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Matt Luke may not be lighting the world on fire but any O Line coach would struggle with that many FR/So in the 2 deep. The problem I have is why did we miss evaluate so many kids in that '13 class. That is an absolute killer.

Would every O Line coach misevaluate so many kids? How is this somehow not Lukes fault? I get that nobody would excel with the current line situation we have but Lukes hands are all over this leading up to now. To say nobody could succeed with this line ignores that he's a huge part of why we currently have no depth.

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Posted by HottyToddy7

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Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:11 pm to RebelExpress38

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Would every O Line coach misevaluate so many kids?

That is kind of my issue with all the blame being on Luke. Does he deserve a lot of blame, yes but it falls under Freeze and offensive staff as well. The finding, recruiting and getting O Lineman to campus is not squarely on Luke's shoulders. The evaluation of prospects has been an epic failure across the board. We seem to have correct it in 2014 but the jury is still out on 2015.

I keep thinking back to 2012 when the O line was serviceable to win 6 games when it couldn't block the wind in 2011. So there has to be some evidence to support that Luke was better than Markuson (sp?).

If we had played 6 games with this O line:

LT: Tunsil
LG: Patterson
C: Conyers
RG: Taylor (Healthy)
RT: Cooper

We aren't having this discussion. The saying is that it takes lineman 3 years to develop. How many 1 and 2 year players are we playing right now? Do we expect young undeveloped players to compete against SEC D lines? Or even experienced American lines? It is just asking a lot.

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