Re: To poor struggling DB Wiggins' credit, he fought a hamstring

lightbulbbill® · 2022-09-25T14:49:27.994Z

injury all week in practice, yet he battled and at the end got to secure the 2OT win with a bat down. But he stayed at it, pass after pass and would show his frustration after the catch.. looking at the sidelines for any help and one time took his helmet off as he came off the field in total disbelief in his inability to be effective in stopping this onslaught. He got baptized for sure! Go #20 & Go Tigers..keep ROCKING!

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DB in single man coverage may be the most difficult

Sep 25, 2022, 11:50 AM

job on the field. A good WR and accurate QB can be almost impossible to legally defend. That DB is on an island, and even the very best will get beat from time to time. Having said that, there are ways to mitigate that, mainly discipline and technique. Our DBs seem to be lacking in this area. A lot of that should come with experience and repitition. I suspect, however, that most of our highly rated DBs were soo much better than most of the players they faced in HS, that they were able to get by on raw talent and athleticism, and not much technique or disipline has been required for their entire football lives. Now they are playing D1 college, and whoa! Everybody is as good as they are - and guess what? The technique and discipline means the difference between success and failure.

I have confidence that most of our DBs will get better, as they clearly have the raw ability. However, they were totally exposed yesterday. They were totally lost and confused. We have to be looking at coaches very hard right now - this is where they must earn their money, and get this corrected.

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This probably should be POTD. This is also where last year now creeps in and hurt us. Without the usual relaxed comfortable games because of an offense stuck in mud most of the season, we weren't able to build depth. As good as Nate will be, he didn't get the reps he needed last year. Davis was very highly rated but has not progressed... Perhaps all because of maturity but that's where coaches have to recognize, we better have a backup plan for depth.

So it's not just the young ones and injuries. We've struggled all year. Thank goodness we had an easy schedule and an offense that's progressed.

Big coaching mistake NOT getting a couple experienced DB's via the portal. This was talked about quite a bit in the off season.

To poor struggling DB Wiggins' credit, he fought a hamstring