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Post by Maxell on Nov 19, 2023 17:38:59 GMT -5
We pull our hair out over the condition of our playing field. ..and it got better this year. Keep bitching and moaning. LOL Free Alston Hooker!
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Post by saabman on Nov 19, 2023 18:26:35 GMT -5
When someone would ask Coach Brown why he was not playing Hooker he would always say that he starts who performed best in practice that week.. That's coachspeak. He couldn't perform because he was stuck on the scout team. coach and OC had had the whole season to give Hooker a chance. That maybe true but even scout team players get looks ,especially when your moving the ball against the first team defensive unit . I'm willing to bet that Blizzard and Dixon and the other RB's spent time running with the scout team before moving into the rotation. But I agree they dropped the ball on this one .
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 19, 2023 22:07:26 GMT -5
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Post by The Professor on Nov 19, 2023 22:38:45 GMT -5
He played against a smattering of 1's, 2's & a 3. I can't say for certain that Hooker played against some backups on the field, but it is highly plausible that he did. At the point he was inserted in the 4th quarter we were down 3 TDs. Looking at how we were performing at that point, time management or number of possessions left calculations, the Campbell coach could have easily made a decision to start putting a few backups in the game on defense and offense. Why did Coach Brown decide to put Hooker, 4th on the depth chart, in the game at that point when he did not play all season? Simple answer is that we have lost the game and it is the last game of the season so why not play a few backup players. Come on. It is highly plausible. In my opinion it still does not take from anyone's comments that Hooker execution was very good under the circumstances. This was not a given to all that he would come off the bench and perform that well. Both arguments can be true and noncontradictory. Great points. I remember after the Spring Game how great Eli was and how he's the future QB at NCA&T. And then he wasn't
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Post by aggieforlife on Nov 19, 2023 22:55:29 GMT -5
The team is 1 and what ever Hooker should had played weeks ago.I am telling yall there is Forbes Vibes with this Coach.
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Post by ATLaggie on Nov 19, 2023 23:27:14 GMT -5
The team is 1 and what ever Hooker should had played weeks ago. I am telling yall there is Forbes Vibes with this Coach. Can we get some better analogies or comparisons. For Coach Fobbs in his first season those game weren't even close. link
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Post by bluehaze on Nov 20, 2023 6:34:03 GMT -5
Yeah a bad Winston team came in here and dropped 41 on the first game. We don’t even have to mention the Bethune 70 point embarrassment on National TV with Shine laughing at us.
This ain’t the same.
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Post by econgrad71 on Nov 20, 2023 7:32:59 GMT -5
When someone would ask Coach Brown why he was not playing Hooker he would always say that he starts who performed best in practice that week.. That's coachspeak. He couldn't perform because he was stuck on the scout team. coach and OC had had the whole season to give Hooker a chance. Could this also indicate coach Brown's inability to properly evaluate his players, AND COACHING STAFF??
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Post by ohsixrain on Nov 20, 2023 10:50:43 GMT -5
He (Hooker) looked good in the time he was given. He cannot help who is playing on the opposite side of the ball, all he can do is play when called upon and he did...Well, I might add. This whole thing makes us look like buffoons, you fire a coach with a winning record, now look. From an optics perspective, I would be skeptical if I were a recruit. It looks like we don't know what the hell we are doing. I mean, what do you go into a recruit's home and tell them to come to A&T besides we want to be Elite??? They (coaching staff) should be able to articulate and demonstrate their plan to get to Elite status as a program. It shouldn't be thrown around like a company punch-line. Don't talk me to death...show me. What is the offense of scheme? Where would I fit within the scheme? Would be my questions to the coach and if all I got was, "We will evaluate all players everyday" line, I would not be coming to Greensboro. You have to show me something that I can believe in. So, having said all of that, our coaches have a TALL task ahead of them this recruiting season.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 20, 2023 14:39:58 GMT -5
Your sources are terrible. We shall see! Don't shoot the messenger! You're among those who believe #11 is a bona side D1 QB. He's the same guy who transferred from Dudley to Ragsdale because he couldn't beat out TWO guys ahead of him. Same situation at Aggie Stadium, & folk are ready to hand him the keys after a nice showing against Campbell's 2's & 3's. Okay. Let's just wait & see... why are you so caught up on what hooker did or did not do in "high school", as if it means anything at the college level? you do realize that michael jordan got "CUT" from the varsity basketball team as a sophomore in high school, correct? you think jordan getting "CUT" in high school mattered for him in college and the pro's? cohen and parker both had "zero" d1 scholarship offers coming outta high school. do you think that really mattered when they both got "drafted" into the nfl? c'mon, now! i can see it now, nfl gm's saying to themselves don't draft cohen or parker cuz they didn't get any d1 scholarship offers coming outta high school. you really think nfl gm's care about that?
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 20, 2023 15:07:00 GMT -5
Yeah a bad Winston team came in here and dropped 41 on the first game. We don’t even have to mention the Bethune 70 point embarrassment on National TV with Shine laughing at us. This ain’t the same. maybe not, but there are "similarities". we fire a head coach who sustained a "championship culture" in our locker room for over a decade. then you hire as our new head coach an assistant from a pwc who had never been a head coach before. and that's not all. just like fobbs, coach brown was good when being interviewed at press conferences or by the media. he's clean cut, articulate, and "talks" a good game when behind the mic, just like fobbs did. those are the "similarities". but the only difference? coach brown won "1" game in his first season (by only 2 points), fobbs didn't win "any" games in his first season which is only "1 game" less than what coach brown won. let's just hope there's no more "similarities" to fobbs going forth cuz if so, that means not signing any "top recruits" during the offseason which could possibly "snowball" into a winless season in '24...
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Post by bluehaze on Nov 20, 2023 15:17:16 GMT -5
Yeah a bad Winston team came in here and dropped 41 on the first game. We don’t even have to mention the Bethune 70 point embarrassment on National TV with Shine laughing at us. This ain’t the same. maybe not, but there are "similarities". we fire a head coach who sustained a "championship culture" in our locker room for over a decade. then you hire as our new head coach an assistant from a pwc who had never been a head coach before. and that's not all. just like fobbs, coach brown was good when being interviewed at press conferences or by the media. he's clean cut, articulate, and "talks" a good game when behind the mic, just like fobbs did. those are the "similarities". but the only difference? coach brown won "1" game in his first season (by only 2 points), fobbs didn't win "any" games in his first season which is only "1 game" less than what coach brown won. let's just hope there's no more "similarities" to fobbs going forth cuz if so, that means not signing any "top recruits" during the offseason which could possibly "snowball" into a winless season in '24... Fobbs was a career Running Backs coach on bad teams in the midwest. Brown's resume as a coach is superior. We've lost multiple one score games this season. We didn't come close to being competitive in any game during Fobbs tenure. And, I don't recall Fobbs being good behind the mic either. He was just a bad hire who didn't deserve ANY Head Coaching Job.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 20, 2023 15:21:45 GMT -5
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Post by bluehaze on Nov 20, 2023 15:24:07 GMT -5
That was after two winless seasons. I meant to say we didn't come close to being competitive in any games during "Fobb's first season". I believe the rest of my assessment stays true.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 20, 2023 15:29:30 GMT -5
maybe not, but there are "similarities". we fire a head coach who sustained a "championship culture" in our locker room for over a decade. then you hire as our new head coach an assistant from a pwc who had never been a head coach before. and that's not all. just like fobbs, coach brown was good when being interviewed at press conferences or by the media. he's clean cut, articulate, and "talks" a good game when behind the mic, just like fobbs did. those are the "similarities". but the only difference? coach brown won "1" game in his first season (by only 2 points), fobbs didn't win "any" games in his first season which is only "1 game" less than what coach brown won. let's just hope there's no more "similarities" to fobbs going forth cuz if so, that means not signing any "top recruits" during the offseason which could possibly "snowball" into a winless season in '24... Fobbs was a career Running Backs coach on bad teams in the midwest. Brown's resume as a coach is superior. We've lost multiple one score games this season. We didn't come close to being competitive in any game during Fobbs tenure. And, I don't recall Fobbs being good behind the mic either. He was just a bad hire who didn't deserve ANY Head Coaching Job. hey, i only pointed out the "similarities" except for first season record. of course, their backgrounds are somewhat different but the concept is the same. assistant coach at a pwc with no head coaching experience was hired to run a "championship caliber program". not gonna get into "point differentials" cuz a loss is a loss. you don't get "brownie points" for minimum margins of defeat. besides, other than hampton and rhode island, "ALL" of our losses were by double-digits (10 points or more), usually "more". oh, and btw, i supported fobbs throughout his 27 game losing streak. so i heard a "ton" of his press conferences and media interviews, and indeed he was good behind the mic. meaning he spoke "clearly and articulately", just like coach brown. that might've been fobbs' only good attribute as a head football coach, he used proper grammar and spoke english articulately from behind the mic...
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