Dienhart: Coker is the Best RB in the B1G

i dont care if he is the best of anything, he's doing his job very well and plays his *** off. i'll take him on my team anytime
 
Coker is a nice player and is having a great 2nd half to this season, but he still has one fatal flaw that eliminates him from any discussion of the best of anything, and that is his total and utter lack of speed.

He is probably the only starting RB in the B1G that is incapable of turning a gaping hole into a long TD.

He is working really well in Iowa's scheme right now, but saying that he is better than Montee Ball is just foolish and makes me question whether or not the person making that statement has actually seen either of them play.

Thats why NFL teams have a speed back and a rock em back.
Coker reminds me of that scene on Toby Magurie, when that dude say "I'm all heart mother fusker". But the same could be said for alot of our O players. Just so happens the D has decided they want to buck up and say that to. Good to see and it comes at a great time of the year.
 
i havent seen that movie but that's my new favorite line "I'm all heart mother fusker"
love it. im tatooing that to my forehead
 
Coker is looking good and Rogers looks great as a fullback.... We needed Rogers back bad he has helped with sealing off LB that we hadn't seen early in the year while he was out. Both are looking great.
 
Coker is a nice player and is having a great 2nd half to this season, but he still has one fatal flaw that eliminates him from any discussion of the best of anything, and that is his total and utter lack of speed.

He is probably the only starting RB in the B1G that is incapable of turning a gaping hole into a long TD.

He is working really well in Iowa's scheme right now, but saying that he is better than Montee Ball is just foolish and makes me question whether or not the person making that statement has actually seen either of them play.

You did see him bust those long runs vs a athletic missouri team yes? okay yeah thought so, once he starts rumbling he picks up his speed. He is 240 lbs dude, get real.
 
I think he needs to be reverse doylized, I think a healthy, cut, lean 225 should be where he plays at. If you look at the most productive all around backs in the NFL today they range from 205-225. He needs to train with the wrestling team in the off season!
 
This is just foolish. McCall has all of what, 9 carries on the year? Coker is not even close to being the same back as he was on Sept. 3. He is the best back on this team. Period.


Ironically your making more of an assumption based on 9 carries than I was, I said "might be", your the one making definitive statements. Thats foolish.

Im liking Coker more every week but McCall is going to be excellent, and IMO will at least be splitting carries evenly next year.
 
Really guys? This thread is about Coker being the best back in the B10. Hands down he is. Can you imagine what 2 more years will do to this kid? Let it be, as a soph he is the best back in the B10. Slow, maybe, oversized maybe. I dont think either but whatever he is, he is playing with heart and doing what ever is asked and a vital part of our O.
 
Had Iowa ran him in the fourth quarter against Minnesota he would have got near 300 yards.
He may be only a sophmore but a lot is going to depend on how graduation hits the OL.
 
Had Iowa ran him in the fourth quarter against Minnesota he would have got near 300 yards.
He may be only a sophmore but a lot is going to depend on how graduation hits the OL.

No way around that. Our OL and Brad have to get some props and are killing it out there. As for Coker, I think we have seen, he runs with authority. Hard to keep a man like that down.
 
You did see him bust those long runs vs a athletic missouri team yes? okay yeah thought so, once he starts rumbling he picks up his speed. He is 240 lbs dude, get real.

He had exactly one really long run against Missouri, dummy.

Outside of that one run, he has looked painfully slow in his career.

I even remember remarking at the time of the Mizzou run that he looked really slow then, as well.
 
Props to Coker, he has really stepped his game up. Hes running with vision and confidence which were both lacking early in the year.

Coker may be the best starter in the league, its close between him and Ball, but the crazy thing is he may not be the best back on the team.

Next year will be the best group of backs Iowa has had since Young, Sims and Greene.

IXNAY on the Iowa RB situationTAY. You may make the AIRBHG angry. Please don't curse us.
 
He had exactly one really long run against Missouri, dummy.

Outside of that one run, he has looked painfully slow in his career.

I even remember remarking at the time of the Mizzou run that he looked really slow then, as well.

Really, what is your deal? 40 and 50 yarders, thats not good enough? Like I said almost all teams have two starting backs. WTF with all the Coker BS? Dude is killing it on the field and is taking classes that Nebby players only dream of and yet you dog him.
Sounds like you have little pecker syndrome. Give a man credit where credit is due. Like I said give Brad and Coker and the OL credit.
Christ if you want to b!tch about some one, b!tch about Prater getting knock on his arse in a jam. Frigging wuss. Thats right last week I called out Binns and guess what, kid lite it up out there this week. Prater, you got
b!tch slapped, no way around that. Guess what the sign on the wall says, hard work beats.........................................
 
Really, what is your deal? 40 and 50 yarders, thats not good enough? Like I said almost all teams have two starting backs. WTF with all the Coker BS? Dude is killing it on the field and is taking classes that Nebby players only dream of and yet you dog him.
Sounds like you have little pecker syndrome. Give a man credit where credit is due. Like I said give Brad and Coker and the OL credit.
Christ if you want to b!tch about some one, b!tch about Prater getting knock on his arse in a jam. Frigging wuss. Thats right last week I called out Binns and guess what, kid lite it up out there this week. Prater, you got
b!tch slapped, no way around that. Guess what the sign on the wall says, hard work beats.........................................


1. You will be banned if Miller reads this post. Check out the top of the board.

2. Just because you have a little pee-pee is no reason to project that "shortcoming" onto other people. Your wife said that she doesn't mind it that bad, so you just need to chill and learn to accept it.

3. Learn to read, nimrod. I like Coker. He's having a great year. But that does not change the fact that he is SLLLLOOOOWWWW and calling him better than Montee Ball and/or Herron is just sheer idiocy. He has a handful of long runs this year that any other back in the league would have taken all the way, EASILY.
 
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Coker isn't a burner, but he's not ungodly slow, either. He's just got decent wheels, which is good enough given his skill set.

LenDale White wasn't fast, either, and he was a damn good college back.
 
1. You will be banned if Miller reads this post. Check out the top of the board.

2. Just because you have a little pee-pee is no reason to project that "shortcoming" onto other people. Your wife said that she doesn't mind it that bad, so you just need to chill and learn to accept it.

3. Learn to read, nimrod. I like Coker. He's having a great year. But that does not change the fact that he is SLLLLOOOOWWWW and calling him better than Montee Ball and/or Herron is just sheer idiocy. He has a handful of long runs this year that any other back in the league would have taken all the way, EASILY.

You're both chucking names at each other...his use of anatomy won't matter. Carry on...I made popcorn...
 
1. You will be banned if Miller reads this post. Check out the top of the board.

2. Just because you have a little pee-pee is no reason to project that "shortcoming" onto other people. Your wife said that she doesn't mind it that bad, so you just need to chill and learn to accept it.

3. Learn to read, nimrod. I like Coker. He's having a great year. But that does not change the fact that he is SLLLLOOOOWWWW and calling him better than Montee Ball and/or Herron is just sheer idiocy. He has a handful of long runs this year that any other back in the league would have taken all the way, EASILY.

Tell ya what if Jon wants to ban me, fine. Dealing with people the likes of you have worn thin on me anyway. But just so you know, before you go throwing out names, who has the longest run in the B10? Houston out of IND, for 67 yards. Didnt see you throw that name out ther did I? Since you were talking about LONG runs and speed. Oh and just so you can keep things straight, they have Coker down as a 50.
Read this:
Football Scores & Stats « Big Ten Network
 
We're still complaining about Coker? Really? Leading rusher in the Big and 5th nationally, and HN is still complaining about him...geez
 

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