He didn't get to play because he was with two guys that were so awesome that ti was hard to justify playing a totally different type back. But even with that said, there were times that a smart coaching staff would have put this guy in the game for the 4th quarter and just pounded. As much as Tubs would sit on a lead, BJ would have been the perfect 4th quarter option. A tired defense trying to stop a fresh lineman running the ball? Could have been pretty awesome.
And the backup TE at Vandy probably would attest to how hard BJ could hit.
You were spot on with the first sentence, but the temptation to take a shot at Tubs and Co. was just too much to resist.
It's people LIKE me who ARE on the practice fields and in the locker rooms of our youth football teams. We are the ones analyzing what was done in the past so that it might help us with our kids in the future. Our undying devotion to protect a college coach never enters into it. We are always left wondering what could have been done differently in order to execute a more palatable outcome. So when I see situation in hindsight that could have been much different had a different approach been used, it makes me think what I should be looking for in the future. Yes it is a stretch to think that I might have RB, CW, and BJ all on my 8th grade team, but you never know what type of talent issues will arise. But if I have that problem, I'll be sure to inquire from you what the great Tubs might have done.
I guess it's only fair for you to resort to accusing me of building shrines to Tubs, or saying that I think he's the greatest coach ever, though I've never hinted at either. I did call you a Tubs hater. So there's that.
I am on the field coaching youth football too. Has little if anything to do directly with college ball. Never have considered that I could learn any lessons from speculating what might have been now that I've had time to decide that since they had a disappointing season that they must have misused talent despite the fact that they were using some of the best talent available...hell I always thought the main problem was lack of identity on offense.
That said, then you will understand when I relate these stories: Had two kids on this past season's 11/12 year old team. One was a great athlete. Threw the ball better than anyone on the team, was big enough at 5-9, 125ish, and had blinding speed. He could kick the ball too, both on kick offs and punts. The other, was a big kid 5-9, 200+ (you'd call him fat I'm sure) but he could move well, and block anyone you told him to block, and could snap the ball too. He was the strongest kid on the team, understood leverage, and how to use his strength. If you saw the athlete run in a game, you'd say "he needs to have the ball in his hands every play." What you wouldn't know if you weren't at practice is that he wouldn't show up for practice but about half the time and didn't know the plays, and that he'd never played football before and just generally didn't have any football IQ. If you saw the big kid devastate a DL you'd wonder why his playing time was cut by year's end...but you wouldn't know it was because he didn't listen when he did show up for practice, and didn't know the blocking rules. That he'd kill whoever he decided to block, but about half the time he blocked the wrong man and his assigned man would blow the play up. Combine that with a horrible attitude, and a complete unwillingness to listen, learn or give any effort until HE decided to...and he was a liability. A talented one, but a liability. This kids Dad played major college football too. He comes from good football genes, but he'll never play unless he gets his head on straight. He's a team killer. He affected the chemistry of the OL with his bullshit, but that's not something you can see from the stands.
And it is always guys like you who THINK you have done it smarter and know more. All hail Tubs. The greatest AU coach ever. All hail JR4AU for hailing Tubs as the greatest AU coach ever. Please do not question the great Tubs past coaching decisions. The fleas of a thousand camels will infest your nether regions.
I apologize for interjecting my BJ opinions in a BJ thread. I should know better. That damn BJ was a worthless POS that we should have never recruited. I mean we were already rolling ten deep at the RB position. The great Tubs was just trying to be nice and look what it got him.
I never said I could do it better, I questioned you claiming it could have been done better. Subtle difference. Like I said, you had it figured out, but the temptation to take a shot with your "a smarter staff would have" bullshit...and you're accusation of me of saying I think I could do it better. A-fucking-mazing. Then, you just get childish with: "All hail JR4AU for hailing Tubs as the greatest AU coach ever" which I didn't ever say, or: "That damn BJ was a worthless POS that we should have never recruited" which I never hinted at.
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