re: Miles' Doghouse....Does it really exist?

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Yes, Keiland had one great game in 4 years

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he had many in 2006. it's not like he just showed up against VT in 2007

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the VT game was the outlier, not the rest of his career.

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actually i point more to 2006 when his insertion transformed our offense against good teams

his sample, post-VT, was limited

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You get obsessed with players and refuse to change your opinion regardless of the changing data.

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when the coach essentially eliminates the sample, then all you can do is cling to what they've already done

this is happening with ford now, and happened with keiland

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ook, I loved Craig Loston and thought he was gonna be a star. I was wrong. I've adjusted my expectations for the guy,

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i do this also

see: russell sheppard being a shitty WR who should be moved to RB

the facts are that when he plays, ford has produced this year. just like keiland did in 2006 and 2007

Why do you think Shep will more successful at RB? He's pretty small. I like the idea of using him in space, which means throwing to him on screen plays like the TD play yesterday. He's just not a possession receiver who can win balls in traffic.

SFP, I'm sorry, you have nearly a decade of post history and I've leaned over that time you're not that great of talent evaluator. I don't trust your judgment based on your track record. You're not Peej levels of bad, but you're not nearly as good at it as you think you are.

And the fact that refuse to admit when you've whiffed makes me trust your judgment even less. It's actually WHY I don't trust your evaluation abilities.

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Why do you think Shep will more successful at RB?

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he's a natural runner. and in a limited sample, has actually made big plays from the RB position

he almost can't be worse at RB than he is at WR

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He's pretty small.

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he's as big as harvin was in 2008 when he almost had 1,000 yard rushing and receiving

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I like the idea of using him in space, which means throwing to him on screen plays like the TD play yesterday.

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use him in that role, also

also as the jet man in a wildcat or just a play jet sweep. use his speed

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SFP, I'm sorry, you have nearly a decade of post history and I've leaned over that time you're not that great of talent evaluator.

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i'm just going off of stats. there isn't much else you can use

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And the fact that refuse to admit when you've whiffed makes me trust your judgment even less.

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that is a bigger myth than me actually not admitting mistakes

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Then there are a plethora of guys behind randle.

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not really. WR is a weakness on this team, honestly. we have randle, OBJ, and...

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We are also deep at TE

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peterson and a bunch of blockers

our only glut position on offense is RB...which works b/c we are almost only a running team. we barely pass the ball

See you say maximize every players ability, but i feel like ur just pointing out the ones you want to use.

Just cus one player starts over another doesnt mean that player is a scrub. Especially when ur talking about teams with the talent level of bama/lsu.

Keiland was a whiff. But you'll never admit it, and also never learn from it. It's always someone else's fault. Your pathological Boise hatred also falls in this category. It's not that you're always entirely wrong, it's that you fail to see why you were wrong about things and try and improve.

I look at stats, too. Ford had five carries yesterday after only one carry against Florida. Of course, he was hurt which would explain the limited action.

But Ford does have half as many carries as Ware and more than Blue. So he is being used more than Blue. He's gotten less carries in the wake of an injury, and now they are on the uptick. Also, FORD HAD MORE CARRIES THAN BLUE YESTERDAY. So I fail to understand your complaint.

Just to show why YPC is a sometimes misleading stat, Ware averages 2.0 YPC on 3rd and 3 or less. He's also converted a 1st down on 8 of ll carries, which is the only way to judge success in that situation (Ford is 1 of 2).

To repeat, I really like Ford as well. I think he's a valuable contributor, but I think his current role (getting about half as many carries as Ware) is about right. And he's also seeing his carries that went to Blue coming back as he's getting healthy. There is no conspiracy holding him back.

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Keiland was a whiff.

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I completely disagree. Keiland was schemed out of the gameplan. He wasn't a "featureback" ala Hester and Scott. When he did get chances he ran well on stretch plays, options, and swing passes.

I see all the coaches are out on the rant today.

in 2006 he kind of was thrown into a starting role the last 1/3 or so of the season and averaged 5.7 for the year

this was the final stretch of UTenn, Bama, Arky, and our bowl game

it's not like VT was his first time as our starting RB

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He's shined this year when he was given a chance. One dropped ball shouldn't bench him.

Hell, if that's case, bench all the receivers
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Your right...it's something I just don't understand..Ware fumbled in Oregon game and nothing happen to Ware. I do love Ware...but I love Ford too and if anybody looks at his per carry average it is always high. He had 7yds per carry in the UT game with 5 carries.

But I think Jefferson made the difference in Ford and Blue's lack of carries. If Miles boy wasn't playing Ford would be getting those carries. Jefferson showed he can run. That's just my take. When MF was in high school us fans knew he was going to break one almost guaranteed if he got enough touches. He is cable of that now and why Les doesn't do, I don't know; but trust me it's coming and I'll take that to the bank!