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Gragg

BornGrizz

BornGrizz

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After Cory Procter Gragg was my favorite O lineman in any football uniform, not just Griz. I'm wondering what you think Gragg's place is in our O line's lack of production and DOLA when we played good teams? I don't accept the argument about injuries and inexperience. Every team goes through that. More specifically, NDSU had just as many injuries and inexperience on their O line but still dominate.

The O line couldn't get it done when it counted, yet Gragg is arguably the best O lineman the Griz ever produced with massive experience on all levels. He's extremely intelligent and driven, yet his O line couldn't get it done. I didn't expect that.
 
In Scott's defense, the loss of Poole to injury, Schmaing to a family emergency and grades, Kalenki to lack of interest--he quit football-- really hurt.

I do think our 2's that had to step up should have been bigger and stronger than they were--our O line was 2 inches shorter and 30 lbs lighter on average in 2014 vs. 2013. Reese would be the exception to that since he played straight out of high school--he didn't have a redshirt year to eat and lift.
 
It's probably a combination of things.

First and foremost, our O-Line was decimated this season. No coach, not even the best O-Line coach in football, could have worked them into a power blocking unit. It was an uphill battle all season for those boys and Gragg.

And secondly, apart from 2011, Gragg's O-Lines seemed to disappoint. Not saying they were awful, but always seemed to have issues. I think it just goes to show, like many have said in this thread, that being an amazing player doesn't always translate into being an amazing coach.
 
uofmman1122 said:
It's probably a combination of things.

First and foremost, our O-Line was decimated this season. No coach, not even the best O-Line coach in football, could have worked them into a power blocking unit. It was an uphill battle all season for those boys and Gragg.

And secondly, apart from 2011, Gragg's O-Lines seemed to disappoint. Not saying they were awful, but always seemed to have issues. I think it just goes to show, like many have said in this thread, that being an amazing player doesn't always translate into being an amazing coach.
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solid post
 
uofmman1122 said:
It's probably a combination of things.

First and foremost, our O-Line was decimated this season. No coach, not even the best O-Line coach in football, could have worked them into a power blocking unit. It was an uphill battle all season for those boys and Gragg.

And secondly, apart from 2011, Gragg's O-Lines seemed to disappoint. Not saying they were awful, but always seemed to have issues. I think it just goes to show, like many have said in this thread, that being an amazing player doesn't always translate into being an amazing coach.
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Easy now; are you trying to suggest that having "played the game" doesn't always make one an automatic expert in all facets of said game?
 
You have to have played the game to know that playing the game doesn't mean you know how to coach the game. :thumb:
 
GrizPony said:
You have to have played the game to know that playing the game doesn't mean you know how to coach the game. :thumb:
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And you need to not have played the game to know that not playing the game means you do actually know how to coach the game
 
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