Who has breakout season next year?

smhawk

smhawk

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So what player on roster that plays next year has greatest improvement in performance next year?

Kenan Davis?
Poggi?
Hyde?
Fiedorowciz?

Who do you think is the next star on the team?
 
Mike Daniels, Coker, and Hyde all had their coming out parties this season (Daniels) or in the bowl game (Coker and Hyde). I think Bernstine is a good call if he can stay healthy and out of trouble. Keenan Davis finally gets to start so that will be interesting to see what he can do with the ball. I think the three names we'll be looking back on after next season that rose from somewhat obscurity or limited reps to being a studd on our team will be Bigach, Alvis and Tanner Miller. I think Tanner Miller will prove to be the real deal next year and i'm expecting Bigach and Alvis to actually make next years D-line better than the vaunted one of this year.
 
iloveyoularrystation said:
Mike Daniels, Coker, and Hyde all had their coming out parties this season (Daniels) or in the bowl game (Coker and Hyde). I think Bernstine is a good call if he can stay healthy and out of trouble. Keenan Davis finally gets to start so that will be interesting to see what he can do with the ball. I think the three names we'll be looking back on after next season that rose from somewhat obscurity or limited reps to being a studd on our team will be Bigach, Alvis and Tanner Miller. I think Tanner Miller will prove to be the real deal next year and i'm expecting Bigach and Alvis to actually make next years D-line better than the vaunted one of this year.
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Hyde showed off how much of an athlete he his with his big INT plays and coverage has improved, but I think he still has a lot of work to do before I'm excited to see him lined up in our secondary. Think it was the Michigan game they threw it to his side four plays in a row.
 
smhawk said:
Hyde showed off how much of an athlete he his with his big INT plays and coverage has improved, but I think he still has a lot of work to do before I'm excited to see him lined up in our secondary. Think it was the Michigan game they threw it to his side four plays in a row.
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He's still got room to improve, but the Michigan game was Game 6. He was MUCH better by Game 13. Michigan wouldn't have been throwing at him 4 times in a row by the end of the year.

Besides, this thread is for breakout players. If Hyde were already Spievey 2.0, he'd have a hard time breaking out next year.
 
- I'm gonna go off the grid a bit and throw in some wishful thinking with the big man - Carl Davis.
 
But I would love to see Hyde as Pr/kick returner. On a punt coverage play where the punt went to the endzone Hyde was at full speed when he reached up and caught the ball directly over head. His hands are good, his speed is great, with decent depth we shouldn't be worried to put him in as a returner.

Speaking on punts, do you think its part of Ferentz conservative idealogy to have Donohaue punt it to the back of the endzone instead of trying to sideline it at the 10? Maybe he's worried about the risk of shanking it way to the right? Or do you think this is more of an ability issue that Don had?
 
smhawk said:
But I would love to see Hyde as Pr/kick returner. On a punt coverage play where the punt went to the endzone Hyde was at full speed when he reached up and caught the ball directly over head. His hands are good, his speed is great, with decent depth we shouldn't be worried to put him in as a returner.

Speaking on punts, do you think its part of Ferentz conservative idealogy to have Donohaue punt it to the back of the endzone instead of trying to sideline it at the 10? Maybe he's worried about the risk of shanking it way to the right? Or do you think this is more of an ability issue that Don had?
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I think perhaps it was a combination. Donahue shanked a few over the years, but I don't remember Ferentz ever having a punter (with the exception of Baker, but I never saw him kick in college) try to coffin corner it.
 
tm3308 said:
I think perhaps it was a combination. Donahue shanked a few over the years, but I don't remember Ferentz ever having a punter (with the exception of Baker, but I never saw him kick in college) try to coffin corner it.
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As poor as our special teams play was at times this year I'm pretty sure the coach or coaches responsible for those units weren't accustomed to having a decent punter or had put thought into developing a punting strategy.
 
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