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SEC coaches anonymous thoughts on Arkansas
Posted on 8/5/15 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 8/5/15 at 1:53 pm
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“The thing that comes to mind with them is just how big they are. They’re freaking huge, and they’re physical. Yeah, they do a lot of shifts and motions offensively, but the big thing is they’re going to establish the run game, pound you and try to wear you down.”
“The defense is sound. They play with great fundamentals, and they’re not going to beat themselves. They’re going to let the offense eat the clock up.”
“Robb Smith did as good a job as anybody in the country last year with that defense. His scheme is very sound, very solid and he doesn’t ask those guys to do too much, but he puts them in position to make plays. He’s really good scheming up his opponent and taking away what they do best. I was really impressed with the way he had those guys playing by the end of the year.”
“Losing the (Darius) Philon kid early will hurt them up front. He and (Trey) Flowers were two difference-makers.”
“Bijhon Jackson is their best inside guy, and Deatrich Wise is a really good long player at defensive end that can maybe be similar to what Flowers was for them.”
“I don’t think they have elite guys on the back end, but they don’t play a lot of man. They’re a zone team and his scheme allows those guys to play well with what they do.”
“Brooks Ellis is a solid player at linebacker. He made great strides last year from the year before. I think he’ll be very good.”
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Posted on 8/5/15 at 2:30 pm to hawgfaninc
Love every bit of that, but this one just makes me smile:
Herb
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“The thing that comes to mind with them is just how big they are. They’re freaking huge, and they’re physical. Yeah, they do a lot of shifts and motions offensively, but the big thing is they’re going to establish the run game, pound you and try to wear you down.”
HerbPosted on 8/5/15 at 2:51 pm to hawgfaninc
Sure beats the anonymous comments from a couple of years ago.. one thing was, those anonymous comments pretty much turned out dead on then. Hopefully they are accurate this time.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 2:57 pm to WonderWartHawg
Yep. I went back and looked, and the anonymous coach comments on us were pretty spot on going into 2013. It's pretty obvious that Petrino was universally loathed by other SEC coaches.
Link to Athlon's 2013 article:
Link to Athlon's 2013 article:
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“They are going to be terrible. What they are doing now, it’s the product of bad recruiting. They have a long way to go. That’s nothing against the new coach (Bret Bielema). But they are going to be terrible in Year 1." ...
"They are really going to struggle. What happened was they had eight starters who got injured, and they were fighting an uphill battle all of last year. I think they’ll struggle up front, they’ll struggle in the secondary, the linebackers should be average." …
"They are going to be slim in a lot of spots. It’s going to take them three years to get a good foundation. It’s a product of bad recruiting — which is typical of a Bobby Petrino school. It’s the same thing that happened at Louisville that got Steve Kragthorpe fired. Petrino didn’t leave him any players. It’s the same thing at Arkansas. They have no players on defense. Petrino would load up on offense and leave the cupboard bare. That’s why he can’t ever get over the hump." …
"If you want to be competitive in the SEC, you better have big, strong defensive linemen, physical guys, and lockdown corners. If you don’t have that, you don’t have a chance. And right now they don’t have that." …
"I don’t know really how good they are up front offensively, but I’m kind of skeptical based on what I know."
"I think the young running back, Jonathan Williams, is going to be good for them. We liked him out of high school."
This post was edited on 8/5/15 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:03 am to Feral
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Yep. I went back and looked, and the anonymous coach comments on us were pretty spot on going into 2013. It's pretty obvious that Petrino was universally loathed by other SEC coaches.
I hope their comments are as accurate this year as they were then.
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