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nustudent said...

You aren't supposed to view opinions as highly as facts. And the facts here are that we lost our second string running back. We've proven over the years you need a viable second string option. And now true frosh will be the ones who look to replace him. And our scholarship numbers take another hit. Those are all facts.

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Zonie87 said...

No the fact is, if true what's being reported, that we had a kid that will not compete or fight to win playing time. And that is the fact of life in every D1 program in college football. This is not a reflection upon anyone but Braylon, although you and others wish to make it so. That is your own cross to bear, not mine, the coaches or anyone else that understands what true competition means.

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Zonie87 said...

No the fact is, if true what's being reported, that we had a kid that will not compete or fight to win playing time. And that is the fact of life in every D1 program in college football. This is not a reflection upon anyone but Braylon, although you and others wish to make it so. That is your own cross to bear, not mine, the coaches or anyone else that understands what true competition means.

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WaterfowlJunky said...

Georgia started 2 freshman RBs this year.

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domichae said...

I think BH is being dumb. I mean, as it has been mentioned, RB get roughed up big time in our offense. It is nearly guaranteed that BH will get a substantial number of carries this season. BH is one play away from playing all the time. UNLESS, he really cannot do everything we need him to do,like pass pro. The guy can fly, he can make plays, why not go into a slot/HB hybrid role. It sounds like the coaches wanted to get him on the field more, but who knows other than BH and the coaches really. It is just a little frustrating.

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klein12 said...

Here's the deal. Whether Heard leaves or not he is not better than Abdullah. If he was. He would play. These coaches are coaching for their jobs, they aren't going to stick to some idealistic favoritism to screw a player. Heard's fast. Smoking fast. And he has good vision.

Abdullah is fast, not AS fast, but fast. He has just as good of vision, better elusiveness and more power. He runs behind his pads, cuts on a dime and isn't afraid to run between the tackles.

Heard is blazing fast, and hits the hole well. Once he gets into the open field not many are going to catch him. He runs way too upright which limits his power and makes him more susceptable to injury. He lacks shiftiness or "wiggle" to make that extra yard as well.

Cross is deceptably fast... he's fast than Le'Vion Bell that's for sure... he runs between the tackles, has an abdormal ammount of wiggle for a big guy and runs behind his pads. Oh, and he's good in pass-pro too.

I'll also never understand people saying a kid like this got "screwed" by the coaches. We see games, and "hear" things from people at practice. We don't watch the practice film, we don't see the drills or the conditioning. Heard was a driven kid. I'm not doubting his work ethic. It would be inappropriate for me to do so, but I do doubt the results. Seems to me that Abdullah just came out on the better end.

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TheUnknownFan said...

Did anyone notice that whenever Heard was on the field last year he almost always got the ball? No deception. When he was in, his number got called.

He rarely, if ever, got a series of downs. Just a few plays here and there.

Anyone thought why that would be?

Heard was not an every down back because he could not be counted on to fill that position. In other words, unless he was actually running the ball, he could not be depended on to fulfill his obligations as an every down back. Thus, AA and Rex got most the action, with Heard supplementing with plays called just for him.

Like most, I liked what I saw when Heard ran the ball, but that's not the whole story for an every down RB. He probably saw that he would be 2nd fiddle to AA and relegated to spot duty this coming year and the next. Obviously, there's some new hotshots on the horizon to complicate matters further.

It's not unlike the Aaron Green deal. Some guys think they deserve the bulk of the action whether that's truly warranted or not. What's ironic, is that if Rex hadn't got hurt, we would have seen practically nothing of BH this past year. It's additionally ironic that BH didn't have the foresight to see what happened to Rex in 2012 could happen to AA in 2013 (or even in practice), and he might end up the #1 guy by default. Injury to the 1st stringer is what paved the way for Abdullah.

As far as the supposed position move, I just see that as an attempt to get Heard on the field more often. He was only getting 5-6 plays a game as a RB, and as part of the regular rotation at WR would have likely been on the field more often. As far as catches, who knows what would have happened.

Hate to see him go, as I do think there would have been a greater effort to get him on the field this year, even if he's deficient in pass-pro or what have you.

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TunaGill said...

Each individual situation that has happened in the past few years can be reasonably explained if isolated. Jamal Turner wasn't going to unseat Taylor, and he needed to see the field, so that's why he was switched to WR. Green missed Texas, so he transferred to TCU. Moore was pussywhipped, and a baby, so he went back to Florida. Klatchko didn't pan out. Etc. Other examples that we could individually go into if necessary (we could also talk about on-field performance, but I'd rather not in this post).

However, I'm not someone who believes in a lot of coincidences. I think that where there's a lot of smoke there's usually fire.

In other words, to speak more clearly, I have a lot of doubts about Bo and the program. Do I think he should be fired? Of course not. But I don't think he'll ever get us to where I would like us to be, perennially winning conference championships, playing in BCS bowls, and being a Top 10 team that's feared.

As I have posted in the past, Bo is a nice head coach with nice players. And that's fine. But I don't think we'll ever become elite again with him at the helm.

Yes, I know we're close. I know we've played in 3 conference championship games in the last 4 years. I know we're a player here, a turnover there, not making a penalty, etc., from being where we want to be. But that's just it. We're close, and we'll continually to be close, and that's fine. But I don't think we'll ever get there.

I hope I'm wrong. But I don't think I am.