Jared’s Article On Safety Room

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Jared, I think you skipped Trevon Howard—already on campus for Spring ball.

 
Another thing about this Safety situation..... CMC is lying through his teeth and coach speaking this one up like he does with everything. Why else would he be bringing in all these JUCO and/or transfer DB's all of the sudden if he wasn't somewhat concerned?

CMC is one of the best in the business at coach speak... and I don't blame him.... but realize it for what it is.
 
Another thing about this Safety situation..... CMC is lying through his teeth and coach speaking this one up like he does with everything. Why else would he be bringing in all these JUCO and/or transfer DB's all of the sudden if he wasn't somewhat concerned?

CMC is one of the best in the business at coach speak... and I don't blame him.... but realize it for what it is.
I think you have to for depth. I don't know that he's doing coach speak here.
I. Beau Freyler is all big 12 capable - he crushes people
II. Anthony Johnson has played 4 years of really good football for us
III. Key here is to find who can be the third guy? Trevon H. someone else?
 
I think you have to for depth. I don't know that he's doing coach speak here.
I. Beau Freyler is all big 12 capable - he crushes people
II. Anthony Johnson has played 4 years of really good football for us
III. Key here is to find who can be the third guy? Trevon H. someone else?
Gonna need Malik V or Trevon H to step up at that third starting spot and just hope one of the juco guys and mason chambers are solid back ups
 
I think you have to for depth. I don't know that he's doing coach speak here.
I. Beau Freyler is all big 12 capable - he crushes people
II. Anthony Johnson has played 4 years of really good football for us
III. Key here is to find who can be the third guy? Trevon H. someone else?

If you don't have depth, that's a serious issue. But CMC claims there are no issues and he's not concerned.

Yes he is. His actions say so.

It's no big deal to deny it..... but it is an issue.
 
If you don't have depth, that's a serious issue. But CMC claims there are no issues and he's not concerned.

Yes he is. His actions say so.

It's no big deal to deny it..... but it is an issue.
His actions are simply replacing safeties that have left through the portal. I think it would be an issue if he replaced them with anyone other than d backs.
 
The late spring departures hurt because McDonald was going to be a starter and because losing multiple guys that late in the year limits your options for getting the numbers in the room back to where they need to be. Glad we got a couple Jucos. There should be some great competition in the room. I think our two freshman safeties could be really good in the future.
 
If you don't have depth, that's a serious issue. But CMC claims there are no issues and he's not concerned.

Yes he is. His actions say so.

It's no big deal to deny it..... but it is an issue.
Umm…no, they don’t.

Hard as it may be for you to believe, some of us pay attention to what CMC is actually doing.

In January, CMC brought in two JC pkayers as early enrollees in linebacker Jacob Ellis and offensive lineman James Neal—both sophomores with (at least) three years of eligibility remaining.

During Spring, he commented that Ellis (and four year transfer Colby Reeder) had experience that the high school signees lacked.

Clearly this was an experiment that worked, because, by all accounts, both had impressive Springs.

Much as with guys like Greg Eisworth, Josh Knipfel and Collin Franklin (and current Cyclone DeShawn Hanika), JC’s with three years to play simply have more time to develop their raw athleticism.

The next thing that happened was that CMC obviously set his staff to scouring JC Spring practices and tapes for more immediately eligible sophomores-to-be.

The group of players that they visibly identified clearly includes JC rising soph OL, corners—and the aforementioned safeties.

The next thing that happened is that the safeties either scheduled visits or actually visited—which is the point where McDonald announced his transfer. After one of them was already on campus. And then Jordyn Morgan followed.

Now, two of the cornerbacks they identified have visited, and at least one OL. Which means, not that CMC is “lying” or “worried”, but that he’s taking an innovative approach to improving quality depth on his team.

Please, Clonedude, feel free to refrain from making ignorant comments based in partial—even fragmentary—information.
 
If you don't have depth, that's a serious issue. But CMC claims there are no issues and he's not concerned.

Yes he is. His actions say so.

It's no big deal to deny it..... but it is an issue.
We’ve been fine with guys like Braxton Lewis, Lawrence White, Reggie Wilkerson, Evrett Edwards, etc at safety.

Solid players with limited upside.

They’ll find a few guys to at the very least be serviceable.
 
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If there is a problem with our safety room it’s the inability of our alumni base, like myself, to pony up NIL dollars. Kudos to this staff for what they’ve done so far.
 
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We’ve been fine with guys like Braxton Lewis, Lawrence White, Reggie Wilkerson, Evrett Edwards, etc at safety.

Solid players with limited upside.

They’ll find a few guys to at the very least be serviceable.

I still think that we have a chance this year to have the best Safety room in Campbell's tenure. Freyler is a future star. Johnson has a lot of experience and should do well at his new position. It hurts losing McDonald for sure, but I don't know if Verdon wasn't going to push him this year. Where they're hurting is depth. The two TRFR are going to be really good players. Chambers has played some. They got two 3 year JUCOs...who knows how good they'll be, but we aren't counting on them to start. We needed bodies for special teams more than anything and maybe they'll end up hitting the jackpot on one like they did with Eisworth.
 
As long as they allow the wild, wild, west in player movement this may become a yearly thing especially at those positions.
 
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This will be a much better thread if we reply to Jared's article and the actual situation, not a post from a troll.
 

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