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Offensive line question
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Nov 29, 2023, 5:15 PM
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The coaches have brought in 4-5 star O lineman the last few years. What is the problem? Bad evaluation, strength and conditioning or poor coaching?
The amount of injuries over the last few years makes me wonder if it is strength and conditioning. It seems that the development stops after the freshman and sophomore years. Hard to believe that they missed on that many O lineman.
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Re: Offensive line question
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Nov 29, 2023, 5:19 PM
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Apparently it’s a pretty tough position to play, and seems it works better with continuity. I’m not sure if it’s the offense we run. It’s puzzling to say the least.
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Re: Offensive line question
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Nov 29, 2023, 7:42 PM
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With rare exceptions, FR and R-FR O-Linemen don’t play often on the OL.
Some players who show immediate promise ( D.Pennington) had shown great promise upon first arriving, but then suffered from a season ending injury, and then had the same thing (season ending injury) happen before start of his second season. When finally healthy, he had put on too much weight.
It is hard to expect a young man who, upon arriving at school and being tabbed as a possible starter coming out the chute, ended up not playing for two years, and then needing to do all of the weight lifting, agility drills, and strict nutritional program to maintain(or ideally improve) his OL abilities.
This is not an unknown situation. Sometimes health issues lead to the retirement of players who would otherwise play;Hunter Rayburn and Mason Trotter come to mind.
In summary, there are a lot of ingredients which go into,the soup; because the OL players typically must acquire both big gains in strength and agility before they can hold up to the rigors of CFB, sometimes it just doesn’t all get together (or stay together).
On the flip side, look at Jordan McFadden and Tremayne Anchrum. Both were ‘too short’ guys; 3* HS guys, who were both ended up as superb CFB O-Linemen.
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Solid Orange [1367]
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Re: Offensive line question
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Nov 29, 2023, 5:23 PM
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Also - Imagine how much easier it would be to evaluate talent at that position against other college kids vs. a 6'5 310 17 year old playing against some puny kid from AA high school ball.
I'd guess QB and OL have to be the hardest positions to evaluate.
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And yet Georgia & Bama are stacked with o-linemen every year***
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Nov 29, 2023, 7:17 PM
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Re: And yet Georgia & Bama are stacked with o-linemen every year***
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Nov 29, 2023, 7:45 PM
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Yes, and the players that don’t end up getting lots of playing time transfer out at a high rate of attrition.
Then, UGA has the room in each new recruiting class to always sign 3 or 4 new 5* O-L prospects.
Wash,rinse, and repeat.
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Re: And yet Georgia & Bama are stacked with o-linemen every year***
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Nov 29, 2023, 8:02 PM
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Lots of good responses but as SocMan said GA and Bama have it figured out. With the amount of injuries to the whole program in every position I'm wondering about the strength and conditioning. I trust that Dabo knows and will correct it.
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