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Post by saabman on Jul 26, 2024 14:33:28 GMT -5
i won't get into what positions he should play, i'm just glad that he's still in the fold. but what i do wanna know is if he ran outdoor track this past season? and if not, why not? He didn't run track at all . We don't know the reason that's something he or his father has the answer to. Or possibly Coach Brown or Coach Johnson. I would hope that Mr Hicks was working to perfect his receiving skills or his defensive back footwork and techniques.
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Post by DOOMS on Jul 26, 2024 22:07:40 GMT -5
I figure if he could catch heโd already be at receiver considering what we showed out of the position last year.
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Post by saabman on Jul 26, 2024 22:22:17 GMT -5
I figure if he could catch heโd already be at receiver considering what we showed out of the position last year. Coaches are sometime hesitant to move players around even when they see their season going downhill. Last season would not have been a good time to move him because of his lack of knowledge at the position..i.e familiarity with the route tree, route proficiency and technique, inability to read defensive secondary positioning, ball tracking. There is a lot more to the receiver position to just running down field past people. At least by redshirting Mr Hicks, he has time to properly prepare yourself for the switch. I have seen Mr Hicks play personally and he does catch the ball comfortably and with his hands in the few times that they did throw to him at Dudley. So he can catch out of the backfield but being able to catch out of the slot and at wide receiver it's completely different animal. The same things goes if he is transcending to the safety position he has a learning curve and that season of working on those techniques may work to his benefit at either position. But we will see. I hope things are well with you and your family cousin God bless SMIB ๐ ๐/G\
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 27, 2024 13:43:30 GMT -5
i won't get into what positions he should play, i'm just glad that he's still in the fold. but what i do wanna know is if he ran outdoor track this past season? and if not, why not? He didn't run track at all . We don't know the reason that's something he or his father has the answer to. Or possibly Coach Brown or Coach Johnson. I would hope that Mr Hicks was working to perfect his receiving skills or his defensive back footwork and techniques. wow, okay. shoot, he's an even better track athlete than he is a football player, but of course he excels at both...
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Post by saabman on Jul 27, 2024 13:56:05 GMT -5
He didn't run track at all . We don't know the reason that's something he or his father has the answer to. Or possibly Coach Brown or Coach Johnson. I would hope that Mr Hicks was working to perfect his receiving skills or his defensive back footwork and techniques. wow, okay. shoot, he's an even better track athlete than he is a football player, but of course he excels at both... Truthfully he is better at track. But he is a developmental project at football. But I said this from the beginning running back is not his position if he is to stay with football.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 27, 2024 14:08:41 GMT -5
wow, okay. shoot, he's an even better track athlete than he is a football player, but of course he excels at both... Truthfully he is better at track. But he is a developmental project at football. But I said this from the beginning running back is not his position if he is to stay with football. personally, i like him as a "triple threat". i'd line him up all over the place depending on the opponent. i'd play him at rb, slot, and/or wr where he legitimately may be a threat at each of those positions. i wouldn't really try to "pigeonhole" him into just one position if he has the skills to play multiple positions. for example, if the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" matchup against the opposing team's lb who has to cover him outta the backfield, then i'd line hicks up at the rb position with the intention of him shifting to the slot (prior to the snap) just to match him up against the opposing lb that the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" for him to cover. i mean, i could envision numerous scenarios where it may be advantageous to move hicks to multiple positions. but hey, that's just me, that would be my mindset. i just hope that hicks will at least see the football field this season, unlike last season...
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Post by saabman on Jul 27, 2024 16:10:42 GMT -5
Truthfully he is better at track. But he is a developmental project at football. But I said this from the beginning running back is not his position if he is to stay with football. personally, i like him as a "triple threat". i'd line him up all over the place depending on the opponent. i'd play him at rb, slot, and/or wr where he legitimately may be a threat at each of those positions. i wouldn't really try to "pigeonhole" him into just one position if he has the skills to play multiple positions. for example, if the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" matchup against the opposing team's lb who has to cover him outta the backfield, then i'd line hicks up at the rb position with the intention of him shifting to the slot (prior to the snap) just to match him up against the opposing lb that the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" for him to cover. i mean, i could envision numerous scenarios where it may be advantageous to move hicks to multiple positions. but hey, that's just me, that would be my mindset. i just hope that hicks will at least see the football field this season, unlike last season... I understand your statement but the problem is we really don't know what he really can do at this level. First he has to make it on the field regardless of which position. Maybe this season we will get to see how he performs at this level but right now Mr Hicks is just a ? And both track and football. Sometimes those talents do not transfer to the next level with an individual. So let's just see how he progresses at this level of competition before we start envisioning scenarios for this and that.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 27, 2024 16:21:51 GMT -5
personally, i like him as a "triple threat". i'd line him up all over the place depending on the opponent. i'd play him at rb, slot, and/or wr where he legitimately may be a threat at each of those positions. i wouldn't really try to "pigeonhole" him into just one position if he has the skills to play multiple positions. for example, if the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" matchup against the opposing team's lb who has to cover him outta the backfield, then i'd line hicks up at the rb position with the intention of him shifting to the slot (prior to the snap) just to match him up against the opposing lb that the scouting report says hicks would be a "nightmare" for him to cover. i mean, i could envision numerous scenarios where it may be advantageous to move hicks to multiple positions. but hey, that's just me, that would be my mindset. i just hope that hicks will at least see the football field this season, unlike last season... I understand your statement but the problem is we really don't know what he really can do at this level. First he has to make it on the field regardless of which position. Maybe this season we will get to see how he performs at this level but right now Mr Hicks is just a ? And both track and football. Sometimes those talents do not transfer to the next level with an individual. So let's just see how he progresses at this level of competition before we start envisioning scenarios for this and that. don't hurt "fans" to envision scenarios, i'm not the coach. just saying that's what "i" would do. but no telling what this coaching staff will do, that's why i don't meddle with their offseason activities. i'm waiting on the "end results", that's what i care about. but clearly if it were up to me, i'd be doing things a lot differently than coach brown. however, that doesn't matter. what matters are the "end results"...
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Post by The Professor on Jul 27, 2024 17:11:31 GMT -5
can he catch?
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Post by saabman on Jul 27, 2024 18:38:57 GMT -5
In HS he caught a few passes out of the backfield but Dudley mostly used him to run the ball. He wasn't too involved with the downfield passing game. So yes he can catch but can he catch at this level . Which is the unknown ? Something I always wondered about from last season was how he preformed in practice. Even if he was on the Scout team you could get a gauge of a player's abilities and strengths. But no one ever talked about Hicks so we really don't know what he can or cannot do . But we do know he has speed but that's about it. Maybe thriller or someone that attended those practices could make a comment about what they saw in Mr Hicks.
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