I agree it's not 5-7 but Petrino didn't rebuild LVille. He went their BC their former coach went to Texas BC he did so well.
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Definitely think Ash/Blazek are hedging against next year and getting guys minutes (which is good), and I doubt they're really satisfied with the production of the line overall. If they felt Seymour/Applefield taking 100% of the snaps at RT gives us the best chance to win, I'm sure they'd be taking those snaps... but it doesn't seem like that's the case right now, as a recovering/injured Denman was brought in during a close game against Minnesota. A healthy Denman, for however underperforming he's been this year, is still their best option... and even a partially limited Denman apparently has more faith from the staff than letting Seymour/Applefield take all the snaps.
Nothing against Denman, but I'd love of Seymour just took over the job and outperformed Denman consistently, and didn't look back. I don't think we're there at this point, though.
With a winnable home game against Indiana after a bye week, if Denman can go, he'll go.
Either way, we're going to need to work out a lot of new chemistry/communication on the line next year - and that's not something that you can just look past. Somehow handwaving that the line will be fine and/or better next year while we play musical chairs over the summer is wishful thinking.
But bottom line is, losing Denman is not going to leave a gaping hole.
And who has more room for significant improvement then Seymour? Guy was a d lineman a couple months ago. He'll have the rest of this season, a month of bowl prep:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:, spring, summer and then start the season.
RT is not a major concern. I don't even see Muller as a major concern. Nelson is probably the biggest loss on the O-line.
And who has more room for significant improvement then Seymour? Guy was a d lineman a couple months ago. He'll have the rest of this season, a month of bowl prep:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:, spring, summer and then start the season.
RT is not a major concern. I don't even see Muller as a major concern. Nelson is probably the biggest loss on the O-line.
Individually, each might not be a major concern. If we were just replacing Denman with Seymour next year, that'd be one thing. If we were just replacing Muller with Applefield, sure. But we're replacing 60% of the line with guys who will have little in the way of game reps under their belts. This isn't a "plug one guy into a functioning line, and he'll build chemistry with them" situation.
Sure the right side will have chemistry issues. But it might be a talent upgrade.
Meanwhile the left side will have a full season under it's belt, which it did not going into this year.
Look I'm not expecting the best O-line in the country, or even a good O-line, just saying I do not expect a drop off in O-line play.
Which has been my point, position group by position group I only see a drop off at one such group. The DL.
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