PSA--Greg Davis to be on 1600 AM at 5 PM Today

[hawkfan1319]

Shipley was a beast.....no one on our roster can compare.

 

[cmhawks99]

Shipley was a beast.....no one on our roster can compare.

He was very good I agree wholeheartedly & he is the main reason I’m shaking my head about the speed thing. He ran a 4.6 at the combine and a 4.52 at his Pro day. So again I have to think the speed comment has more to do with ability than actual speed.

I do however think KD and KMM can be top tier weapons in the vein of a Shipley with a little growth and consistency.

 

[TheAvernus]

I wouldnt take any sports coach interview as true fact. You dont really publicly talk about your weaknesses in any interview. If he is saying speed is a "problem" That can mean getting up to speed with his system just as much as running speed. You have to be coy and clever in the world of sports. I dont know any coach who is going to honestly talk about his teams weakness no matter what time of year it is. 40 times are great to know but most routes are not a 40 yd dash. It takes a lot more then speed to determine a successful WR.

 

[nationalchamps]

I didn't get to hear the interview, but from what he said close to the spring practice he was talking about speed on the outside. If it's along those lines, I get it. I would imagine he's doing it to fire up the group before the season starts, but we don't really know GD yet. He did say that K-Mart looked good, but the group of WR needs to be faster.With that being said, if KD can step up and be the #1 we all think he can and K-Mart step in and be a solid #2 (like KD last year) we need to see who is going to step up at #3 like K-Mart did last year. It would be sweet to see a big man like Hilyer step up and force himself into that spot. At 6'4", it would create huge mismatches.

Thanks for the response. I also think GD needs to also realize that the speed of the B1G is a bit slower than the boys down south. K-Mart is pretty fast and stepped up last year. As you said, it would be great if KD took over number one and we got a solid 3 to fit in.

You should go work for espn because you seem to think a 4.4 40 down south is faster than a 4.4 40 up north.

 

[hoffahawk]

I think his speed comment might be full pads football speed. Some of the best WR in the NFL can't run a 4.4 but are quick off the ball and can get open that is what we need more of.

 

[Scorpio79]

You should go work for espn because you seem to think a 4.4 40 down south is faster than a 4.4 40 up north.

Still chirpin' and hurp-derpin' I see, natty. Rock on, sistah-soulja.

 

[atxhawk]

Shipley didn't have straight line speed, but had great quickness and ran very good routes.

 

[Foval21]

Shipley didn't have straight line speed, but had great quickness and ran very good routes.

this is what i believe...davis means quickness not actual speed. we have always had fast wrs. we dont tend to have quick wrs. this is why most of our passes plays are long or medium depth to allow for our speed to get separation. with davis we will use more short routes where quickness and elusiveness are more key. this is why i think either garmon or bullock ends up at wr because both are quick and elusive. and i feel hill will be one of the 2 main rbs with the guy that stays at rb between bullock and garmon.

 

[Hawkeye27]

this is what i believe...davis means quickness not actual speed. we have always had fast wrs. we dont tend to have quick wrs. this is why most of our passes plays are long or medium depth to allow for our speed to get separation. with davis we will use more short routes where quickness and elusiveness are more key. this is why i think either garmon or bullock ends up at wr because both are quick and elusive. and i feel hill will be one of the 2 main rbs with the guy that stays at rb between bullock and garmon.

Interesting assessment. Garmon does have the body of a WR. I don't know if they will convert him like they did McNutt. They might send him out wide every now and again or do some type of slip screen with Garmon, but I don't know about switching his whole position just yet.

 

[hawkfan1319]

We don't have enough depth at RB to start converting them to WR.

 

[Foval21]

this is what i believe...davis means quickness not actual speed. we have always had fast wrs. we dont tend to have quick wrs. this is why most of our passes plays are long or medium depth to allow for our speed to get separation. with davis we will use more short routes where quickness and elusiveness are more key. this is why i think either garmon or bullock ends up at wr because both are quick and elusive. and i feel hill will be one of the 2 main rbs with the guy that stays at rb between bullock and garmon.

Interesting assessment. Garmon does have the body of a WR. I don't know if they will convert him like they did McNutt. They might send him out wide every now and again or do some type of slip screen with Garmon, but I don't know about switching his whole position just yet.

my theory is based on bullock starting out at wr last yr until the rb problems started. this would be predicated on johnson being a viable 3rd option (which he hasnt shown yet) and then determine which is better at wr garmon or bullock (i actually think it is bullock because of last yr). i believe bullock flew up the depth chart at wr until he was switched back. in fact i think he was above kmm at one point. i dont think it would necessarily be a full switch to wr but a way of getting the playmakers on the field. and i see more playmakers at rb than wr...so split one of them out some. plus our rbs tend to be quicker than our wrs (usually). this would thin out rb but if dawson is a 4th rb along with some other walk-ons we might even have enough depth to move meier to defense sooner rather than later as i see him as a de anyway.