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***OFFICIAL 2019 CU FOOTBALL FALL CAMP THREAD***
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OkieBuffster
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That’s an understatement! Terrified with the depth...
Saw Viska catch a punt over his head like a high pass. Clamped it. Chiv just shook his head no.
the team taking on the personality of Landman and Nixon/Viska on the field would be a lot of fun.
A lot of names being mentioned that would be huge if they've made a jump.
Today's Tucker vid has kool aid coming out of my eye balls.
I like how he talks about the best players play, young guys getting a chance, bringing everybody along so we have the depth. Things just sound different coming from HCMT. Agreed, that if the team has the same mentality as the coach we will hit people in the mouth, they will know they played us!
Wells is our most underrated player! I like that!
Wells is our most underrated player! I like that!
A competent staff, top to bottom, wins 7-8 games at a minimum last year, and other than Antwine and Edwards, we didn't really lose anything that I would say was clearly better than what we have this year (and I think Edwards replacement can and will be better than he was). A tougher schedule, to be sure, but I think this team is going to be far better than Vegas thinks (3.5 O/U... You serious, Clark?!?) and better than most around the country think.
He has a fairly experienced roster, and he has some NFL level talent on both sides of the ball. This team could be a lot of fun, if they buy in to what CMT and staff are trying to do.
That is the biggest problem. If the team gets bit by the injury bug, it will be a struggle.
When. When. We are 1 injury from espinoza island.
We should’ve had Ento island!
Yeah. In another piece I read, it was HCMT and Kap talking about the horizontal depth chart on the OL. If you don't have a great vertical depth chart, you better figure out ways that the 7 or 8 guys who are capable can each play G/T or C/G or left/right. I'm sure we're seeing that with other position groups, too.
jizzrag85
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Mel Tucker gets me ****ing pumped up for football man!!! If he coaches and his teams perform half as good as he talks we have reason to be very excited.
When asked what impresses him most about MT, GB said, “Well, number one is his pedigree. I mean he’s worked with the best coaches in college football. And he’s worked with terrific coaches in the NFL. So his pedigree, and playing at Wisconsin under Barry Alvarez, I mean he’s, he’s got the pedigree for the job.
And then, as I have gotten to know Mel, he’s, he’s trained himself for this day. It’s like everywhere he’s been and everybody he’s been with he’s, he’s soaked up all he could soak up from those guys because he anticipated being in this position. And, uh, so every day was a preparation for him. His preparation for his players, but also preparation for himself and his family.
So, uh, the business of football, um, I’m, I’m really impressed with him. And I’m, you know, I’m watching him now for the first time around players as I go to practice. And, um, he is a hands on guy. He’s not a coach that sits back and watches all of his coaches coach. He coaches.
And, um, you know it’s a, it’s a much more intense atmosphere in practice now. Part of that is I think they, they did away with the music at practice.” (Made me laugh). “And so, um, you hear everything on the field.” Then with eyes wide open and a big smile he said, “YOU HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD! So it just, well, no, what it does, it just mounts the, uh, uh, you know, the intensity. And, and I know Mel is preparing his players so that a game is not as intense as what a practice is. And a lot of good coaches do that. Nick Saban does that.”
And then, as I have gotten to know Mel, he’s, he’s trained himself for this day. It’s like everywhere he’s been and everybody he’s been with he’s, he’s soaked up all he could soak up from those guys because he anticipated being in this position. And, uh, so every day was a preparation for him. His preparation for his players, but also preparation for himself and his family.
So, uh, the business of football, um, I’m, I’m really impressed with him. And I’m, you know, I’m watching him now for the first time around players as I go to practice. And, um, he is a hands on guy. He’s not a coach that sits back and watches all of his coaches coach. He coaches.
And, um, you know it’s a, it’s a much more intense atmosphere in practice now. Part of that is I think they, they did away with the music at practice.” (Made me laugh). “And so, um, you hear everything on the field.” Then with eyes wide open and a big smile he said, “YOU HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD! So it just, well, no, what it does, it just mounts the, uh, uh, you know, the intensity. And, and I know Mel is preparing his players so that a game is not as intense as what a practice is. And a lot of good coaches do that. Nick Saban does that.”
On Laviska, GB said, “He naturally knows how to use his body. He’s, he’s not a frail guy. I mean he is a put together athlete. Um, he’s got very strong hands and he’s just got, he runs instinctually with his knees bent and he always gets extra yards and you don’t see very many guys play the receiver position that can go in and play like a running back does and do it really well. So he’s just...and he can block. He, he, you know, he’s maybe, I think every game that we go to every year, uh, this year as we did last year, he’ll be the best player on the field. I really believe that. The best football player. You could play him anywhere and he’s going to be a great player.”
A person in the audience asked him his favorite place to recruit. “Anywhere there were good players! When I first started recruiting at Colorado I liked going to Arizona and San Diego. If they told me I could only recruit one place it’d be Houston. For talent. Yeah. I wouldn’t want to live in Houston (laughing).”
That was especially for you.