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Ed needs to finally go ahead and cut the #7 & #18 tradition after this year
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:05 pm
I definitely know this is one of the much smaller issues that need to be addressed and taken care of but I hope he puts an end to that this off season. Leaders will lead, they don't need some special number to do so. And we don't need to give some guy #7 to feed his ego and make him feel extra special.
Fwiw I thought the 7 was kind of cool with Patrick Peterson and Mathieu but then again I was like 16 at the time.
Fwiw I thought the 7 was kind of cool with Patrick Peterson and Mathieu but then again I was like 16 at the time.
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Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:06 pm to GumbOrgeron
Agreed
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:06 pm to GumbOrgeron
It’s a team tradition. frick what the fans think
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:06 pm to GumbOrgeron
It seems more recent years these number traditions have gone to players who have ended up not living up to the hype
This post was edited on 12/6/20 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:08 pm to GumbOrgeron
I'm fine with one or the other, having two just seems ridiculous.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:08 pm to GumbOrgeron
I’m done with the tradition. I rather the players make a name for themselves with their own numbers and not have the pressure when they get #7 or #18.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:08 pm to GumbOrgeron
#7 should be something that Defensive backs can choose to wear if they want
#18 should be passed on from one player to another player. When the coaches got involved in that tradition, they ruined it.
#18 should be passed on from one player to another player. When the coaches got involved in that tradition, they ruined it.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:11 pm to GumbOrgeron
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Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:42 pm to GumbOrgeron
The 7 and 18 traditions are fine.
The problem is they get forced onto some players instead of earned.
Cush and Chaisson earned the right to wear 18. Both had a large number of starts and had already become leaders on the field prior to getting the #18. Curry and Clark had not, so they should've never gotten it this year.
#7 to Giles was a mistake. #7 to Chase this year was not, however, when Chase opted out, the number should've been held out for someone who earns it this year to wear in 2021.
When you just assign it to someone who hasn't earned it, it gets watered down.
The problem is they get forced onto some players instead of earned.
Cush and Chaisson earned the right to wear 18. Both had a large number of starts and had already become leaders on the field prior to getting the #18. Curry and Clark had not, so they should've never gotten it this year.
#7 to Giles was a mistake. #7 to Chase this year was not, however, when Chase opted out, the number should've been held out for someone who earns it this year to wear in 2021.
When you just assign it to someone who hasn't earned it, it gets watered down.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:50 pm to GumbOrgeron
Les was much better at choosing them.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:53 pm to stho381
That’s revisionist history, Chaisson had only played in his freshmen year and the Miami game in his sophomore year when he got #18. I liked the decision but he hadn’t started many games.
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:54 pm to Pintail
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Ed needs to finally go ahead and cut the #7 & #18 tradition after this year
Les was much better at choosing them.
Ed don’t care, he’s banging away. Living the dream
Posted on 12/6/20 at 10:59 pm to GumbOrgeron
Because fans take it too seriously?
Posted on 12/6/20 at 11:26 pm to Lester Earl
I mean the program takes it pretty seriously do they not? They have a plaque of all the guys who have worn the numbers in football ops. They pick a special day to announce the new guys every year and the social media teams release a video hyping it. I just think the tradition has played it course and like another poster said, it’s gotten watered down. Seems like a good time for O to just get these guys playing for the name on the front again. Leaders will rise to the top
Posted on 12/6/20 at 11:39 pm to GumbOrgeron
This post was edited on 12/6/20 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 12/6/20 at 11:46 pm to GumbOrgeron
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Ed needs to finally go ahead and cut the #7 & #18 tradition after this year
He needs to keep the poison away too and quit letting any alumni close to the program. There is a reason most Head Coaches restrict access from the team. All these alumni may be great, but ONE ROTTEN APPLE WILL SPOIL IT. HELLO RYAN RACIST CLARK
This post was edited on 12/6/20 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 12/7/20 at 12:00 am to GumbOrgeron
Just cut Ed.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 12:22 am to GumbOrgeron
I like #18 as it was started years ago and usually passed down to a 5th year senior that was already a team leader. Should go back to that. #7 should have stayed a one time thing with PP and TM. It was completely ruined when Fournette got it before he had ever stepped on campus as a student
This post was edited on 12/7/20 at 12:24 am
Posted on 12/7/20 at 5:23 am to GumbOrgeron
Agreed. This is nothing more than another issue to create resentment and division within the program from someone who thinks he deserves to be awarded the number and those who support him. Given the current environment it would be more pronounced if a white player receive it ahead of a black player. This might generate another players led missed practice march to the president's office which Orgeron is not informed of until after it occurs.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 6:03 am to GumbOrgeron
Should only give when it is earned by an upperclassman.
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