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Finally having a chance to share some thoughts....sat 1st row right behind the defense the entire game and was able to interact with the defense a bit.
1) Interestingly, the clearcut vocal leader of the defense the whole game was Cain. He was in everyone's face..especially after BC went up 14 -0. He was firing that group up.
2) Some of the freshmen look great physically. Earl Moore is just thick...I dont think he has a neck. McCord has a nice frame. Jalani was real cool and high 5'd me a few times and gave one of his gloves to a kid next to me after the game....he really looks bigger than last year....so does Pierre..way bigger. The crazy one was Flowers...holy ****..that boy dont look like a freshman. he was right near me in warm ups and son of a gun does that dude pass the eye test.
3) Highlight was after Duke's 1st ever TD as a Cane, he came by the defensive bench at gave me a high 5...then went to high 5 my wife and missed her hand and caught her on the forearm and left his fingerprints there...she is UTough so she kept cheering
4) Tracy Howard looks fantastic physically...he was very quite but very engaged and listening when coaches/players were speaking..looks to be a very coachable kid.
5) Stephen Morris was more vocal than I realized...that boy was FIRED UP a few times and pumping his team up.
6) Gionni Paul was hanging by me during the game..was a little shorter than I expected...looks built like a bulldog though.
7) Coach D was really fired up a few times and gave them an earful....but what I was surprised about was I didnt see a lot of whiteboarding and X's and O's on how to correct things...not knocking him..just saying I thought there would be more of that after each series.
8) One thing that seemed odd was that the defensive players didnt seem to be drinking as much fluids as I thought..I hope they are conscious of that...dont want them boys to cramp up in the Miami heat.
9) The freshman overall seemed very engaged and menatlly in the game the whole time I saw them..there was no goofing around at all. These boys mean business.
10) Another highlight was G Terry...one of my new favorite Canes...he needs to add some weight...sat near his Godfather...and GT came up and gave him a huge hug after the game..was very emotional. He gave his gloves to 2 kids next to me...he was just beaming over the whole experience of his 1st game.
1) Interestingly, the clearcut vocal leader of the defense the whole game was Cain. He was in everyone's face..especially after BC went up 14 -0. He was firing that group up.
2) Some of the freshmen look great physically. Earl Moore is just thick...I dont think he has a neck. McCord has a nice frame. Jalani was real cool and high 5'd me a few times and gave one of his gloves to a kid next to me after the game....he really looks bigger than last year....so does Pierre..way bigger. The crazy one was Flowers...holy ****..that boy dont look like a freshman. he was right near me in warm ups and son of a gun does that dude pass the eye test.
3) Highlight was after Duke's 1st ever TD as a Cane, he came by the defensive bench at gave me a high 5...then went to high 5 my wife and missed her hand and caught her on the forearm and left his fingerprints there...she is UTough so she kept cheering
4) Tracy Howard looks fantastic physically...he was very quite but very engaged and listening when coaches/players were speaking..looks to be a very coachable kid.
5) Stephen Morris was more vocal than I realized...that boy was FIRED UP a few times and pumping his team up.
6) Gionni Paul was hanging by me during the game..was a little shorter than I expected...looks built like a bulldog though.
7) Coach D was really fired up a few times and gave them an earful....but what I was surprised about was I didnt see a lot of whiteboarding and X's and O's on how to correct things...not knocking him..just saying I thought there would be more of that after each series.
8) One thing that seemed odd was that the defensive players didnt seem to be drinking as much fluids as I thought..I hope they are conscious of that...dont want them boys to cramp up in the Miami heat.
9) The freshman overall seemed very engaged and menatlly in the game the whole time I saw them..there was no goofing around at all. These boys mean business.
10) Another highlight was G Terry...one of my new favorite Canes...he needs to add some weight...sat near his Godfather...and GT came up and gave him a huge hug after the game..was very emotional. He gave his gloves to 2 kids next to me...he was just beaming over the whole experience of his 1st game.
