Bleedbluefan
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Idk why I'm telling you but we went 5-7 with more problems than just line trouble and new systems. Chemistry wasn't that great defensively, Burroughs was cocky and not respected by the boys. Probably because all he did was yell and get frustrated when really he was in over his head at this level. Jav was playing with broken wrists last year and only got 108 tkl, 18 tfl at LB (or DB in Burroughs scheme ). Then tre playing with a torn shoulder but we had no choice, they had to play because no depth. Then, our S&C coach was lazy. He only worked out 6-7 guys because they had the most "nfl potential " SO?! THAT'S not your job!!!! So we were poorly conditioned which further damaged the line play. We were soft on both lines. Su and Alcorn killed em.Wow. Didn't know about knives stuff.
However, the man wins and knows how to build a competitive program.
As for JSU, I already know that the players want to win, but the coach must have the gas to pure on their fire in order to blow things up. We still don't know if he can do it. We have to see.
After a 5-7 season, JSU can be considered dark horse. I personally think they are going to compete for the East title, but wonder if the entire chemistry is on the sidelines. The talent is there to win 8 or 9 games this season. To be honest, the talent is there play tough vs Middle Tennessee State. If Coach Black was still at JSU, there would be no doubt that JSU would give MTSU hell in the trenches.
We got Scott (S&C) back and he has been killing IMO. He got Jav up to 249 from 225 last year.
Ehaab (left ) Coach Scott (right) in the pic. Notice how lineman was doughy.