Who should get the majority of carries at RB for Gophers?

Who should get the majority of carries at RB for Gophers?

  • Rodrick Williams

    Votes: 5 7.8%

  • Rodney Smith

    Votes: 53 82.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 9.4%
  • Total voters
    64
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Who should get the majority of carries at RB for Gophers?
 

Rodney already got 16 carries to Roderick's 9. After what we saw last night, he'll probably get somewhere around 2:1 for the rest of the year.
 

John Galt said:
Rodney already got 16 carries to Roderick's 9. After what we saw last night, he'll probably get somewhere around 2:1 for the rest of the year.
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Hopefully more.
 

The staff is completely botching the Jeff Jones deal and he'll transfer by the end of the season, just watch. When you go out and get he #5 RB in the entire country just keep him there and develop him, damn does he looked pissed sitting on the sidelines as a WR. I'd be out.
 

Rodney. The answer is Rodney. Jeff should be a running back too.
 


sonnygarcia said:
The staff is completely botching the Jeff Jones deal and he'll transfer by the end of the season, just watch. When you go out and get he #5 RB in the entire country just keep him there and develop him, damn does he looked pissed sitting on the sidelines as a WR. I'd be out.
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Agreed.
 

sonnygarcia said:
The staff is completely botching the Jeff Jones deal and he'll transfer by the end of the season, just watch. When you go out and get he #5 RB in the entire country just keep him there and develop him, damn does he looked pissed sitting on the sidelines as a WR. I'd be out.
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You have absolutely no ****ing idea how the staff is "handling" Jeff Jones.
 

I've never liked Williams. Always seemed slow. Would love to see what Jeff Jones could do.
 

Unregistered User said:
You have absolutely no ****ing idea how the staff is "handling" Jeff Jones.
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Agreed. Not to mention, why on earth would Jones want to essentially not play his first three years out of HS (assuming he doesn't play much this year, which would be your impetus for him being upset).

Go Gophers!!
 



where was Jeff and Berkley?

Were they both too injured to play?
 

sonnygarcia said:
The staff is completely botching the Jeff Jones deal and he'll transfer by the end of the season, just watch. When you go out and get he #5 RB in the entire country just keep him there and develop him, damn does he looked pissed sitting on the sidelines as a WR. I'd be out.
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Do you really think Jeff Jones wouldn't be out there if he was better than Rodney Smith right now?
 

I thought Jones was injured? If Rodderick falls across the line of scrimmage a few more times and fumbles, I would imagine Jones would get a crack at RB. This coaching staff doesn't just make bad personnel decisions. They have a reason for what they have done. But now it is game action, and those who perform on the big stage get the time.
 

John Galt said:
Do you really think Jeff Jones wouldn't be out there if he was better than Rodney Smith right now?
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Is Jeff currently being developed as a RB to try and get as good as Rodney? He was much better coming out of HS, then had to take year off. I assume if he was to be developed as a RB he would be really good again.

Jeff will not sit on the sidelines while the staff experiments with him at other position, mark my word.
 



Unregistered User said:
You have absolutely no ****ing idea how the staff is "handling" Jeff Jones.
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I know body language and I know Jeff's was NOT good last night. It's easy to pick up from the stands and having seen guys in the past who've moved on I've become good at picking things out on the sidelines.

So I'm curious, what do you "know" about it?
 

John Galt said:
Do you really think Jeff Jones wouldn't be out there if he was better than Rodney Smith right now?
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I'll have to admit though I was wondering about Jones too after watching Williams run the ball in the first half, he just didn't have the explosiveness needed to get to the holes and pick up some yardage, Smith was much better.
 

Otis said:
I thought Jones was injured? If Rodderick falls across the line of scrimmage a few more times and fumbles, I would imagine Jones would get a crack at RB. This coaching staff doesn't just make bad personnel decisions. They have a reason for what they have done. But now it is game action, and those who perform on the big stage get the time.
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I thought I heard that as well. It's been one game, I think people need to relax a little bit.
 

No way is Williams slow, it was the kind of game where the RB needed to cut to the hole fast because the hole that was designed to be there generally was not there. If the blocking was good Williams would have been effective, bit it was not good.
TCUs dline was great, we did better after we changed oline players in Q2, but we really struggled blocking those guys.
No excuse for the goal line fumble that was a killer.
 

I still think this offense needs a really phsyical style back out there. Smith looked good last night and maybe wil take over as the season goes, but I do think Williams can/will be explosive.
 

Does Jeff Jones have concussion issues? Last year was lost to his qualification issues and not being allowed to practice with the team.

Does anyone know how he performed in practice? Why did Jerry Kill say he wants him to play WR among other things? Maybe it is because in the year off he was surpassed by others in terms of development at RB. I don't know.

He needs to keep a team first positive attitude and keep working hard to get his sea legs back. Nothing is entitled under Jerry Kill's system. You need to earn it. His time will come, he too talented to sit.
 

Rodney Smith looked very promising...good vision... able to make the quick cuts at the line that Roderick seemingly cannot...
Of course we have not seen Jones or Shannon Brooks yet either.
 

sonnygarcia said:
I know body language and I know Jeff's was NOT good last night. It's easy to pick up from the stands and having seen guys in the past who've moved on I've become good at picking things out on the sidelines.

So I'm curious, what do you "know" about it?
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I "know" nothing about how the staff is working with each individual player. I also don't "know" what JJ will do.

What I do "know" is this: "Versatile wide receiver Jeff Jones's much anticipated debut for the Gophers could be delayed once again.

The Minneapolis high-school star has been sidelined with a concussion, reports Marcus R. Fuller of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Minnesota coach Jerry Kill made the announcement after a team practice Thursday, though he didn't disclose how long the former running back is expected to be out of the lineup."
 

sonnygarcia said:
I know body language and I know Jeff's was NOT good last night. It's easy to pick up from the stands and having seen guys in the past who've moved on I've become good at picking things out on the sidelines.

So I'm curious, what do you "know" about it?
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So are you fluent or just conversational? Native speaker of Body Language as a Second Language? See if you can interpret my body language now.
 

sonnygarcia said:
Is Jeff currently being developed as a RB to try and get as good as Rodney? He was much better coming out of HS, then had to take year off. I assume if he was to be developed as a RB he would be really good again.

Jeff will not sit on the sidelines while the staff experiments with him at other position, mark my word.
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Why was Jones "much better coming out of HS?" Because he had more stars and offers? Personally, I think Smith was more impressive on film, especially given his competition.
 

Unregistered User said:
I "know" nothing about how the staff is working with each individual player. I also don't "know" what JJ will do.

What I do "know" is this: "Versatile wide receiver Jeff Jones's much anticipated debut for the Gophers could be delayed once again.

The Minneapolis high-school star has been sidelined with a concussion, reports Marcus R. Fuller of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Minnesota coach Jerry Kill made the announcement after a team practice Thursday, though he didn't disclose how long the former running back is expected to be out of the lineup."
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That's great, and it's an old article. Jones is cleared from the concussion and was on the field for 1 play last night. But that's not my point. My point is why take a kid ranked the #5 RB in the country and start fuc&ing around with him at other positions? If he's a fringe starter at WR and a fringe starter at RB at this point, I guess I don't get the need to experiment with him at WR when scouts were saying he was the best RB all week at the Under-Armour AA game. What is he accomplishing at WR?
 

John Galt said:
Why was Jones "much better coming out of HS?" Because he had more stars and offers? Personally, I think Smith was more impressive on film, especially given his competition.
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Because he went to the best HS All star game in the country and was named the best RB in practice all week and the game MVP. The other RBs in attendance were all 5/4 star helmet school studs.

I like Smith, he'll he really good, but my point has nothing to do with him.
 

sonnygarcia said:
That's great, and it's an old article. Jones is cleared from the concussion and was on the field for 1 play last night. But that's not my point. My point is why take a kid ranked the #5 RB in the country and start fuc&ing around with him at other positions? If he's a fringe starter at WR and a fringe starter at RB at this point, I guess I don't get the need to experiment with him at WR when scouts were saying he was the best RB all week at the Under-Armour AA game. What is he accomplishing at WR?
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You'll have to ask the coaches and Jeff Jones these questions. No one here knows including you. It's a little concerning, but it's also been one game. It's a little too early to be talking about transferring and such in my opinion. Lets give it a few games before we get too bent out of shape.

Maybe he's still not 100% and they wanted to be cautious. Maybe there's some disciplinary reason. Maybe because of the time he was out, they felt he wasn't ready.
 

I remember when Cobb was in Jeff's position. Everyone wanted him in because he ran really good but the coaches wouldn't budge because
he couldn't block and pitchfork nation was on transfer watch with Cobb. But Cobb stuck it out and worked at it, and became the Gophers
leading rusher in school history. Time will tell, but I want this team to utilize our speed guys more. Berk, Jeff, jet sweeps, end arounds,
whatever. We didn't even try it once last night to even see if it would work...that's disappointing, yet not shocking with Limegrover..
 

Sonny-G

Jones is not as good as Smith. Hope he figures it out so he doesn't continue making poor choices.
 

booger said:
Jones is not as good as Smith. Hope he figures it out so he doesn't continue making poor choices.
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I know he's not. Guessing that's a combination of taking a year off and Smith being really good. My point: he was an elite RB coming out of HS, what is the point of experimenting with him at WR just because when he came back from a year lay-off Williams and Smith were ahead of him of depth chart. Just keep him at RB and let him shake the rust off and develop him.
 

sonnygarcia said:
I know he's not. Guessing that's a combination of taking a year off and Smith being really good. My point: he was an elite RB coming out of HS, what is the point of experimenting with him at WR just because when he came back from a year lay-off Williams and Smith were ahead of him of depth chart. Just keep him at RB and let him shake the rust off and develop him.
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I don't completely disagree with you, for the most part I wish Jones was still at RB, but let's think about how this probably played out. The staff saw a need and opportunity for Jeff at WR and approached him about it. I'm sure Jones agreed to try it out and thought it would be a good move for him, at least for this year with Roderick and Rodney ahead of him on the depth chart. I seriously doubt the staff moved Jones to WR against his will.
 

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