Greg Newsome just owned Purdue‘s receivers today. Best job I think I’ve ever seen by an NU DB.
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Hampton and Ruiz also played very well. Heard had some plays too.Greg Newsome just owned Purdue‘s receivers today. Best job I think I’ve ever seen by an NU DB.
He does, but he was lined up against a guy who pushes off a ton. Fortunately for the most part they let them play.Newsome does hold quite a bit unfortunatly
Newsome does hold quite a bit unfortunatly
Bell’s status seems to grant him leeway with calls. A couple of those were really borderline on Newsome. Bell yanked Pace to the ground to go for a ball and PACE gets called for PI?! I’m glad the refs were not so picky and let them play in the 4th because there were just a ton of hard fought plays where our guys were going for the ball and there was mutual contact; I’m glad they didn’t get flag happy.He does, but he was lined up against a guy who pushes off a ton. Fortunately for the most part they let them play.
All our defensive backs were amazing!Greg Newsome just owned Purdue‘s receivers today. Best job I think I’ve ever seen by an NU DB.
Yes, he does. Just simply re-watch the last few games. Lots of jersey being pulled.
Newsome has the looks of the next lockdown NU corner, but he grabs more than he needs to.
I’m sure the staff will get him to trust his technique a little more and get it cleaned up going forward. He’s very physical, usually in great position to make a play on the ball, and gave Bell (who is also very physical and handsy) all he could handle yesterday.
Exciting young player; love the way he plays.
Purely from a physical talent perspective he may be the most talented cover corner I've seen at NU in the past 25 yrs. He is long, strong, physical, aggressive, athletic and fast. The kind of talent you see routinely at OSU. Yes he could clean things up a little, but from what I am reading, it sounds like Hank would rather get a PI call then give up a big play--you can't score a TD due to a penalty as they have said.
I see little to no praise for DB coach Matt MacPherson. I know that Jerry Brown caught holy hell when it was felt the DB's weren't playing up to potential. Shouldn't coach Mac get some kudos?
Yes, he does. Just simply re-watch the last few games. Lots of jersey being pulled.
Newsome has the looks of the next lockdown NU corner, but he grabs more than he needs to.
I’m sure the staff will get him to trust his technique a little more and get it cleaned up going forward. He’s very physical, usually in great position to make a play on the ball, and gave Bell (who is also very physical and handsy) all he could handle yesterday.
Exciting young player; love the way he plays.
Yeah, he should. I gotta say, I wasn't sold on MacPherson as a RB coach, nor was I particularly excited that he was moved to DBs. Seemed like a random move after Bates moved on, and McGarigle moved to his natural position group.
On the Pace PI, the ball was under thrown and Bell smartly played into the oncoming Pace, with some steering too. Really heady play, IMO.Handsy jersey pulling and in general a lot of handsy gamesmanship between receivers and DBs is the rage in college football. I see it as the rule, not the exception. You can bet it's being coached.
Bell is the most polished young college WR I have seen in memory. His handsy hold on Pace on a ball he wasn't going to catch ... the one that drew the defensive PI call ... was advanced WR play at its best. The doofus official bought it hook, line and sinker.
On the other hand, I never expected NU to put anyone on an island with Bell. Newsome was more than up to the task. What a great game within a game! All 19 times Bell was targeted in the passing game. Future Purdue opponents will be zeroing in on Newsome's film for a lesson plan on how to play the AA Bell.
If only Newsome had made a better tackling effort on Horvath when the Alstott clone ripped through several Wildcat defenders for the 4th down conversion that lead to a TD. He was the first to arrive. No way Chris Martin would have let that bulldozer by him.
So Newsome gets a "needs work" grade to achieve his full potential. Which is very exciting.
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One of the sillier notions I've read here are folks who think a coach has to have played the position they coach to be any good. The criticism of MacPherson as a RB's coach was baseless and embarrassing to read here. Now, he's doing as good a job with our DB's as he did with our RB's.
Maybe MacPherson is just a very good football coach.
Try not to act like it's insane to believe that having played a position would actually be beneficial to understanding what it takes to be successful playing it. Generally, people who teach other people how to be better at something generally have some knowledge and experience doing it themselves.
I don’t know the answer but I’ll defer to Glades who played and Fitz and other coaches who don’t seem at all reticent to have guys coach positions they didn’t play. So it must not matter much if at all. One counter-hypothesis would be that guys who played a position may bias their coaching too much toward their individual experience of the position whereas an out of position coach will look at things more objectively.Try not to act like it's insane to believe that having played a position would actually be beneficial to understanding what it takes to be successful playing it. Generally, people who teach other people how to be better at something generally have some knowledge and experience doing it themselves.
Football is not rocket science. There are zillions of detailed books and videos on every position.
Try not to act like it's insane to believe that having played a position would actually be beneficial to understanding what it takes to be successful playing it. Generally, people who teach other people how to be better at something generally have some knowledge and experience doing it themselves.
JR Pace is a badass defensive back too!On the Pace PI, the ball was under thrown and Bell smartly played into the oncoming Pace, with some steering too. Really heady play, IMO.
Newsome really is a superior athlete. I have a distinct memory of him chasing down JK Dobbins last year after Dobbins broke one.
Anyone can learn a skill. I could sit down watch tape and read and learn proper technique and strategy pretty quickly. A good coach is able to get others to understand it, have a critical eye for improvement/talent, and motivate players. Those are far more valuable than prior knowledge of the position.Try not to act like it's insane to believe that having played a position would actually be beneficial to understanding what it takes to be successful playing it. Generally, people who teach other people how to be better at something generally have some knowledge and experience doing it themselves.
Handsy jersey pulling and in general a lot of handsy gamesmanship between receivers and DBs is the rage in college football. I see it as the rule, not the exception. You can bet it's being coached.
Bell is the most polished young college WR I have seen in memory. His handsy hold on Pace on a ball he wasn't going to catch ... the one that drew the defensive PI call ... was advanced WR play at its best. The doofus official bought it hook, line and sinker.
On the other hand, I never expected NU to put anyone on an island with Bell. Newsome was more than up to the task. What a great game within a game! All 19 times Bell was targeted in the passing game. Future Purdue opponents will be zeroing in on Newsome's film for a lesson plan on how to play the AA Bell.
If only Newsome had made a better tackling effort on Horvath when the Alstott clone ripped through several Wildcat defenders for the 4th down conversion that lead to a TD. He was the first to arrive. No way Chris Martin would have let that bulldozer by him.
So Newsome gets a "needs work" grade to achieve his full potential. Which is very exciting.
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I'm guessing you never played an organized team sport of any consequence. Let alone coached one. All the Xs and Os of DB technique can be learned by anybody you would want coaching in less than a day. Once you have that down, the real coaching begins. And the same qualities that make for a great position coach are transferable to other positions. As we have seen with MacPherson.
OL coaching may be different. For reasons beyond my knowledge, OL coaches tend to be former OLM. Or former players with a good amount of OL coaching experience.
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Thank you for the snarky dumbass comment. I'm not talking about just Xs and Os. I'm talking about real experience. Credibility. You think Tim McGarigle doesn't have an edge on other LB coaches in being able to talk about the tricks and tips he used to become college football's #1 tackler at the position? Probably not as helpful if he was the QB coach. Experience counts for something, not just in football but in any job. Is it a pre-requisite to do a good job as a football coach? Of course not, but let's try not be dumbasses for a moment and pretend that it has no relevance and doesn't help.
Most good basketball coaches have played the game of basketball. Most good football coaches have played the game of football. Most DC's at one time played defense (Hank). Most OC's at one time played offense (Bajakian). Mike Kafka happens to be an OC, not a DC. I wonder why?
This isn't hard. Having actually played a position and doing it well usually lends a bunch of experience and credibility for a coach. It's not the only asset and again not a pre-requisite, but it certainly is relevant and helps. I suppose it's just random that Tim McGarigle is coaching our LB's and Lou Ayeni is coaching our RBs. Steve Spurrier, the QB whisperer happened to play QB! Jeff Brohm present day QB whisperer played QB. Mike Bajakian, who coaches our QBs, played QB. What a coincidence!
So you don't like having coaches who didn't play the position, emphasizing the knowledge and cred that comes with that experience. You haven't played and you haven't coached any sport of any consequence, let alone football, but you would also have us believe that you know more than the people who have, including Fitz, about what it takes to be a good football coach.
That my friend is the very definition of being a foolish, self absorbed, no cred dumbass.
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I'll grant you I haven't coached anything except youth basketball.
You yourself are claiming that me not having played (though not true) is some sort of basis of not knowing what it takes to coach, so now you're just arguing against yourself .....
So your argument is MacPherson is a lousy coach because he never played RB or DB and we should get rid of him?
"Petty insults" here is more like spiking the football.