Upon Further Review: UAB

[Lance Roffers]

I don't think any DE is close to what Greg brought, am I wrong? King is really a great college QB but an NFL qb so who will be our super threat?

I wouldn't read too much into this game, as Phillips was asked to contain and hold an edge more often than not. He was impressive and has NFL tools. Roche has never been a first round player to me because he is just too light. He's in that Harold Landry, Josh Uche mold of ultra-light pass rushers who tend to go on the second day of the draft.

Blades is a bit undersized for a first-round guy and will probably test well, but not elite. He's more of a third day guy.

Gurvan Hall is the best chance for an elite prospect outside of Roche blowing things up. Hall has good size, he has solid ball skills, he will test really well and NFL people like his game.

 

[RVACane]

LOL, I'll have to think about who is 'Blood'...

Lol. My college friend in Vegas - a place I once lived and was at onetime dependant on boxing for a living - I can DM you about that time in my life - and yeah I knew Crocodile and a whole bunch of characters - is very close to Mike. I think Mike’s his kid’s godfather. I didn’t know us Jews even did godfather things??? Anyhow, every time he tells me about Mike, I always think of that interview where Mike kept calling him Bîtch Green. Do you remember that? And then didn’t Tyson punch him out outside a custom tailor shop in Harlem?

 

[Lance Roffers]

Lol. My college friend in Vegas - a place I once lived and was at onetime dependant on boxing for a living - I can DM you about that time in my life - and yeah I knew Crocodile and a whole bunch of characters - is very close to Mike. I think Mike’s his kid’s godfather. I didn’t know us Jews even did godfather things??? Anyhow, every time he tells me about Mike, I always think of that interview where Mike kept calling him Bîtch Green. Do you remember that? And then didn’t Tyson punch him out outside a custom tailor in Harlem?

I saw Tyson live where he just stood up and told stories for like three hours. He beat his *** in a pawn shop or something like that.

The way he told the story was hilarious.

 

[RVACane]

And @k9cane , I was convinced Ike Ibeabuchi was going to be a great. What a shame.

 

[k9cane]

Lol. My college friend in Vegas - a place I once lived and was at onetime dependant on boxing for a living - I can DM you about that time in my life - and yeah I knew Crocodile and a whole bunch of characters - is very close to Mike. I think Mike’s his kid’s godfather. I didn’t know us Jews even did godfather things??? Anyhow, every time he tells me about Mike, I always think of that interview where Mike kept calling him Bîtch Green. Do you remember that? And then didn’t Tyson punch him out outside a custom tailor in Harlem?

The Tyson-Blood run-in happened around 88 or 89 at Dapper Dan's, which was the spot where all the rappers from New York and athletes would get their custom made Gucci stuff, etc. There was that famous clip of Blood with his eye all busted up, going 'Michelle Cicily Tyson!!' while flexing his bicep for the news. IIRC that was when Mike was always getting into stuff during his marriage if Robin (Mis)Givens

So years later, I see him at the Tsyzu-Judah fight, he's with the Judah crew(as they were both from Brooklyn) so a bunch of people were in the lobby at the MGM Grand, milling around, he's in decent mood, Im talking with Shelly Finkel (who managed Judah) and Green was there, so Im a bit buzzed and I go up to him and go, "Michelle Cicily Tyson!!!' while doing the bicep flex

He looks at me and goes, "Hey man, you really know your boxing." Blood was actually impressed, made me feel like Korean Bert Sugar that night

 

[k9cane]

I saw Tyson live where he just stood up and told stories for like three hours. He beat his *** in a pawn shop or something like that.

The way he told the story was hilarious.

Blood came up to him screaming that Don King owed him money, as if Tyson was some sort of bill collector. That's one version of the story I heard

 

[k9cane]

And @k9cane , I was convinced Ike Ibeabuchi was going to be a great. What a shame.

He was nutty, he had some real issues. But yeah, he was the guy

 

[RVACane]

I saw Tyson live where he just stood up and told stories for like three hours. He beat his *** in a pawn shop or something like that.

The way he told the story was hilarious.

He’s literally the Godfather of one of my best friends from college’s young kid. The day he got that tattoo on his face, my boxing photographer friend, who was with him that day, came into my business at the time and showed me pics of it before they were out in public - like he just had it done.

You can ask @k9cane as I’m sure things are the same - but at least back then - the entourages that hung around these guys were far scarier than the fighters.. and they were hungry for money.

 

[Rellyrell]

Punt return is where Pope catches it inside his 10, retreats to the two-yard line and then gets upfield. Don’t do that, Pope. Don’t do that. (Not pictured)

UAB played safe contain pass rush and were just trying to push the pocket and then spy him if he tries to run. King tries to get outside of the pocket and is sacked by the spy.
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3rd & 15 and Campbell is initially beat but does a good job of using his length to push him wide again. King has a checkdown for about 10 in the middle of the field but tries to get the 1st down on a throw to Brevin and is off. UAB dropped 8 into coverage and made it difficult to have any open throws. I like their defensive scheme and the way they are coached. (Not pictured)

Good thing Phillips tips the 1st down pass because they had an open receiver outside. Hall got caught peeking into the backfield and lost his man in coverage. (Not pictured)

Jon Ford beats his block and eats this run play up. Brooks does a nice job of knifing into the backfield but gets knocked off by the OL. He needs to gain a little mass to hold up against the run.
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Frierson does a perfect blitz and gets into the backfield for a TFL. (Not pictured)

This can’t happen on the next drive. Gaynor and Scaife have a miscommunication and allow the NT to split them immediately while looking the other way. King just dumps it off to Harris for a nice play. One of the receivers had to run the wrong route at top of screen as you wouldn’t want both that close out of trips to boundary.
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UAB fooled the OL on this one. They walked five up and dropped the white LB out, then did the delayed SS blitz that Miami likes to run. Gaynor slides right, which I’m sure was the line call based on the look UAB gave. That left Scaife and Williams to block three defenders and the RB is on the other side. Free rusher hits King and forces incompletion. King saved a sack that probably prevents points on this drive.
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More games by UAB gets a sack that King caused on himself. Only three rush but King feels the pressure and steps right into a sack when he had time to take a shot. I do believe Scaife set way too deep into his backfield when he had no immediate threat and the rusher came from the LB unit. I’m impressed with the UAB defense in how they are coached.
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I’m going to pickup the pace in the 2nd half, but there are so many things I want to highlight on each play. Campbell is telling Traore on this play to get the LB and Traore whiffs on this block. If he makes this block, this is maybe a TD. Instead the LB runs right in-between these two OL and tackles Harris.
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Miami OL is out of sorts right now. UAB rushes three from the same side and Traore goes outside and Campbell goes outside. Gaynor has to slide and take that rusher when three come from that side, but you’ll remember earlier Gaynor went that direction on a three rusher look and they backed out and got a sack. He guessed wrong again and there is a free rusher. I also believe Knighton released too early and needs to be in to block when they send an extra rusher. King spins out and gets the 1st down but this was bad.
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Traore has struggled mightily in the run game with the NT and loses again on the next play. (Not pictured)

Just nice inside zone blocking and running on this play. Traore keeps working down, Scaife gets a guy in the backfield. Harris shows patience and picks his way into the hole and takes this to the 10. Excellent run. Nice grit from the OL.
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They saved this play on a sprint right for the red zone. They had it perfectly. Immediately sprinted and the CB left his man immediately to come up for the QB. This is an easy throw to Payton. Can’t miss the layups.
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Unblocked. Shoots the gap on a nice play honestly, but then takes a bad angle and doesn’t lay a hand on the RB. Have to make this tackle, McCloud.
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Their big wheel route that Couch forced a fumble on should’ve been offensive pass interference. Ball was thrown past the LOS so you can’t block or shield like this. UAB executes their plays so well on both offense and defense. I think they are going to be a tough G5 team if their backup QB plays decently (starter got hurt in this game).
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Big props to McCloud for diagnosing this throwback TE screen when he was going the other direction due to the action of the OL. He almost intercepted it and how many times did this play hurt us against Virginia Tech last year?
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The 4th & 4 offsides on Roche was a really clever play by the TE, who sold it as though he was moving on the snap, but he is allowed to shift. This lay never happens if they don’t get gashed on a run of 11 yards on 3rd & 15. The three-man rush, dropping eight only works if your striker is willing to play run defense. (Not pictured)

From here, Miami just ground the game out and scored on their next two possessions to put the game away.

By the Numbers:

There are several measures of offensive/defensive efficiency that can tell a story about the game and most of them add value. Expected Points Added is probably the best one because it doesn’t fall victim to weighting big plays the same as a short yardage conversion, but it is more complicated to derive and understand, so I’m going to use the second-best metric in my opinion, which is Success Rate.

Success Rate is fairly simple in that it takes the yards to go on specific downs and the yards you gained and determines if the play is successful or not. Five yards on 1st & 10, 70% of 2nd down, or a conversion on 3rd or 4th down is a successful play. The team that has a higher Success Rate wins the game more than 80% of the time, making it a simple, yet highly descriptive metric.

• Miami finished with a rushing success rate of 38.0% and a passing success rate of 57.1%
• UAB finished with a rushing success rate of 28.0% and a passing success rate of 36.1%

This is a decent rushing rate and a very good passing rate for Miami’s offense. These are strong metrics for both on the defensive side.

• The OL allowed pressure on nine out of 36 pass snaps (25%)
• Last year, the OL allowed a pressure on 186 out of 557 pass snaps (33.4%)

Defensively, Miami did not rush the passer to the level of last season:

• 21 pressures on 72 pass snaps (29.2%)
• Last year, Miami got pressure on 36.2% of pass snaps

Positives:

Jarrid Williams- Very good in his first game with the Canes and was their best OL in this game

Cam Harris- Showed patience to press the hole, burst to make big plays, and had a few nice blocks

D’Eriq King- Not quite the dynamic performance we hoped for, but King made some marvelous plays in this game that Miami hasn’t seen at that position in quite some time

Nesta Silvera- Was very active, played with a motor, and made his presence felt

Borregales- Not because he did anything special, but just because you didn’t worry when he was out there

Negatives:

Osuman Traore- It was a tough game in his first career start. Miscommunication, inability to make blocks at the second level, and letting blocks slip off too easily all night long

DJ Ivey- CB’s have to make plays, not just almost make plays or be in a good position but still allow the catch

Run Fits- For the most part, no LB played especially well. In a game where you watched the Kristopher Moll for the opponent, it was painfully obvious the difference. Too often players were choosing the wrong gap, attacking the wrong shoulder, or just slow to diagnose the play. I said before the game that UAB had two players who would start for Miami and it is definitely three after the game, as Moll would definitely start for Miami.

Passing Game- Several miscommunications on passing routes, WR’s not getting separation, Brevin being absent from the game plan, open receivers missed by King. It was an ugly night for the passing offense against a solid secondary.

OL Communication- Especially in the first half, the OL struggled to communicate and pass off rushers from various places. UAB walked defenders to the LOS and then rushed some and backed out others and Miami struggled to adjust and communicate effectively.

Overall:

Miami scored 31 points, rushed for over 300 yards, and won convincingly against a well-coached team. Yet it still felt like a marginal performance from our Canes. King can, and will, be better. The passing offense will definitely need to step up to reach goals, and the pass rush we have all heard so much about needs to be unleashed in future weeks.

A C+ game in a victory is acceptable, but I’m looking forward to seeing what an A performance resembles for this group.

Punt return is where Pope catches it inside his 10, retreats to the two-yard line and then gets upfield. Don’t do that, Pope. Don’t do that. (Not pictured)

UAB played safe contain pass rush and were just trying to push the pocket and then spy him if he tries to run. King tries to get outside of the pocket and is sacked by the spy.
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3rd & 15 and Campbell is initially beat but does a good job of using his length to push him wide again. King has a checkdown for about 10 in the middle of the field but tries to get the 1st down on a throw to Brevin and is off. UAB dropped 8 into coverage and made it difficult to have any open throws. I like their defensive scheme and the way they are coached. (Not pictured)

Good thing Phillips tips the 1st down pass because they had an open receiver outside. Hall got caught peeking into the backfield and lost his man in coverage. (Not pictured)

Jon Ford beats his block and eats this run play up. Brooks does a nice job of knifing into the backfield but gets knocked off by the OL. He needs to gain a little mass to hold up against the run.
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Frierson does a perfect blitz and gets into the backfield for a TFL. (Not pictured)

This can’t happen on the next drive. Gaynor and Scaife have a miscommunication and allow the NT to split them immediately while looking the other way. King just dumps it off to Harris for a nice play. One of the receivers had to run the wrong route at top of screen as you wouldn’t want both that close out of trips to boundary.
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UAB fooled the OL on this one. They walked five up and dropped the white LB out, then did the delayed SS blitz that Miami likes to run. Gaynor slides right, which I’m sure was the line call based on the look UAB gave. That left Scaife and Williams to block three defenders and the RB is on the other side. Free rusher hits King and forces incompletion. King saved a sack that probably prevents points on this drive.
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More games by UAB gets a sack that King caused on himself. Only three rush but King feels the pressure and steps right into a sack when he had time to take a shot. I do believe Scaife set way too deep into his backfield when he had no immediate threat and the rusher came from the LB unit. I’m impressed with the UAB defense in how they are coached.
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I’m going to pickup the pace in the 2nd half, but there are so many things I want to highlight on each play. Campbell is telling Traore on this play to get the LB and Traore whiffs on this block. If he makes this block, this is maybe a TD. Instead the LB runs right in-between these two OL and tackles Harris.
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Miami OL is out of sorts right now. UAB rushes three from the same side and Traore goes outside and Campbell goes outside. Gaynor has to slide and take that rusher when three come from that side, but you’ll remember earlier Gaynor went that direction on a three rusher look and they backed out and got a sack. He guessed wrong again and there is a free rusher. I also believe Knighton released too early and needs to be in to block when they send an extra rusher. King spins out and gets the 1st down but this was bad.
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Traore has struggled mightily in the run game with the NT and loses again on the next play. (Not pictured)

Just nice inside zone blocking and running on this play. Traore keeps working down, Scaife gets a guy in the backfield. Harris shows patience and picks his way into the hole and takes this to the 10. Excellent run. Nice grit from the OL.
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They saved this play on a sprint right for the red zone. They had it perfectly. Immediately sprinted and the CB left his man immediately to come up for the QB. This is an easy throw to Payton. Can’t miss the layups.
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Unblocked. Shoots the gap on a nice play honestly, but then takes a bad angle and doesn’t lay a hand on the RB. Have to make this tackle, McCloud.
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Their big wheel route that Couch forced a fumble on should’ve been offensive pass interference. Ball was thrown past the LOS so you can’t block or shield like this. UAB executes their plays so well on both offense and defense. I think they are going to be a tough G5 team if their backup QB plays decently (starter got hurt in this game).
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Big props to McCloud for diagnosing this throwback TE screen when he was going the other direction due to the action of the OL. He almost intercepted it and how many times did this play hurt us against Virginia Tech last year?
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The 4th & 4 offsides on Roche was a really clever play by the TE, who sold it as though he was moving on the snap, but he is allowed to shift. This lay never happens if they don’t get gashed on a run of 11 yards on 3rd & 15. The three-man rush, dropping eight only works if your striker is willing to play run defense. (Not pictured)

From here, Miami just ground the game out and scored on their next two possessions to put the game away.

By the Numbers:

There are several measures of offensive/defensive efficiency that can tell a story about the game and most of them add value. Expected Points Added is probably the best one because it doesn’t fall victim to weighting big plays the same as a short yardage conversion, but it is more complicated to derive and understand, so I’m going to use the second-best metric in my opinion, which is Success Rate.

Success Rate is fairly simple in that it takes the yards to go on specific downs and the yards you gained and determines if the play is successful or not. Five yards on 1st & 10, 70% of 2nd down, or a conversion on 3rd or 4th down is a successful play. The team that has a higher Success Rate wins the game more than 80% of the time, making it a simple, yet highly descriptive metric.

• Miami finished with a rushing success rate of 38.0% and a passing success rate of 57.1%
• UAB finished with a rushing success rate of 28.0% and a passing success rate of 36.1%

This is a decent rushing rate and a very good passing rate for Miami’s offense. These are strong metrics for both on the defensive side.

• The OL allowed pressure on nine out of 36 pass snaps (25%)
• Last year, the OL allowed a pressure on 186 out of 557 pass snaps (33.4%)

Defensively, Miami did not rush the passer to the level of last season:

• 21 pressures on 72 pass snaps (29.2%)
• Last year, Miami got pressure on 36.2% of pass snaps

Positives:

Jarrid Williams- Very good in his first game with the Canes and was their best OL in this game

Cam Harris- Showed patience to press the hole, burst to make big plays, and had a few nice blocks

D’Eriq King- Not quite the dynamic performance we hoped for, but King made some marvelous plays in this game that Miami hasn’t seen at that position in quite some time

Nesta Silvera- Was very active, played with a motor, and made his presence felt

Borregales- Not because he did anything special, but just because you didn’t worry when he was out there

Negatives:

Osuman Traore- It was a tough game in his first career start. Miscommunication, inability to make blocks at the second level, and letting blocks slip off too easily all night long

DJ Ivey- CB’s have to make plays, not just almost make plays or be in a good position but still allow the catch

Run Fits- For the most part, no LB played especially well. In a game where you watched the Kristopher Moll for the opponent, it was painfully obvious the difference. Too often players were choosing the wrong gap, attacking the wrong shoulder, or just slow to diagnose the play. I said before the game that UAB had two players who would start for Miami and it is definitely three after the game, as Moll would definitely start for Miami.

Passing Game- Several miscommunications on passing routes, WR’s not getting separation, Brevin being absent from the game plan, open receivers missed by King. It was an ugly night for the passing offense against a solid secondary.

OL Communication- Especially in the first half, the OL struggled to communicate and pass off rushers from various places. UAB walked defenders to the LOS and then rushed some and backed out others and Miami struggled to adjust and communicate effectively.

Overall:

Miami scored 31 points, rushed for over 300 yards, and won convincingly against a well-coached team. Yet it still felt like a marginal performance from our Canes. King can, and will, be better. The passing offense will definitely need to step up to reach goals, and the pass rush we have all heard so much about needs to be unleashed in future weeks.

A C+ game in a victory is acceptable, but I’m looking forward to seeing what an A performance resembles for this group.

Couldn’t have written this any better. EXCELLENT insight, observation, and appreciate the candid point of view. Agree with all of this.

 

[RVACane]

The Tyson-Blood run-in happened around 88 or 89 at Dapper Dan's, which was the spot where all the rappers from New York and athletes would get their custom made Gucci stuff, etc. There was that famous clip of Blood with his eye all busted up, going 'Michelle Cicily Tyson!!' while flexing his bicep for the news. IIRC that was when Mike was always getting into stuff during his marriage if Robin (Mis)Givens

So years later, I see him at the Tsyzu-Judah fight, he's with the Judah crew(as they were both from Brooklyn) so a bunch of people were in the lobby at the MGM Grand, milling around, he's in decent mood, Im talking with Shelly Finkel (who managed Judah) and Green was there, so Im a bit buzzed and I go up to him and go, "Michelle Cicily Tyson!!!' while doing the bicep flex

He looks at me and goes, "Hey man, you really know your boxing." Blood was actually impressed, made me feel like Korean Bert Sugar that night

I sponsored JC Chavez - advertising-wise in his fight against Kostya Tszyu with my then business’ name on La Leyenda’s green shorts. Made by Bertolini I think. Better late then never I suppose.

 

[k9cane]

He’s literally the Godfather of one of my best friends from college’s young kid. The day he got that tattoo on his face, my boxing photographer friend, who was with him that day, came into my business at the time and showed me pics of it before they were out in public - like he just had it done.

You can ask @k9cane as I’m sure things are the same - but at least back then - the entourages that hung around these guys were far scarier than the fighters.. and they were hungry for money.

I actually met Crocodile once (he was at Wild Card Boxing Club one time), pretty cool guy when he isn't performing his duties as the modern day Bundini Brown. Guerilla Warfare!!

 

[k9cane]

I sponsored JC Chavez - advertising-wise in his fight against Kostya Tszyu with my then business’ name on La Leyenda’s green shorts. Made by Bertolini I think. Better late then never I suppose.

that fight was like a wake, Chavez had no business being the WBC mandatory after he lost to Willy Wise the fight before...

 

[RVACane]

I actually met Crocodile once (he was at Wild Card Boxing Club one time), pretty cool guy when he isn't performing his duties as the modern day Bundini Brown. Guerilla Warfare!!

Dude, he was dangerous. Legit pre-Tyson LA drug kingpin’s killer I was told. He was good with me unless I wouldn’t pay the price he wanted for some boxing related things. Then he went psycho. My buddy says he’s still around.

I was very close with cut man Chuck Bodak (RIP). I have his actual robe from when Oscar won his first title. Dude stayed in my house at the time at in Summerlin and slept on the floor. When I met Ali, and I told him Chuck - who actually worked with him as an amateur in Gary Indiana - said hello - He said Chuck Bodak sleeps on the floor like a dog! Tell Chuck he’s a dog and he’s still a dog! Lol.

As ornery as Chuck was, he was the kindest soul I ever met. I watched him give his money away multiple times to poor kids who came up to him. I’ve got his bucket with the decoplage like he has on his glasses and jewelry he made for me. Dude made me a Star of David with boxing gloves. He was a rare gem in that world.

@k9cane I have this robe - right now in storage - and yes Chuck is mispelled as “Chuek”

 

[k9cane]

Dude, he was dangerous. Legit pre-Tyson LA drug kingpin’s killer I was told. He was good with me unless I wouldn’t pay the price he wanted for some boxing related things. Then he went psycho. My buddy says he’s still around.

I was very close with cut man Chuck Bodak (RIP). I have his actual robe from when Oscar won his first title. Dude stayed in my house at the time at in Summerlin and slept on the floor. When I met Ali, and I told him Chuck - who actually worked with him as an amateur in Gary Indiana - said hello - He said Chuck Bodak sleeps on the floor like a dog! Tell Chuck he’s a dog and he’s still a dog! Lol.

As ornery as Chuck was, he was the kindest soul I ever met. I watched him give his money away multiple times to poor kids who came up to him. I’ve got his bucket with the decoplage like he has on his glasses and jewelry he made for me. Dude made me a Star of David with boxing gloves. He was a rare gem in that world.

@k9cane I have this robe - right now in storage - and yes Chuck is mispelled as “Chuek”

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I knew Chuck VERY well, great man, one of a kind. He was absolutely heart broken when Oscar De La Hoya let him go as his cutman.

 

[RVACane]

I knew Chuck VERY well, great man, one of a kind. He was absolutely heart broken when Oscar De La Hoya let him go as his cutman.

I loved Chuck. He used to call me the “fûcking Heeb”. Lol. We’ve probably met and you were probably in my former business. Chuck was very bitter after that and it killed him. He loved Oscar and it just crushed him. I would deal with Oscar and more so, Richard Shaeffer, on occasion, but never brought Chuck up and didn’t bring Oscar up with Chuck at that point.

By the way, I was friends with Richard Slone and knew Emanuel from Richard. I never understood why Chuck hated Manny S so much. I think it had something to do with not working in Evander’s córner? Emanuel was nice as **** to me. Chuck became pretty unfiltered towards the end.

I was also friends with Gil Rosas, who was super close with Chuck, if you knew him. Gil lived in La Habrá Heights at that time and had a birthday party for Chuck that I attended. That was like 20 years and a very different life ago.

 

[k9cane]

I loved Chuck. He used to call me the “fûcking Heeb”. Lol. We’ve probably met and you were probably in my former business. Chuck was very bitter after that and it killed him. He loved Oscar and it just crushed him. I would deal with Oscar and more so, Richard Shaeffer, on occasion, but never brought Chuck up and didn’t bring Oscar up with Chuck at that point.

By the way, I was friends with Richard Slone and knew Emanuel from Richard. I never understood why Chuck hated Manny S so much. I think it had something to do with not working in Evander’s córner? Emanuel was nice as **** to me. Chuck became pretty unfiltered towards the end.

I was also friends with Gil Rosas, who was super close with Chuck, if you knew him. Gil lived in La Habrá Heights at that time and had a birthday party for Chuck that I attended. That was like 20 years and a very different life ago.

I think I did meet Gil, yes.

Didnt Chuck live in a trailer that was adjacent to a car museum(the Marconi, or something like that)?

What he called you, he called everyone of that religion that, lol. He was consistent

Slone is a talented guy, really like him personally, too

 

[RVACane]

I think I did meet Gil, yes.

Didnt Chuck live in a trailer that was adjacent to a car museum(the Marconi, or something like that)?

What he called you, he called everyone of that religion that, lol. He was consistent

Slone is a talented guy, really like him personally, too

Lol. I hadn’t told Chuck I was ****** and earlier on in our relationship, Chuck said “I’m gonna make you a piece of jewelry “ and I looked at him with that neck piece he was wearing and I said “Chuck... that would be great... but ummmm... please, no crosses” and he looked at me dead on and said “you’re just jealous because we got the best Heeb there ever was.”

Steve, my wife at the time, who’s my kids’ mother, is conservative, UVA educated Korean from Virginia and he used to call her “the ornamental”... to her face. He had less nunchi than me.

And yeah, Chuck lived in a trailer on the grounds of the Marconi Museum in Tustin in the back. He had a decoplaged car on display inside. He took me to an Italian Restaurant in Irvine I think and they had a dish called Penne ala Bodak and I was required to order it and tell him it was the best ever, at which point he told me I’m full of ****.

 

[Sigma_Cane_7]

Great write up as always @Lance Roffers 2 things, Am I wrong to think Scaife may have played gods worst game as a Cane? And what is your take on Steed? A lot of debating on him playing more snaps which would mean less snaps for BJ. No need to mention 53, we know.

 

[mirasuegui]

Any chance we can trade DC's with UAB? LOL

Seems Lance couldn't stop raving about how well coach the UAB was on defense : they were pretty solid

 

[LuCane]

I wouldn't read too much into this game, as Phillips was asked to contain and hold an edge more often than not. He was impressive and has NFL tools. Roche has never been a first round player to me because he is just too light. He's in that Harold Landry, Josh Uche mold of ultra-light pass rushers who tend to go on the second day of the draft.

Blades is a bit undersized for a first-round guy and will probably test well, but not elite. He's more of a third day guy.

Gurvan Hall is the best chance for an elite prospect outside of Roche blowing things up. Hall has good size, he has solid ball skills, he will test really well and NFL people like his game.

Think I own like 63.4% of the Gurvan Hall stock on this board, and I look for another evolution to his game in the games this season. Even if he has a very good year, unless he gets the opportunity to play Nickel and shows more ability playing the ball in the air, I think he's well-served in returning for a 4th year.