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re: Terrence Magee
Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:32 pm to rmnldr
Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:32 pm to rmnldr
Ive watched him play man. And every year, you hear that same things about him: Hes in the best shape of his life, quicker, faster, looks great, etc.
Its not really his physical tools that are the problem, except that hes slow for an SEC RB, but thats really it. Its the mental part IMO. He doesnt have good vision or quick feet and hes not a physical runner and goes down too easy. Hes just kinda blah... hes soft.
And hes had way more opportunities than Magee has. Hell, after his freshman year he was in line to be the starter. Blue passed him up. Then Blue gets hurt, and Hill passed him up. Last year, Magee passed him up. Magee is already ahead of him and you gotta think LF is as well.
Its not really his physical tools that are the problem, except that hes slow for an SEC RB, but thats really it. Its the mental part IMO. He doesnt have good vision or quick feet and hes not a physical runner and goes down too easy. Hes just kinda blah... hes soft.
And hes had way more opportunities than Magee has. Hell, after his freshman year he was in line to be the starter. Blue passed him up. Then Blue gets hurt, and Hill passed him up. Last year, Magee passed him up. Magee is already ahead of him and you gotta think LF is as well.
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I wouldn't be surprised if he looks very much like Jeremy Hill except with more emphasis on power. He's a mix between Ware and Hill and he will not disappoint.
This post was edited on 6/9/14 at 9:36 pm
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:39 pm to KG5989
You act like Blue and Hill were bad.
Blue was underrated and Hill was a monster.
He's built like Ware and Hill. He has the tools to play like them too.
With that mentality let's just shite on the rest of our players too.
Hilliard is not fricking soft.
ETA: Hilliard highlights:
LINK
Now back to Magee
Blue was underrated and Hill was a monster.
He's built like Ware and Hill. He has the tools to play like them too.
With that mentality let's just shite on the rest of our players too.
Hilliard is not fricking soft.
ETA: Hilliard highlights:
LINK
Now back to Magee
This post was edited on 6/9/14 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:44 pm to KG5989
Hilliard is a big back that runs with enough power to break arm tackles, but doesn't run over people. Magee plays bigger than he is, and runs the way he should to succeed. He reminds me so much of Ray Rice's running style.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 11:30 pm to KG5989
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Its not really his physical tools that are the problem, except that hes slow for an SEC RB, but thats really it. Its the mental part IMO. He doesnt have good vision or quick feet and hes not a physical runner and goes down too easy. Hes just kinda blah... hes soft.
This doesn't even make sense. You say physical tools aren't the problem, but he's slow, doesn't have good feet, and isn't physical. I may disagree with your entire premise based on how you define problem.
The part about him being soft is Bullshite. But he has had an up-and-down career, and has become less of a bruising, physical runner than he was as a freshman when he was 240 pounds -- playing fullback, running through tackles, doing some lead blocking on occasion, barreling over future-NFL-CB Brandon Boykin in the SECCG, etc.
Since that frosh season, he's dropped weight and hasn't been as physical as he was for whatever reason. But for a 230-240 RB, he does have good feet and vision. Not on the level of Jeremy Hill, but Hill probably had the best combination of feet and vision for a 230+ back in LSU history.
KH doesn't run with the decisive, attacking, violent nature of a guy like Spencer Ware. When Hilliard has been at his best, he runs with a more subtle physicality, with a lot of body positioning that lessens the effectiveness and severity of the blow from defenders. Actually, I really think Ware would have benefited from using more subtlety in his approach. He left some yards on the field looking to initiate contact with the defense, but Ware's style did have the benefit of physically wearing down a D.
Career Rushing Stats (3 Years for both)
Kenny Hilliard - 1110 Yards, 5.2 YPC, 21 TDs
Spencer Ware - 1249 Yards, 4.2 YPC, 10 TDs
This post was edited on 6/10/14 at 2:53 am
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