Both Coach Pruitt and Coach Smart preached linebackers and defensive backs intercepting passes, meaning have the hands to do so. Tae Crowder can do that. Do not know if they will even try to move his weight up, already a "man". Reminds me of ogletree, now playing for the Rams in the NFL. Tae Crowder can move from sideline to sideline, that was always a strong point for ogletree.
Appears to me that Head Coach Smart has seen enough and now he wants players that "want" to play. Say again, and it probably will not be the last time in 2016 . . . . There are some in Athens that did not buy into the coaching changes.
As AllDawgs5 said earlier in this thread, beat the press actually . . . . appears that we have a problem at linebacker . . . . a smoke filled room that is going to have a serious effect on us at that position.
What is a coach to do that came to a team without depth, had some very talented players, seems though some of the talented players would not conform, some of the same problems that we have watched prior to Coach Smart.
Look forward to watching the changes I am sure we will see in the near future. Coach Smart came to Athens to rebuild, did not have the talent to do much more than that.
Question . . . .
Anyone think that we have an offensive lineman that will be drafted by the NFL? Anyone think that Alabama will have an offensive lineman drafted by the NFL, maybe more than one? Anyone believe that Arkansas will have an offensive lineman drafted by the NFL?
Seems to me that the previous coaches did not leave much along both offensive and defensive fronts. Thompson being double teamed in 2016, where is the depth?