re: Christian Harris played terribly

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Harris has zero football savvy. You can blame it on Pete but the player ain't it and it didn't start Saturday. He has the size and speed but it ends right there.

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Who is directly responsible for the development of the inside linebackers?

It's not a players job to be self-taught a level of proficiency.

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Harris has zero football savvy. You can blame it on Pete but the player ain't it and it didn't start Saturday. He has the size and speed but it ends right there.

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I used to give him the benefit of the doubt, given he had only started playing football late in high school. And then last year, I started thinking more along the lines of what you are saying - and thought that he and Moses just weren’t cut for LBer from a mental/instinctual standpoint.

But the thing is, we have seen Harris make instinctual, high light plays over the years. He has made plays where he sniffs out a call perfectly and flies in like a heat seeking missile. He’s also fricked up a fair amount, but last year it seemed that he continued to develop the mental part of his game as the year went on.

And here we are now, in the third game of year 3 as a starter for him, and he’s just as lost as ever. I very well could be wrong, but I’m growing more and more convinced that this issue is 100% on Golding. Fundamentals are still lacking and communication is an utter disaster - how this is possible, I do not know. The complete mental implosion by the defense any time we see the opposing offense run something that’s slightly unconventional is almost unbelievable, considering we’ve been watching it for three years straight.