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Post by aztecx on Oct 28, 2024 11:28:17 GMT -8
What continues to amaze me is that no one seems to ever question Lewis about this after games or even in columns or podcasts. Are they all just afraid or do they just not think it's very odd? Come on Kenney, grow a pair! Yeah, they are reasonable questions. Seems strange a journalist would not ask pretty basic questions. Then again, have you ever listened to the questions the reports ask. |
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Post by docmm on Oct 28, 2024 13:12:20 GMT -8
What continues to amaze me is that no one seems to ever question Lewis about this after games or even in columns or podcasts. Are they all just afraid or do they just not think it's very odd? Come on Kenney, grow a pair! Yeah, they are reasonable questions. Seems strange a journalist would not ask pretty basic questions. Then again, have you ever listened to the questions the reports ask.Yes, they're usually trite and mundane. That is, when you can even hear or understand them. SDSU post-game press conferences have often not even had a mic for the questions so we can hear the answer to a question we often can't hear. |
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Post by sdsustoner on Oct 28, 2024 14:19:51 GMT -8
FIFY It was a singular carry Exactly. Only one person not named Cooper had a carry on Saturday, Cam Davis. He gained 38 yards on that one carry and coach concluded he had seen enough and needed to stay with Cooper (who had 78 yards on 18 carries). Lewis will coach up Davis on how to better run into defenders instead of away from them |
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Post by aztecx on Oct 28, 2024 15:18:52 GMT -8
Yeah, they are reasonable questions. Seems strange a journalist would not ask pretty basic questions. Then again, have you ever listened to the questions the reports ask.Yes, they're usually trite and mundane. That is, when you can even hear or understand them. SDSU post-game press conferences have often not even had a mic for the questions so we can hear the answer to a question we often can't hear. Hahaha. Agree We have a crack media department.  |
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Post by oldie on Oct 28, 2024 17:17:27 GMT -8
any body ever ask why coach prime gave our coach the boot after half a season. must have seen something.
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Post by aztecryan on Oct 28, 2024 17:25:32 GMT -8
any body ever ask why coach prime gave our coach the boot after half a season. must have seen something. He's an egomaniac that was promoting his future NFL son's best interests. The offense only broke 20 points once after Shurmur replaced Lewis. |
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Post by dylking on Oct 28, 2024 17:57:23 GMT -8
any body ever ask why coach prime gave our coach the boot after half a season. must have seen something. He's an egomaniac that was promoting his future NFL son's best interests. The offense only broke 20 points once after Shurmur replaced Lewis. Maybe he rejected Lewis growing his gnarled beard to the current level? |
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Post by aztecryan on Oct 28, 2024 18:24:09 GMT -8
He's an egomaniac that was promoting his future NFL son's best interests. The offense only broke 20 points once after Shurmur replaced Lewis. Maybe he rejected Lewis growing his gnarled beard to the current level? Unlikely. |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 28, 2024 20:03:32 GMT -8
This team could be 5-2 if it just learned to put away their opponents Better showing than I thought would happen Glad to see Cam Davis get carries. They played well considering the adversity they faced. Just not well enough to win because the game is 4 full quarters I see why O'Neil was the starter out of camp. He's a lot better than Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson on the read on RPOs. That's too bad because he was a legitimate threat as a runner and it added a new dimension this offense doesn't have with O'Neill According to PFF, O'Neil has 3 turnover worthy plays all year (1.4%) which is REMARKABLY good. You can already win a lot of football games with that guy as your QB, and he's a true freshman. As an aside, JTJ somehow already has 5 turnover worthy plays (10.2%). |
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Post by sdsustoner on Oct 29, 2024 4:52:30 GMT -8
This team could be 5-2 if it just learned to put away their opponents Better showing than I thought would happen Glad to see Cam Davis get carries. They played well considering the adversity they faced. Just not well enough to win because the game is 4 full quarters I see why O'Neil was the starter out of camp. He's a lot better than Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson on the read on RPOs. That's too bad because he was a legitimate threat as a runner and it added a new dimension this offense doesn't have with O'Neill According to PFF, O'Neil has 3 turnover worthy plays all year (1.4%) which is REMARKABLY good. You can already win a lot of football games with that guy as your QB, and he's a true freshman. As an aside, JTJ somehow already has 5 turnover worthy plays (10.2%). O'Neil is basically the guy who makes the correct read but can't improvise much when the ish hits the fan. He needs a good line because of this. JTJ can improvise but doesn't make the correct reads as much as you'd like your QB to. He needs reps, film study or just a new way to process information. Because some of those missed reads were terrible last game. Like missing a wide open Poke in the flat on a critical 4th down. I wish we could put O'Neil's brain into JTJ's body. Then we'd have a QB playing in the SEC next year 😂 |
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Post by sdsustoner on Oct 29, 2024 5:05:08 GMT -8
I liked the effort the Aztecs exhibited last evening..... Really tough loss as I thought all phases played well.... O'Neill just made one lousy throw.....It wasn't because he's a freshmen, or that he was banged up.... Hell, I've seen Patrick Mahomes make more " rookie mistakes " this year than in his previous 7 years.... The ascension of the program looks promising led by O'Neill and Lewis. The greatest future challenge this Aztec program faces is keeping the key players here... Tentatively agree but feel like he'll never have a well-rounded and deep offense if he continues his obsession with the one-back-and-one-back-only Cooper project. It's insane. What's even more insane is giving another back the ball, him gaining 38 yards on that carry and then him never getting the ball again. The offense moved down the field with a back up QB and a missing OLineman who went down earlier on that drive helped by Davis' big run Then you promptly bench him to run Cooper-Lewis into a brick wall for 78 yards the entire game. I'd get my press pass revoked by Lewis by asking him, "Was that too much success by Davis? Was benching him after that long run sending the team as message that successful offense is NOT Aztec Fast? Or did Davis find a permanent spot on the bench because he outshined your son you never had on his single carry?" |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 29, 2024 7:35:08 GMT -8
According to PFF, O'Neil has 3 turnover worthy plays all year (1.4%) which is REMARKABLY good. You can already win a lot of football games with that guy as your QB, and he's a true freshman. As an aside, JTJ somehow already has 5 turnover worthy plays (10.2%). O'Neil is basically the guy who makes the correct read but can't improvise much when the ish hits the fan. He needs a good line because of this. JTJ can improvise but doesn't make the correct reads as much as you'd like your QB to. He needs reps, film study or just a new way to process information. Because some of those missed reads were terrible last game. Like missing a wide open Poke in the flat on a critical 4th down. I wish we could put O'Neil's brain into JTJ's body. Then we'd have a QB playing in the SEC next year 😂 It's super fun to root for your players to be good but not TOO good. Hopefully O'Neil will pick up a little more athleticism as he recovers from injury. Dude ran for over 700 yards during his senior year in high school and his longest rush of the year is 9 yards so far. His run grade is awful and his pressure to sack rate is too high. |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 29, 2024 7:49:23 GMT -8
Tentatively agree but feel like he'll never have a well-rounded and deep offense if he continues his obsession with the one-back-and-one-back-only Cooper project. It's insane. What's even more insane is giving another back the ball, him gaining 38 yards on that carry and then him never getting the ball again. The offense moved down the field with a back up QB and a missing OLineman who went down earlier on that drive helped by Davis' big run Then you promptly bench him to run Cooper-Lewis into a brick wall for 78 yards the entire game. I'd get my press pass revoked by Lewis by asking him, "Was that too much success by Davis? Was benching him after that long run sending the team as message that successful offense is NOT Aztec Fast? Or did Davis find a permanent spot on the bench because he outshined your son you never had on his single carry?" I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. |
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Post by aztec619 on Oct 29, 2024 8:20:41 GMT -8
You know we can ask Paul to ask Coach Lewis that question as he is at those press conferences.
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Post by aztec619 on Oct 29, 2024 8:22:51 GMT -8
What's even more insane is giving another back the ball, him gaining 38 yards on that carry and then him never getting the ball again. The offense moved down the field with a back up QB and a missing OLineman who went down earlier on that drive helped by Davis' big run Then you promptly bench him to run Cooper-Lewis into a brick wall for 78 yards the entire game. I'd get my press pass revoked by Lewis by asking him, "Was that too much success by Davis? Was benching him after that long run sending the team as message that successful offense is NOT Aztec Fast? Or did Davis find a permanent spot on the bench because he outshined your son you never had on his single carry?" I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. Since none of us know the exact answer I too assumed it was cause he doesn't fumble. Maybe the guys behind have fumbled in practice and haven't showed they could handle more carries. But we all are left guessing why. |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 29, 2024 8:42:32 GMT -8
I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. Since none of us know the exact answer I too assumed it was cause he doesn't fumble. Maybe the guys behind have fumbled in practice and haven't showed they could handle more carries. But we all are left guessing why. The most rushing attempts this year is 181 attempts by Omarion Hampton. There are 15 players with at least 80% as many attempts and Cooper has the 15th best run grade of those 15, according to PFF. There are 78 players who have at least 50% as many attempts as Hampton and Cooper ranks 60th. There's absolutely no question that we're overusing him. Obviously Christon has been out and that's played a role as well, but I think there are worse things than having a reliable RB who puts up 1000+ yards for your team. Next year we can look at transfers and say "this dude put up 1000+ yards and he didn't even have a good year. Imagine what YOU could do in this offense!" |
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Post by LostAztec on Oct 29, 2024 8:49:00 GMT -8
What's even more insane is giving another back the ball, him gaining 38 yards on that carry and then him never getting the ball again. The offense moved down the field with a back up QB and a missing OLineman who went down earlier on that drive helped by Davis' big run Then you promptly bench him to run Cooper-Lewis into a brick wall for 78 yards the entire game. I'd get my press pass revoked by Lewis by asking him, "Was that too much success by Davis? Was benching him after that long run sending the team as message that successful offense is NOT Aztec Fast? Or did Davis find a permanent spot on the bench because he outshined your son you never had on his single carry?" I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. One would hope that playing for a winning Team would be incentive. However, of the rotation is tight, guys won't come. |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 29, 2024 8:54:55 GMT -8
If we want to compete with our money, I think we have to follow the Boise State model. There are precious few SEC-level offensive and defensive lineman in the world, we aren't competing for those. There are precious few truly GREAT QBs, we also aren't competing for those. But what are there plenty of? Gifted athletes.
We can build a great secondary, get good edge rushers and get great running backs. Good athletes, a good scheme and hit the jackpot a few years on particularly gifted players and you have great years. Boise State has mediocre pass blocking, mediocre run blocking and $#!+ tackling. But they have a good secondary, good scheme and an incredible running back and they might just make the college football playoffs this year.
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Post by aztecx on Oct 29, 2024 9:01:42 GMT -8
I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. One would hope that playing for a winning Team would be incentive. However, of the rotation is tight, guys won't come. And you know this for a fact. Thanks Yoda. |
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Post by I Enjoy Aztecs Basketball on Oct 29, 2024 9:02:38 GMT -8
I honestly think the Cooper usage is a long-term transfer ploy. Cooper is a good, not great running back who is really good at holding onto the football. But at the end of the year, he's going to have over 1000 yards rushing and we can offer rushing stats to some solid transfer in lieu of NIL money. To be honest, that makes sense to me. We're trying to compete on a budget and you have to offer something. Individual stats are probably the next best thing to money that you can offer folks. A distant second, sure, but an incentive nonetheless. One would hope that playing for a winning Team would be incentive. However, of the rotation is tight, guys won't come. I think that the potential for stats would matter more than one more win or loss either way and I don't agree with the second portion at all. If I'm a talented running back who thinks I might have a shot at the NFL, I WANT a tight rotation. I want to know that, if I stay healthy, 1000 yards is my floor and my ceiling is through the roof because I'm getting the rock. Maybe second-tier guys or guys with confidence issues wouldn't come, but who cares about those guys. |
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