Welcome to the Friday Feedback, which is being typed today with sore hands from a lot of juggling this week. The first week is always the craziest, but it’s in the past now. We’ll continue to vet the Mountaineers, but … well, so far so good. Five impressions:
1) Very capable freshman class–I don’t know how or why I think this because all I’ve really seen is stretching and footwork and very basic drills, but I like what I see and, more importantly, what I hear. Not a day goes by without someone volunteering information about a freshman. Also — and this matters a lot — they’re visually impressive.
2) Not as much depth as we think–That’s chronicled in today’s Daily Mail.
3) This is the year of the TE/FB–We’ve already gone over the I-formation and the Bubba package, so you know it’s going to be a focus. I’m not sure we know right now just how good Tyler Urban will be. Will Johnson is getting a lot of compliments. Ricky Kovatch has progressed as well as expected. Ryan Clarke is maybe the biggest story going because of his total personal renaissance and his value as a RB/FB. I really wonder if Chris Snook doesn’t redshirt … and think of how unlikely that would have seemed in February.
4) No injuries–Really, everyone got through the first week unscathed. Geno Smith and Ryan Spiker both started in green jerseys, but no one picked one up … especially Donny Barclay. This has to be a good development.
5) Special attention to special team–Who knows how it’ll turn out, but in Novemeber you can’t possibly say, “Damn, they should’ve spent more time on this in practice.”
5b) Facebook doesn’t fail–The blog’s Facebook page is up and running like Tavon Austin. Thanks to those who’ve helped us to the nice start. Now go tell your friends to become my friends. No, seriously. I need to get past a certain number just for my own ego.
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. In other words, pay attention.
Michael said:
Mike –
Blutarsky!
Love film arcana, especially the Verbal Kint /Kobayashi / Usual Suspect references.
You think Tevita Finau is really Keyser Sosa?
No, no I don’t. We actually saw Keyser Soze.
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