are in fucking order from just 5 plays that OSU started on its own 29 that resulted in OSU scoring a TD and tying the game late in the 4th.
PLAY 1: Scared pussy tackle attempt.
Play 2: was a good screen blowup by Taimani
Play 3: Cover 1 man LB blitz against empty set, literally Turner's only job is to help the press corner on the bunch/trip formation on any crossing or inside release seem route, ball will be thrown early because LB blitz against empty set. Starts AGAIN 20 yards off the LOS and backpedals. Pass completion into the space Asa should be just standing in. If this play had a good S this is either an INT or a sack when the QB holds the ball.
Play 4: This is what intentionally taking yourself out of a play to avoid contact looks like... Im convinced he intentionally takes wrong angles and allows defenders to wash him out of the play so he doesnt have to make a tackle.
Play 5: Im telling you, he is actively taking poor angles on purpose so he can avoid contact... OSU TD
I dont know how any coach could watch this and ever play him again. Either the coaches are retarded because they are telling him to play like this (doubtful because the other DBs dont do this shit), or the coaches are retarded because they continue to play him despite him doing the wrong thing, or the coaches are retarded because they dont even know Turner is consistently doing the wrong thing.
He should not be playing football, he isn't even tough enough to play for @PurpleJ's intramural soccer team.
Wattenburg should be happy that OL blocking is boring, slightly more complicated, and Turner sucks so much or he would be getting boo'ed.
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After the public flogging of poor safety play against Michigan, I’d be willing to bet the safeties are being told to not have anything get behind them (loser game but whatever)
Of course the film here on Turner is fucking terrible … makes me long for P-SALM
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One of the few bright spots has been Alex Cook. He and Gordon and McDuffie and Bookie are the only alphas on that defense (sadly, Eddie has regressed and the DL two gaps too much to be an alpha enforcer).
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Asa is a great film study. Teams all over the country are getting countless reps on what not to do
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@sonics1993 send to your buddies.
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This makes that two week Notre Dame/Washington limbo during signing period even funnier.
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I watched Asa pussy foot around on that drive. It doesn’t even bother me anymore. It was never going to change.
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I looked at the other guys too... The umbrella S scheme is fucking dumb, but both Cook and Williams do not start this deep and do not backpedal nearly as furiously. And they do come up and make tackles when the play comes their way. Asa is uniquely bad.Tequilla said:After the public flogging of poor safety play against Michigan, I’d be willing to bet the safeties are being told to not have anything get behind them (loser game but whatever)
Of course the film here on Turner is fucking terrible … makes me long for P-SALM -
I’ve said it before, I know exactly what Asa is doing when he dives for a tackle. He purposely avoids contact either by getting stuck on a block or diving late.
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Yeah cook looks good, especially if he was allowed to actually play as an aggressive S rather than umbrella cover deep cover 2.Beno4Life said:One of the few bright spots has been Alex Cook. He and Gordon and McDuffie and Bookie are the only alphas on that defense (sadly, Eddie has regressed and the DL two gaps too much to be an alpha enforcer).
When WE? switched to cover 1 in the second half (Asa as the cover 1) cook even was left on a man island in coverage outside and played well several times. -
Staying healthy for the transfer portal= heady player
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Lol he couldn't transfer to the big skyFireHisAssNOW said:Staying healthy for the transfer portal= heady player
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This place is toxic imo
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Maybe he should start 5 yards deeper for a better angle.
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I'm impressed with how refined he's getting at washing himself out of plays until the guy is past him. He is trying to give the appearance that he's taking gap or contain responsibilities and occupying a blocker for someone else to clean up. He almost pulls it off to the extent that, if you didn't watch the games like people here do, or don't recognize that if the safety is occupying a blocker there isn't anyone behind him coming to clean up, it can be overlooked.
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I wanted to believe he was hurt or something last year because he really didn't seem scared of contact his true freshman year.
I don't know what the hell happened to him but his time as a safety is done. Remember when Jimmy Lake was a liar because Turner was destined to play LB?
He is a good athlete with ball skills and was a four start WR recruit once upon a tim, maybe they should let him do the reverse Alex Cook?
Cook is surprisingly physical for a former WR btw. I really like him at safety. They should put Hampton next to him and be done with it. They are easily the two most physical safeties on the team. Biggest thing the defense needs is more physicality. -
Remember during his recruitment how big of a deal it was to him not to play linebacker? That all makes sense now. He would much rather get free hits on wideout versus meeting a rb in the hole or getting chipped by an O lineman. Lines upperfectly with how he is playing.dnc said:I wanted to believe he was hurt or something last year because he really didn't seem scared of contact his true freshman year.
I don't know what the hell happened to him but his time as a safety is done. Remember when Jimmy Lake was a liar because Turner was destined to play LB?
He is a good athlete with ball skills and was a four start WR recruit once upon a tim, maybe they should let him do the reverse Alex Cook?
Cook is surprisingly physical for a former WR btw. I really like him at safety. They should put Hampton next to him and be done with it. They are easily the two most physical safeties on the team. Biggest thing the defense needs is more physicality. -
When does he graduate? He will quit once he doesn’t need the scholarship. He hates football.Ice_Holmvik said:
Remember during his recruitment how big of a deal it was to him not to play linebacker? That all makes sense now. He would much rather get free hits on wideout versus meeting a rb in the hole or getting chipped by an O lineman. Lines upperfectly with how he is playing.dnc said:I wanted to believe he was hurt or something last year because he really didn't seem scared of contact his true freshman year.
I don't know what the hell happened to him but his time as a safety is done. Remember when Jimmy Lake was a liar because Turner was destined to play LB?
He is a good athlete with ball skills and was a four start WR recruit once upon a tim, maybe they should let him do the reverse Alex Cook?
Cook is surprisingly physical for a former WR btw. I really like him at safety. They should put Hampton next to him and be done with it. They are easily the two most physical safeties on the team. Biggest thing the defense needs is more physicality. -
Irregardless, I blame the coaches.
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This was an amazing post, well done.
My favorite Asa moments is just watch him flash into the play once it’s over. If you focus in on him he does this consistently.
Dude is soft as fuck and our coaches keep playing him
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Peterman Did Nothing Wrong
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Plagiarism! https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/90018/i-always-bash-the-kids#latest
Explained my feelings better than I could. The plays where he takes the wrong lane on purpose are special -
cook being a good safety is my surprise of the year
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2023 will be different. Cook it
