Fall Camp 2014

OUG · Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:08 pm

There's almost too much WIN here to even discuss. MORE KEITH WILLIAMS PLEASE. This should be the a regular feature by the video department.

- To walk on Fletcher Barnes: (after saying Devin Boutte was too quick for him) "Don't worry Fletch, you ain't too quick for me."

- To Leondre James: "Don't swim. Hey, Finding Nemo, no more swimming. Leondre the blowfish."

- To Devon Breaux: "You need to be pointing at him (Lorenzo Doss): OVER-RATED! OVER-RATED!"

And that pass from Nick Montana to Teddy Veal at the end shows off both Montana's new, simpler throwing motion and Veal's athleticism.

I have always criticized Tulane for not doing the small things that great athletic department's do well. This is one case where they did. More of these videos please.

winwave · Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:59 pm

DrBox wrote:
winwave wrote:
OUG wrote:
winwave wrote:A lot of people who committed acts get found not guilty. People can commit offenses but a judge or jury may not find there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Doesn't negate what they did.
Actually, it does. Or it should.

I mean jesus, Teddy Veal wasn't even prosecuted, he was cleared.

And did you see the evidence in the Mackey case?

These weren't just "reasonable doubt" situations. The accusations themselves were outlandish and never should have gone to trial (in the Mackey case).
You not believing Mackey was involved in that robbery is you at your apologetic worst.
There was little evidence that he was part of that robbery. There was ample evidence that he engaged in conduct that was, shall we say, less than exemplary. CJ also didn't allow him back on the team. That's pretty much the ultimate penalty.
Anyway, - I'd like 0 issues, too. But it's not an epidemic, and, really, we don't know what these disciplinary issues are. It could be a matter of skipping class or getting caught drinking.

There was a ton of evidence against him. He got kicked out of Duke for similar actions.

winwave · Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:37 am

Using smarts to overcome size:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sp ... y-a-leader

winwave · Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:41 am

Guerry's camp report:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sp ... is-johnson

Eaglewave · Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:09 am

I love what I am seeing from these QBs. Montana looks like Simms really improved his delivery. Powell mechanics look much better. Tanner looks like he is ready to play college football.

Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:59 pm

Week 2

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Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:49 am

Two things concern me for this season. Place kicking and deep snapping. Both seem to be a concern to the people I speak to. We need to sure those areas up because many of our games once again could be decided by special teams.

winwave · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:09 am

tpstulane wrote:Two things concern me for this season. Place kicking and deep snapping. Both seem to be a concern to the people I speak to. We need to sure those areas up because many of our games once again could be decided by special teams.

I can confirm this after watching the scrimmage. I was the first one to spot the snapping issue last season. When we brought Lizanich back I hoped that meant they'd fixed his problems but that's not the case so far.

TXWave88 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:21 am

It frustrates me when Tulane does not have a kicker. We are in the South, in Louisiana, bordered by Texas, not far from Florida.....why in the world can we not have a good kicker every year? Big soccer states around and a free private school education (used to be top 50 school...) just to kick a football. Sometimes you miss on a recruit, but geez, it should not be difficult to get a good kicker in the door. O yeah, we have had 2 Lou Groza winners in recent history. We could be Kicker U!!!

ideal1965 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:29 am

snapping issues are getting better - the bad punt snaps this camp were not Lizanitch, but others getting work in. mostly same for pat / fg. we are offsetting our holder by as much as 2 yards to help our kickers - difficult task, but they are adjusting.

Robert1969 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:33 am

Kushner on Badie:

https://twitter.com/scottdkushner/statu ... 2123486208

Robert1969 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:35 am

Kushner on Tanner in the two minute drill:

https://twitter.com/scottdkushner/statu ... 9854254080

winwave · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:48 am

Positional series starting w/Center:

http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... cart_river

jonathanjoseph · Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:59 am

TXWave88 wrote:It frustrates me when Tulane does not have a kicker. We are in the South, in Louisiana, bordered by Texas, not far from Florida.....why in the world can we not have a good kicker every year? Big soccer states around and a free private school education (used to be top 50 school...) just to kick a football. Sometimes you miss on a recruit, but geez, it should not be difficult to get a good kicker in the door. O yeah, we have had 2 Lou Groza winners in recent history. We could be Kicker U!!!

Wasn't the FR kicker a very highly rated recruit? For that matter, wasn't Lizanich a highly rated recruit as a long snapper?

How hard can long snapping be?

ideal1965 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:26 pm

jonathanjoseph wrote:
TXWave88 wrote:It frustrates me when Tulane does not have a kicker. We are in the South, in Louisiana, bordered by Texas, not far from Florida.....why in the world can we not have a good kicker every year? Big soccer states around and a free private school education (used to be top 50 school...) just to kick a football. Sometimes you miss on a recruit, but geez, it should not be difficult to get a good kicker in the door. O yeah, we have had 2 Lou Groza winners in recent history. We could be Kicker U!!!
Wasn't the FR kicker a very highly rated recruit? For that matter, wasn't Lizanich a highly rated recruit as a long snapper?

How hard can long snapping be?

The beating these kickers / snappers / punters are getting in the media and message boards you may get a chance. Syracuse was a great example of how we do without our starter. if we were to lose Picerilli and lizanage every game may be like syracuse.

mbawavefan12 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:32 pm

ideal1965 wrote:
jonathanjoseph wrote:
TXWave88 wrote:It frustrates me when Tulane does not have a kicker. We are in the South, in Louisiana, bordered by Texas, not far from Florida.....why in the world can we not have a good kicker every year? Big soccer states around and a free private school education (used to be top 50 school...) just to kick a football. Sometimes you miss on a recruit, but geez, it should not be difficult to get a good kicker in the door. O yeah, we have had 2 Lou Groza winners in recent history. We could be Kicker U!!!
Wasn't the FR kicker a very highly rated recruit? For that matter, wasn't Lizanich a highly rated recruit as a long snapper?

How hard can long snapping be?

The beating these kickers / snappers / punters are getting in the media and message boards you may get a chance. Syracuse was a great example of how we do without our starter. if we were to lose Picerilli and lizanage every game may be like syracuse.

Ya I can understand kicking problems, but the long snapping issues is totally messed up and high school crap. What happened to the blind kid BTW. Finally, I thought Picarelli had a huge game in the bowl, he had a 48 yd average, solid.

ideal1965 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:42 pm

mbawavefan12 wrote:
ideal1965 wrote:
jonathanjoseph wrote:
TXWave88 wrote:It frustrates me when Tulane does not have a kicker. We are in the South, in Louisiana, bordered by Texas, not far from Florida.....why in the world can we not have a good kicker every year? Big soccer states around and a free private school education (used to be top 50 school...) just to kick a football. Sometimes you miss on a recruit, but geez, it should not be difficult to get a good kicker in the door. O yeah, we have had 2 Lou Groza winners in recent history. We could be Kicker U!!!
Wasn't the FR kicker a very highly rated recruit? For that matter, wasn't Lizanich a highly rated recruit as a long snapper?

How hard can long snapping be?

The beating these kickers / snappers / punters are getting in the media and message boards you may get a chance. Syracuse was a great example of how we do without our starter. if we were to lose Picerilli and lizanage every game may be like syracuse.
Ya I can understand kicking problems, but the long snapping issues is totally messed up and high school crap. What happened to the blind kid BTW. Finally, I thought Picarelli had a huge game in the bowl, he had a 48 yd average, solid.

should answer - the bad punt snaps this camp were not Lizanitch, but others getting work in. mostly same for pat / fg. we are offsetting our holder by as much as 2 yards to help our kickers - difficult task, but they are adjusting.m At the scrimmage saturday, none of the bad punt snaps were lizanich. when we split for the PAT / FG all the bad snaps were from the rt hash mark facing FG. lizanage was left hash. none of this is easy for these guys - we wanted to tar and feather picarelli last year. lizanith snapped the last half of last season with no problems including bowl game.

ideal1965 · Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:48 pm

last post on this subject - we recruited top people out of high school - they will take time to develop - look at picerlli and cairo, lizanitch and dirocco will be the same. trust the staff a little - every play for a specialist is pressure cooker, and the expectations / techniques are nothing like our days - for us older crowd

Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:59 pm

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Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:17 pm

Today's practice....

Player of the Day: Sherman Badie. The redshirt freshman made an array of dazzling catches over the middle throughout the day. However, the John Curtis Christian School product showed his skills running the ball, impressing his coaches, teammates and others watching practice. On one play in 11-on-11 drills, Badie took a handoff from Devin Powell and ran up the sideline 40 yards, using sheer speed to evade the entire defense on his way to a touchdown.

winwave · Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:41 am

Monroe on the move:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sp ... ane-safety

DfromCT · Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:45 am

winwave wrote:
tpstulane wrote:Two things concern me for this season. Place kicking and deep snapping. Both seem to be a concern to the people I speak to. We need to sure those areas up because many of our games once again could be decided by special teams.
I can confirm this after watching the scrimmage. I was the first one to spot the snapping issue last season. When we brought Lizanich back I hoped that meant they'd fixed his problems but that's not the case so far.

Didn't we recruit a kid that was supposed to be the #1 deep snapper in the country either in this class or the class of '13? What happened?

winwave · Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:34 pm

Tackles:

http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... cart_river

The story on the guard position appeared in today's paper but isn't on-line. She left Godfrey pout of her listed depth chart there even though he's been getting a lot of time w/the 2nd unit at guard.

winwave · Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:44 am

Luke Jackson is back:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sp ... -cancer-to