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Our Safeties and Linebackers are great examples of
Oct 11, 2020, 12:30 PM
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The ability of the coaching staff to recognize under-rated talent and to patiently coach them up.
Turner, Zanders, Spector, Skalski ... all much better than their recruiting rankings.
Go Tigers!
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Re: Our Safeties and Linebackers are great examples of
Oct 11, 2020, 12:34 PM
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Spector and Skalski waited their turn, but they were always special players, trust me. Both have been ballers for awhile. Nolan, pretty underrated for what he has accomplished, but Landon is going to be next level.
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Re: Our Safeties and Linebackers are great examples of
Oct 11, 2020, 2:41 PM
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Are you guys actually watching Zanders? He’s the worst defender on the field every time he’s out there. I’m not saying they won’t coach him up and he can’t get better. I am saying that through his first four games he’s been pretty unremarkable. Had his fair share of penalties, been out of position aside from a pass break up against UVA, should have had a couple of targeting calls already, and has had a number of missed tackles. I have all the faith in our staff to get him where he needs to be but he hasn’t shown any glimpse of greatness yet.
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That sounds like a description many had for a certain Raider
Oct 11, 2020, 4:34 PM
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... up until the time he was drafted, many were totally down on Tanner Muse.
Heck, many still are.
Zanders is a tough kid who plays hard and is still working on the finer details of pass coverage, etc.
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He had a rough start in each of the last two games but
Oct 11, 2020, 4:38 PM
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he tightened up and played well.
He is better than Muse played.
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Re: That sounds like a description many had for a certain Raider
Oct 11, 2020, 6:12 PM
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The difference is Muse was more of a Linebacker that played safety and Sanders is a true safety and is really struggling with coverage. Sanders will get better but I hope we have someone coming that can play safety.
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Re: Our Safeties and Linebackers are great examples of
Oct 11, 2020, 2:41 PM
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Are you guys actually watching Zanders? He’s the worst defender on the field every time he’s out there. I’m not saying they won’t coach him up and he can’t get better. I am saying that through his first four games he’s been pretty unremarkable. Had his fair share of penalties, been out of position aside from a pass break up against UVA, should have had a couple of targeting calls already, and has had a number of missed tackles. I have all the faith in our staff to get him where he needs to be but he hasn’t shown any glimpse of greatness yet.
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Re: Our Safeties and Linebackers are great examples of
Oct 11, 2020, 8:12 PM
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The ability of the coaching staff to recognize under-rated talent and to patiently coach them up.
Turner, Zanders, Spector, Skalski ... all much better than their recruiting rankings.
Go Tigers!
Great Post!
I agree 100%. This is what so many do not understand about the Tigers current run. We do not have 5 stars at every position. But, we have enough on the team mixed in with 2nd and 3rd year players who likely did a RS. Many of your 3 star players just did not meet the: "will make an immediate impact in college day one out the box because of size/speed/weight"! So what do you do, "you build those three areas in players you have identified as guys who can contribute. Guys who will buy into what Clemson is about. And guys who will work on their bodies and football knowledge. Once they do that - the same player ends up playing like a 4 or 5 star. In the case of Travis Etiene and Isiah Simmons both played like 6 star recruits. LOL! Yes, TE9 per rivals was a three star. He didn't need a RS year. He was under-valued all along! Simmons just needed to gain some weight coming out of HS.
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