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Where are all those porsters who wanted Lucas?

He obviously wasn’t good vs our dline but apparently he was doing good this year in other games and he’s starting as a true freshman
 
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AHURT12 said:
There was a group on here that wanted to literally blow the guy and when he signed with FSU the usual bull**** from the dont know **** about football crowd "it's the coaches fault" Lucas is very slow,lazy, and he sucks. He got his fat *** handed to him.
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He’d be a Canes culture fit.
 
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I've said all along that the mopes and hysterical crybabies on this board were underselling this kid. In high school he dominated with no technique and terrible body composition. He's massive with powerful heavy hands. Fat is potential in disguise.

Another L for the CIS crootin experts who were certain that Lucas is a waste of space because he "played games" or whatever nonsense arguments their sensitive egos have to spew out to reconcile that Miami missed on another good prospect.
 
HighSeas said:
I've said all along that the mopes and hysterical crybabies on this board were underselling this kid. In high school he dominated with no technique and terrible body composition. He's massive with powerful heavy hands. Fat is potential in disguise.

Another L for the CIS crootin experts who were certain that Lucas is a waste of space because he "played games" or whatever nonsense arguments their sensitive egos have to spew out to reconcile that Miami missed on another good prospect.
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So we should actually be going after fat kids who dominate because of being much bigger than everyone?
 
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Boarcane said:
Yes he did. Coaching matters
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Are you saying Searels was a good OL coach? Or Big Gus was a good S&C coach?
I'm not going to defend Barry or our offensive system. But to me, Donutson is the story of a kid with size and potential who didn't do the things he needed to do in the weight room and dieting to maximize that potential. The way the rules are set up, kids need to be accountable in the weight room. And by most accounts, one of the few hires Manny got right was bringing in David Feeley as S&C coach.

@HighSeas said, "Fat is potential in disguise." Sometimes that is true. But often times, fat is laziness out in the open. The lack of development of Donutson is less a corching problem, than a personal motivation problem.
 
No_Fly_Zone said:
Are you saying Searels was a good OL coach? Or Big Gus was a good S&C coach?
I'm not going to defend Barry or our offensive system. But to me, Donutson is the story of a kid with size and potential who didn't do the things he needed to do in the weight room and dieting to maximize that potential. The way the rules are set up, kids need to be accountable in the weight room. And by most accounts, one of the few hires Manny got right was bringing in David Feeley as S&C coach.

@HighSeas said, "Fat is potential in disguise." Sometimes that is true. But often times, fat is laziness out in the open. The lack of development of Donutson is less a corching problem, than a personal motivation problem.
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Every kid and their respective career is different. The original post was made by me, not to call out posters or our kids, but to highlight that the original coaching eval had merit. That’s all. Coaching as a word is all encompassing when I use that word. A good coach is a huge part of a kids success or failure at the dinner table
 
Boarcane said:
Every kid and their respective career is different. The original post was made by me, not to call out posters or our kids, but to highlight that the original coaching eval had merit. That’s all. Coaching as a word is all encompassing when I use that word. A good coach is a huge part of a kids success or failure at the dinner table
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Without addressing recruiting (which is a whole different ball of wax), any position coach worth a **** can coach basic technique or strategy. Good coaches get more out of their players by coaching up their strengths and working through an athlete's initial deficiencies. Great coaches get even more out of their players by doing all of the above while also pushing and motivating the individual athlete to improve beyond just "good enough" (by knowing "what buttons to push" for different personalities). My opinion is there are no great coaches on this staff, and there is a dearth of good coaches.

Regardless, in my limited experience, the most difficult things to coach are effort, drive, and desire. You can set up incentive and disincentive schemes to motivate young athletes. You can try to relate to individual players, learn a bit about who they are, and try to discern what type of coaching they take to best. But it is time consuming and still ultimately requires a certain degree of "want to" that is outside the coach's hands.
 
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jw410 said:
Neal started all 12 games at LG
Wyndemer 31 rec 419 6 tds
Karlaftis 17 TFLs. 7 sacks


All liked UM. ****
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False, Karlaftis was all Purdue he wasn't trying to go anywhere, nor UM recruit him
Neal's parents like UM, he was all bama
Wyndemer iwould have taken over Hodges but he would have been the 3rd TE here regardless
 
Ver said:
False, Karlaftis was all Purdue he wasn't trying to go anywhere, nor UM recruit him
Neal's parents like UM, he was all bama
Wyndemer iwould have taken over Hodges but he would have been the 3rd TE here regardless
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Karlaftis was all about that Engineering degree @ Purdue.
 
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grover said:
Linemen who act like clowns during the recruiting process almost always fail. They don't have the mental makeup and tenacity to work their way into becoming elite in college and beyond.
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Kinda worries me about our dance troupe....don't know what to make of that...


Sometimes when the lead guy does that hippity hopping and twirling that towel or whatever it is I think he looks like a very bad old-time stripper.

I dunno....
 
AllAboutTheU said:
So we should actually be going after fat kids who dominate because of being much bigger than everyone?
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Yes if they have good traits. Give me Lucas over Gaynor or Clark any time.

You also need a culture and infrastructure to have success developing overweight athletes. We don't have that yet.
 
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