"Oh of course he's regressed. He's under the tutelage of a Brian Kelly disciple."
When we talk of "regression" -- how much could have Angeli regressed since he got here? The better question is -- how much work is he actually getting in practice (especially now that he is 1 play away)? Same can be said about Phil J -- One thing ND has never done under Kelly (now Rees)-- when ND was up comfortably, getting the #2 guy for some meaningful game reps -- this also hinders progression and learning.
I know as freshman, they are limited to scout team work -- which is one way to hinder any development.
You're spot on and truth be told it happened across many positions.
If you're not starting you get lost on the depth chart @ ND.
Moreover...
And quite honestly.....
If a kid regressed it's on the coaches.
It's their responsibility to make sure EVERY PLAYER is just as ready as the starters.
Any coach worth anything would never ever get information like he's "regressed" out to the masses.
That would never be public knowledge and if the coach was any good the term "regressed" doesn't even exist.
Totally disagree, you put Quinn, Clausen, Book on this team, and we are still not a good team. Our receiver room is just bad, and our OLine is inconsistent. Football is the ultimate team game, every player progresses or regresses based on the players around him. Look at Aaron Rodgers this year; he is a sure fire walk in HOFer who has no receivers and therefore is playing like shit. ND is not losing because of the QB. It's losing because we have serious problems at wide receiver, our OLine doesn't dominate and our defense lapses every game
This is a multi prong problem.
The line is shit because the coaching is highly...EXTREMELY overrated. One on one he might be fine (although...Nelson, McGlinchey, Martin, Staley...)
I'm not sure he even had all those but....
As a collective unit we suck. We dominate the weak and average 2.1 yards per carry against the strong.
The Running game in big games sucks because our passing game is 2 dimensional.
The tight end...double him and he's contained.
The 3 yard curl and sit route.
Most teams that route is used as a safety valve.
To us it's our priority option.
That screams volumes.
In other words I dare you to throw deep and you still won't throw deep.
The Marshall game was hilarious...
They sold out on the afraid of failure routes knowing we can't help ourselves and just automatically throw that route.
It's so bad...
How many times do you see the ND QB over the last dozen years look left, look right, hit the 3 yard curl and sit route.
It happens 90 percent of the time and you know it!!
Robotic. They aren't looking to throw left..or right...it's a sinple "look off the defender"
Marshall said we're not buying your bullshit that you're selling.
You won't throw any where but here. Can't help yourself.
Now what receiver and or blue chip QB wants to come here and showcase an arm that many on this very board could complete that throw. What receiver wants to show off their athleticism by running curl and sit routes.
Want to line up by the sideline ? You might get a few...three passes thrown to you all game.
Maybe!!!!
