thatguy2016
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Conservatively, 7
Optimum 8.5-9
What I posted was 0.5 lower than your conservative estimate. Good post.
Conservatively, 7
Optimum 8.5-9
Ruggiero has re-written the Wake offensive record books. Two of our top 8 rushers all time (Colburn, Carney), 3 of the top 7 receiving seasons all time (Dortch, Surratt, Hinton), most TDs (Wolford), most yards (Wolford), most yards and points for the team, etc.
The defense has been much weaker than the offense since Elko left, but I think Hemphill has them trending in the right direction in his first full season. In particular, third down defense was much better.
Kick coverage really hurt us a few times this year, and that definitely needs to improve.
As Clawson said in his press conference yesterday, he will study this season closely, make changes, and attack 2020 with a vengeance. I can’t wait to see it.
Bizarro world comment for those of us in the mid '80's when basketball was in the Elite 8 and football blew.
Yes, we can be very good in BOTH football AND basketball, especially with our recent facilities upgrades.
THE TIME IS NOW!
Did we win any of the games this season that we wore the gold helmets in?
Fans always complain about play-calling, but WF has a savvy coaching staff which has demonstrated that it can score a lot of points when there is talent and it's healthy.
All of that said, when you have a player like Kendall Hinton who has thrown for 1500+ yards and 8 TDs through his sophomore year, find it hard to understand how WF could not find a few situations to use his ability to throw the ball at any point over the last two seasons (not one pass in two years). Seems like a weapon that you have to exploit.
Teams must respect Hinton's ability to run/catch, and he already demonstrated his effectiveness as Power V level QB. Use him in the Wildcat, let him run a few plays to soften the defense and then hit a deep ball. Run a jet sweep with a pass option. Double pass when you have a trips formation. Philly special. Hate it when fans feel like they can call the plays (which is what I just did, so I should STFU) as they can't even begin to scratch the surface of the depth of knowledge that goes into running a program and getting a team ready to play on the level that WF plays. Even so, simply feel like WF left key points on the board, by not using Hinton's unique skill as elite receiver that also has superior throwing skills. May be a long time before WF has another player with that variety of skills.
I am Clawson homer and love our football program, but feel like that criticism is fair.
Fans always complain about play-calling, but WF has a savvy coaching staff which has demonstrated that it can score a lot of points when there is talent and it's healthy.
All of that said, when you have a player like Kendall Hinton who has thrown for 1500+ yards and 8 TDs through his sophomore year, find it hard to understand how WF could not find a few situations to use his ability to throw the ball at any point over the last two seasons (not one pass in two years). Seems like a weapon that you have to exploit.
Teams must respect Hinton's ability to run/catch, and he already demonstrated his effectiveness as Power V level QB. Use him in the Wildcat, let him run a few plays to soften the defense and then hit a deep ball. Run a jet sweep with a pass option. Double pass when you have a trips formation. Philly special. Hate it when fans feel like they can call the plays (which is what I just did, so I should STFU) as they can't even begin to scratch the surface of the depth of knowledge that goes into running a program and getting a team ready to play on the level that WF plays. Even so, simply feel like WF left key points on the board, by not using Hinton's unique skill as elite receiver that also has superior throwing skills. May be a long time before WF has another player with that variety of skills.
I am Clawson homer and love our football program, but feel like that criticism is fair.
I wonder how a heart attack compares to the unreasonable expectations of UGA and Miami fans.
WTF?
Bill Dooley followed up Al Groh’s passing offense with a boring power I offense which ran about 10 plays (Mike Elkins told me this). But even Dooley finally used some imagination during the 1992 bowl season and we scored on end around passes against Duke and Oregon. High schools run these plays. It’s not rocket science.All of this, ESPECIALLY in the bowl game, which is a reward for the players. Let the 5th year senior who has been a huge part of the program run a series. He knows how to run the offense. Move Newman to WR, TE, whatever. Have some fun. Really disappointing that this never happened.
People love to bust on Grobe for his conservatism. He let Alphonso Smith play offense in a bowl game for crying out loud. (It failed, and probably caused Grobe to be more conservative). Clawson makes Grobe look like a riverboat gambler.
This.All the offensive records we've set the past few years and all the points we've scored, but I still can't help but think it should have been even more (especially in our "big games") if our coaches were not so unimaginative. The delayed handoff with Carney just doesn't work once you've run it 10 times. Hinton could have done so much more. Over using Newman as a runner and getting him banged up ...we all could name more. I just feel like things on offense have been very good, but they could have been great.
I wonder what ol' Coach Dooley is up to these days.
Did we win any of the games this season that we wore the gold helmets in?