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Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
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Tiki Owl
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Nice post Susan.
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Most certainly a well deserved nomination.
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
(11-27-2013 07:26 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote: Nice post Susan.
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Certainly a well deserved reward for Thurmond. It's amazing the affect a coach can have on a defense or offense.
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11-27-2013 08:59 PM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
+1
(11-27-2013 08:59 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: Certainly a well deserved reward for Thurmond. It's amazing the affect a coach can have on a defense or offense.
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11-27-2013 09:14 PM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Well deserved.
Those turn-around stats for the Owls D the last two years say it all.
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Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Now, this is the kind of news that really makes me nervous.
This is well deserved, and it shows that the team has responded to him.
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11-27-2013 10:11 PM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
The best hire Bailiff made after we had to suffer under a lousy one for three years.
He saved Bailff's butt for sure.
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11-28-2013 12:06 AM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
(11-28-2013 12:06 AM)OldOwl Wrote: The best hire Bailiff made after we had to suffer under a lousy one for three years.
He saved Bailff's butt for sure.
especially since Beaty who the majority of us wanted back proved to be pulling an "Ennis" and just auditioning for another job elsewhere.
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11-28-2013 09:39 AM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Hope something is being worked on to get him a raise. Don't want to lose both coordinators, especially Thurmand.
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11-28-2013 01:11 PM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
(11-28-2013 01:11 PM)Buho00 Wrote: Hope something is being worked on to get him a raise. Don't want to lose both coordinators, especially Thurmand.
Agreed. We better shell out to keep him.
While some of the defensive improvements should be attributed to our two stellar corners, the talent on defense isn't so much better than years past, so it is obviously coaching. I don't think we have anywhere else to go but up with Thurmond, and we will have to shell out some dough to see if that's true. Other programs will see what he has done at Rice and want him to do the same for them.
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Duarte tweeted that Coach Thurmond is not a finalist for the Broyles Award. Anyone who suffered through watching the Driesbach defenses from 2009-2011 begs to differ with that decision!
In 2009, Rice's defense gave up 43.1 pts/game, 190.6 rushing yds/game, 273.4 passing yds/game, and created 18 turnovers.
In 2013, Rice's defense has given up 22.8 pts.game, 159.5 rushing yds/game, 189.9 passing yds/game, and created 24 turnovers.
Anyway, here's to hoping Rice gives him a nice raise to keep him around after 2 more Rice victories!
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12-02-2013 05:17 PM |
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
(11-28-2013 02:24 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: While some of the defensive improvements should be attributed to our two stellar corners, the talent on defense isn't so much better than years past, so it is obviously coaching.
Aren't we down three key bodies--Nwosu, the DT who got injured, and the DT who didn't come back to school--compared to preseason expectations?
Even with Gaines and Callahan, filling those holes effectively is a great accomplishment.
I'm not an X's and O's expert, so I'll ask it as a question--are we doing clever things schematically to leverage the plus-plus talent level at CB?
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RE: Coach Thurmond - Nominee for Broyles Award
Couldn't happen to a mre deserving person. To a player they will walk through fire for him. He and coach Patterson make a great team.
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