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01-31-2006, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by EdDantes22
...Also, I don't like your argument about Weis not attacking Lauranaitis. Why, if Weis was trying to attack the weakest player on the field, wouldn't he have attacked Lauranaitis? There was absolutely no reason to think, as untested as he certainly was at that point, that he was anything other than the weakest defensive player on the field for tOSU. Did Weis sneak in and scout him in practice? He clearly knew nothing about the kid, so to say he avoided attacking him because he didn't think of him as a weakness is kind of warped logic.
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If you're going to attack a defense, who do you attack? The weakest known link. If there's an unknown, you attack that first to see if it breaks. You don't think that Weis knew that Carpenter, a possible first-round draft pick) was going to not play, let alone start, and as such a true freshman with one full game's experience would fill in? You can bet your house that the ND staff watched every play that Lauiraitis was at LB during the season (not only did he play the entire Micigan game, but also had sub time in several games). He he shown any type of weakness, they would've been all over him every time he set foot on the field. Yet, they didn't, which clearly implies that saw no weakness with his play. If one of the most potent offenses in college football, led by an NFL offensive coordinator with 3 SB rings, doesn't attack a true freshman with minimal game experience, they sure must think the kid is pretty damn good.
Hey, if Grant is good enough to bump him out of the starting job, then we know we have ourselves a superb LB. But, as of now, Larry's an unknown quanitity while Laurinaitis isn't/
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01-31-2006, 04:24 PM
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One of Walker's TDs was run right at Laurinaitis, who overpursued and was knocked out of the play. That sounds like attacking a weakness to me. Yes I realize on another play hawk was out of position. I'm just blowing up your claim that the great genius from ND thought Laurinaitis was without weakness and never attacked him. It's also tough to gameplan to attack one particular player when he is only on the field occasionally.
Laurinaitis was consistent. He wasn't great, he wasn't bad. As such, he has some very useful experience in addition to his year in the system.
After that, we know nothing. There were a lot of people that started in 04 based on experience that did not last, so it's clearly a possibility.
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01-31-2006, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
If you're going to attack a defense, who do you attack? The weakest known link. If there's an unknown, you attack that first to see if it breaks. You don't think that Weis knew that Carpenter, a possible first-round draft pick) was going to not play, let alone start, and as such a true freshman with one full game's experience would fill in? You can bet your house that the ND staff watched every play that Lauiraitis was at LB during the season (not only did he play the entire Micigan game, but also had sub time in several games). He he shown any type of weakness, they would've been all over him every time he set foot on the field. Yet, they didn't, which clearly implies that saw no weakness with his play. If one of the most potent offenses in college football, led by an NFL offensive coordinator with 3 SB rings, doesn't attack a true freshman with minimal game experience, they sure must think the kid is pretty damn good.
Hey, if Grant is good enough to bump him out of the starting job, then we know we have ourselves a superb LB. But, as of now, Larry's an unknown quanitity while Laurinaitis isn't/
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No weakness in his play? I take it all back. If the kid's flawless in every way, I can join Mili 100% in declaring him the starter. Good thing Weis & Co. knew how to pick their battles and focused on inferior talent like A.J. Hawk, Anthony Schlegel and the rest of our much more experienced but tragically flawed defense.
Seriously though, maybe Weis just isn't as smart as everyone seemed to think. I don't care what you think of Lauranaitis's play as a true freshman, but if Weis didn't "attack" him in the Fiesta Bowl I think it speaks more to Weis's stupidity than it does the stunning piece of football perfection, Animal Jr.
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01-31-2006, 04:36 PM
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Does anybody know where the 4.4 and 4.45 times that are posted for Grant come from? I just wonder how fast this guy really is on a football field. Does he have enough speed to be a saftey, or at least be a type of Cie Grant LBer? I really like the speed factor.
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01-31-2006, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
If you're going to attack a defense, who do you attack? The weakest known link. If there's an unknown, you attack that first to see if it breaks. You don't think that Weis knew that Carpenter, a possible first-round draft pick) was going to not play, let alone start, and as such a true freshman with one full game's experience would fill in?
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Good points, but isn't that Kudla's side? They've gotta get through Kuds to get to Animal II, and we all saw Kudla's run-stopping and lateral movement ability earlier in the season. What a great defense we had. |
01-31-2006, 04:37 PM
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Does anybody know where the 4.4 and 4.45 times that are posted for Grant come from? I just wonder how fast this guy really is on a football field. Does he have enough speed to be a saftey, or at least be a type of Cie Grant LBer? I really like the speed factor.
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Ummm...can somebody put this back in the recruiting thread?
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