Rhoads's Recruiting
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Recruiting talent is not only about stars.
It's about personality evaluation, potential growth, and a winning mentality. From there it's developing that talent and acquiring more talent by winning and outrecruiting what is currently available.
I think it is safe to say Rhoads has missed a lot here. We've recruited a lot of small players who have no room to grow. We've recruited a lot of players that make "mental mistakes." Our program doesn't really have any identity. We've recruited players without a "winning mentality."
It's about personality evaluation, potential growth, and a winning mentality. From there it's developing that talent and acquiring more talent by winning and outrecruiting what is currently available.
I think it is safe to say Rhoads has missed a lot here. We've recruited a lot of small players who have no room to grow. We've recruited a lot of players that make "mental mistakes." Our program doesn't really have any identity. We've recruited players without a "winning mentality."
Yep, Bundrage hasn't improved at all, neither has Watson, Brackens, George, Irving, Morrissey, Scott, Washington, Broomfield or Ecby.
Lots of guys who also never improved under Rhoads's coaching: Osemele, Hicks, McDonough, Maggitt, Lattimer, Knott, Klein, Reeves, Givens, Lenz
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Yep, Bundrage hasn't improved at all, neither has Watson, Brackens, George, Irving, Morrissey, Scott, Washington, Broomfield or Ecby.
Lots of guys who also never improved under Rhoads's coaching: Osemele, Hicks, McDonough, Maggitt, Lattimer, Knott, Klein, Reeves, Givens, Lenz
We throw Hail Mary passes to a 5'7" receiver.
No matter how good our 5'7" corner is, he is still 5'7". He's going to have a hard time defending tall receivers.
Our linebacker is 5'11" and all muscle, but that's exactly what he was in high school. Seems to make a lot of mental mistakes too.
David Irving has the potential growth to be a great player, but does he have the mentality?
Not saying we haven't got some great players like Klein and Knott (which we can probably thank Chizik for), but they were developed by Wally who seems to be one of our better coaches.
I didn't understand that but I'd blame that more on coaching then anything. Jarvis came to Iowa State after turning down offers from Ole Miss and Nebraska. He's a good player, but it's on the coaching staff to put him in a position to be successful and they didn't do that.
As far as our cornerbacks are concerned, yes they have been short, but how many times has the opponent made a catch because of that?
Teams pick on our corners. Sam Richardson got picked on vs. UNI. Remember Army's big unathletic receiver that just caught it over Jeremy Reeves?
Richardson's biggest problem against UNI was tackling though. Had he made a couple tackles, he would have done more than enough to win. And even then when his guy was catching the ball it was rarely if ever because of his lack of height.
And I didn't ever get to see the Army game so I don't remember anything from it.
That guy was like 6'8. That's not really fair because Reeves could have been 6' and still had trouble.
Our corners are coached to play 10 yds off the receivers. That's why they get picked on so much. 7 yard out routes everywhere.
So with that philosophy, would our 5'7" corners have trouble with anyone over 6'3"?
Which is fine except on obvious pass plays like 3rd and 8 when we blitz. Can't play 10 yards deep and give their QB instant outlets to throw the ball.
I get not playing tight coverage on say 1st and 10, because there's the threat of getting burnt deep. But when you're sending the house on 3rd and 8, you can't play 10 yards back and expect to stop anyone from converting.
Yeah, how many of them are there? Besides there has been about 2 instances where height was the factor is any sort of play.