Per Adam RalphieReport RalphieReport
RT @adamcm777: Personnel changes on special teams will be made, CU head coach Jon Embree vowed on Monday: bit.ly/nEFtay
Who goes where, I wonder. Hope the kickoff return team changes some.
Per Adam RalphieReport RalphieReport
RT @adamcm777: Personnel changes on special teams will be made, CU head coach Jon Embree vowed on Monday: bit.ly/nEFtay
The bigger news is the traveling squad will be 56-58 players.
wow. He's pissed at our depth.The bigger news is the traveling squad will be 56-58 players.
yep. i left that part out. that means the staff has concluded they have 15 or so guys that they don't think can play at this level or, at a minimum, aren't ready to play at this level.
but, nevertheless, our genius fanbase thinks the rebuilding project is taking too long, four games into it, including a visit to a place where they lost like 3 home games in the past 5 years.
The bigger news is the traveling squad will be 56-58 players.
It is going to be interesting to see how the offseason attrition shakes out because Embo clearly does not trust several players. Also think we might be looking at 3-4 Jucos in the 2012 class, a lot by our standards.
wow. He's pissed at our depth.
Too bad we are still playing college ball. Hope this doesn't set us back further. Lot of teams out there do more with less.More I think about this, the more I think the recent CU tradition of going out the day and night before away games finally got busted by someone. Even if it is just a motivational ploy, I can't believe we are doing this. This is gonna leave us a lot thinner and could bite us in the ass. In my mind, this is the move of a supremely pissed off man who has decided to do things the NFL way.
yep. i left that part out. that means the staff has concluded they have 15 or so guys that they don't think can play at this level or, at a minimum, aren't ready to play at this level.
but, nevertheless, our genius fanbase thinks the rebuilding project is taking too long, four games into it, including a visit to a place where they lost like 3 home games in the past 5 years.
It is going to be interesting to see how the offseason attrition shakes out because Embo clearly does not trust several players. Also think we might be looking at 3-4 Jucos in the 2012 class, a lot by our standards.
More I think about this, the more I think the recent CU tradition of going out the day and night before away games finally got busted by someone. Even if it is just a motivational ploy, I can't believe we are doing this. This is gonna leave us a lot thinner and could bite us in the ass. In my mind, this is the move of a supremely pissed off man who has decided to do things the NFL way.
Completely disagree. This is the move of a completely pissed off man that will not play players who have proven that they can't get it done. This is the right thing to do if you're going to set a standard. He can't bend that standard.
Who goes where, I wonder. Hope the kickoff return team changes some.
Completely disagree. This is the move of a completely pissed off man that will not play players who have proven that they can't get it done. This is the right thing to do if you're going to set a standard. He can't bend that standard.
Couple reasons I said that:
1) This is what NFL coaches do as a matter of course. I believe their gameday rosters are 54 iirc. But those are pro's, not kids.
2) The "standard setting" and starters only on special teams deal is is a motivational ploy I remember a Giant's coach doing a few years back right before their superbowl run. So it is an NFL tactic.
And not really sure why setting standards is completely against the NFL way :lol:
. I had a team meeting. I think you can travel 70. I figure we’re at the point where we’re going to have to go with 58, maybe 56 guys and go. It’s going to have to be like it is in the (National Football) League, some guys are going to have to be able to go. We’re going to have to cross-train some guys for a couple of different things, and then you go with it.”
Yep. We need to find some guys who can come in and immediately help fill some holes.
I like some of our young guys, but I'd really rather not play freshmen on the OL and at DT. I wouldn't mind a veteran TE either.
Couple reasons I said that:
1) This is what NFL coaches do as a matter of course. I believe their gameday rosters are 54 iirc. But those are pro's, not kids.
2) The "standard setting" and starters only on special teams deal is is a motivational ploy I remember a Giant's coach doing a few years back right before their superbowl run. So it is an NFL tactic.
And not really sure why setting standards is completely against the NFL way :lol:
100% agree. I've been saying not nice things for years regarding the effort of a certain group of players. It is a disease, and HaLk brought it here. Once you compromise your standards, it is a swift spiral to mediocrity or worse..I guess we are seeing it in the same way....I just wouldn't term this as being an "NFL" move. But, I don't disagree with the move in the least. As the head coach of a team in which you're trying to build and change the culture, I don't believe that you can decide to put a product on the field that isn't of the caliber that you're demanding, simply because of a risk or concern of potential injuries. In the long run, I think you hurt your team much more in the long run by showing that you'll accept subpar play/effort.
Frank Beamer did this at VT when he was building them up. Hope we have the same result.
JUCOs huh? I don't disagree that this is the best and really only option, but JUCOs never make it into CU. I mean it has happened for a few guys, but depending on JUCOs to save us next year has proven not to work here at CU. If it is the only real option though, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Once you compromise your standards, it is a swift spiral to mediocrity or worse..