I for one am no where near confident that our beloved tigers are back on track and playoff bound. They definitly took a step in the right direction and showed some offensive improvements this weekend, but I have concerns about this team getting behind Etling. Harris has been part of the posse for quite some time now and I fear there may be some divisions of loyalty amongst the players. Especially in the receiving corp. The leadership needs to step up in the locker room and rally the troops so that they're all together on this.
The offensive line still has a lot of jelling to do. The talent is there! I think all the swapping around of linemen during spring and fall camp is the reason they've been struggling so much. We need the same 5 guys consistently working together and learning to work as a unit. Personally I like it best with MT and WC at the guard positions. I'd prefer to stick Dodd in at center and have Pocic playing LT, but it's too late for that much movement along the line. So stick Okeke out there with Big Tobes on the other side and let these boys learn how to work/communicate with the same guy next to him for more than one week at a time.
I do think we have a championship caliber defense, but they can't do it on their own. T. White is the man and team MVP so far.
Special Teams can't decide what kind of special they want to be. Special as in they can be really good or special as in they should all be wearing drool bibs.
The offensive line still has a lot of jelling to do. The talent is there! I think all the swapping around of linemen during spring and fall camp is the reason they've been struggling so much. We need the same 5 guys consistently working together and learning to work as a unit. Personally I like it best with MT and WC at the guard positions. I'd prefer to stick Dodd in at center and have Pocic playing LT, but it's too late for that much movement along the line. So stick Okeke out there with Big Tobes on the other side and let these boys learn how to work/communicate with the same guy next to him for more than one week at a time.
I do think we have a championship caliber defense, but they can't do it on their own. T. White is the man and team MVP so far.
Special Teams can't decide what kind of special they want to be. Special as in they can be really good or special as in they should all be wearing drool bibs.
