Thought I would share just a little recruiting whisper. Get your juices flowing some.
As I said the other day - not much action in recruiting right now; especially for the class of 2018.
The real action right now in recruiting is in the 2019 class. One player who
got an offer during the Spring Game is definitely a player to keep an eye on is
Suaava Fagale'a Poti. He might be the player that breaks through as the first
player from St. John Bosco to become a Duck. Several sources have told us that
he really likes the Ducks. It is way too early to call anyone a ‘leader’ for
Poti, but I have spoken at length with him and his family and they really did
love the visit. This is one where DL coach Joe Sala’vea will make his mark; and
it would be a very important pick up to garner a four-star defensive lineman
from one of the nation’s elite football programs.
Rehashing the play calling questions
Play calling seemed to be the topic
of the week. Re-watching the game, there were a lot of things that really
conspired against Oregon from a play-calling perspective.
Self. Inflicted. Wounds.
There were too many of these at the
exact wrong times (Is there ever a good time for a self-inflicted wound?) Too
often the offense was playing behind the sticks on second or third and long. After
it seemed like Taggart might run Royce Freeman into the ground with too many
carries (84 on the first three games), the senior had just 15 last Saturday.
But let’s look briefly at what
transpired. On the first series, Herbert threw a perfect pass to Brenden
Schooler – which was dropped. There was a second down penalty and suddenly the
Ducks were in second-and-15. Freeman had four carries on the Ducks second
possession – and the next time the Ducks got on the field offensively, they
were down 17-7 and the first quarter was almost over. It is difficult to
establish the run game from behind.
Even then, the Ducks completed a pass
to Brooks-James for 31 yards. Oregon had five possessions in the second quarter
– and got the ball to Freeman on four of those five possessions, including his
12 yard touchdown run near the end of the first half.
Without penalties, fumbles and
drops, this game is probably not even close. But that is football; great teams don’t
have that many miscues; good teams overcome enough of them to win; rebuilding
teams sometimes learn the hard way.
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