(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

We're all over Huff's ability to run the ball. Obviously there's a lot more to it, and he's not taking care of that. We just need somebody at RB that can do more, if our QB isn't going to be a good runner in his own right, or if he has to limit his carries.

Show ACRB some "Respek". He just made the Doak Walker List.......

ACRB is a solid college player. He runs well, catches the ball and blocks. He is not flashy but gets the job done. At runningback, we got spoiled with home run hitters like Turner and Wolfe. Lynch was also a big play guy. Huff has all the tools to play at the next level but he has not worked at it.

(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 AM)shack66 Wrote:  You guys are all over Huff's jock? He needs to put in the work to be anything more than a support back. He doesn't know or study the plays and is constantly in the wrong spot, misses his blocking assignments. The kid has talent, but he's wasting it. Coaches are frustrated because they know the potential. You can't force work ethic. Dude got Graham killed. How many chances do you give and individual over the team? That's why the coaches made it a team decision to bring him back or not.

ACRB works his ass off and has been very productive. Who cares if it's not flashy if he hurts the team less than Huff and they end up with the same yardage totals at the end of the game.

If Huff had the same yards as ACRB going into his sr year he would be the second coming?

Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 03:52 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  Absolutely on dudes jock. I'm talking about pure talent and the ability to take over the game. And yes, if he can't put in the work and be reliable then he should not play. I've played with Garret, AJ, Justin and Chad and I'm telling the kid would be on another level. He was making runs like Chad was making in his senior year (ball state, wmu)...can't coach that. He would have been the most dominant since Garret imo. Pure talent is there...but if there's no work ethic, he can't pass pro (which Chad was atrocious at btw) then ACRB deserves the spot over him. But that's not the point I'm making.

Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Could it be that he got his speed from running away from the police?

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

(07-15-2016 09:03 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

Tell us what you really think!

Didn't know it was that bad. And the young guys should be able to step up at this point and help with splitting carries.

(07-15-2016 09:12 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:03 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

Tell us what you really think!

Didn't know it was that bad. And the young guys should be able to step up at this point and help with splitting carries.

BTW he will be back on the roster when the fall camp roster comes out. He is on the team and "practicing" currently

(07-15-2016 09:03 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

Yikes!

Not wishing anything bad on JH but....

Life's not fair when you see Beebe, a guy that works and conducts himself the right way and goes down like he did last week...

(07-15-2016 10:44 AM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:03 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

Yikes!

Not wishing anything bad on JH but....

Life's not fair when you see Beebe, a guy that works and conducts himself the right way and goes down like he did last week...

BTW Chad had his surgery and all went well !!

PS JH is on the team and will appear on the roster again when the fall rosters come out

(07-15-2016 11:25 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 10:44 AM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 09:03 AM)randy6956 Wrote:  

(07-15-2016 07:51 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Yep, same as Huff, lots of talent but other issues, though of course Huff isn't a criminal AFAIK.

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!

Yikes!

Not wishing anything bad on JH but....

Life's not fair when you see Beebe, a guy that works and conducts himself the right way and goes down like he did last week...

BTW Chad had his surgery and all went well !!

PS JH is on the team and will appear on the roster again when the fall rosters come out

Hope he gets it together. This is just what I heard coming in and can't confirm it personally but supposedly Wolfe's true freshman year and going into redshirt freshman year he had a very similar, bad attitude (4th string guy). It was only after a slew of injuries that he got in and took off. Work ethic changed dramatically after that. Just needed a little love to get going. Maybe something similar could happen here. And again I stress this was only something I heard when I got there. When I was there, and Novak wasn't holding him out of things, he was always a hard worker.

(07-15-2016 08:58 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 11:52 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:14 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 04:06 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  Yea, even to a casual observer you can see the difference when he runs. What a shame to waste all that talent.

Yep....I agree with SupTroop who, unlike most of us, has "been there, done that" and is a good judge of the talent we see and the work ethic that appears to not be there.

Where's that MOFO guy who sounded like a family member of Huff's complaining he was getting the short stick?

Hey MOFO...Let JH know it's now...or never. He's the only one holding himself back.

You know he reminds me of Rawls. When we played CMU and I watched Rawls run it was like, man, that guy's good.

Rawls talent was never the problem, he had a scholly to Michigan. He's just a criminal, and so bad and repetitive at it that eventually you have to boot him.

Could it be that he got his speed from running away from the police?

Bad DUM tissss!

Huff does not even bother to tie his shoes or pads in practice he is selfish and egotistical. he should never play a down bad teammate and does not seem to WANT to play so sit him and move on Marcus Jones, Mister we got backs do not need a player like Huff at all !!!

sends a bad message about hard work and team if and when a kid like that gets any tic ! sorry move on please !!
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If t his is true I don't want him on the team! Nothing good can come from a player with that kind of attitude!

(07-13-2016 10:31 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-13-2016 10:29 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(07-13-2016 10:13 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(07-13-2016 07:39 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(07-13-2016 05:06 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  You can't knock his productivity. NIU has had some pretty flashy running backs. His only knock is not being flashy.

Productivity would include yards per carry average, and you can knock that, certainly when compared to the other guys in the Top 10 lists for career stats. To me, he looks like a slower AJ Harris. He did get a fair number of yards after contact against OSU (I watched the game again) but he doesn't do anything special. He's solid though - we've had so many injuries to RBs that it's a good thing he's been able to stay on the field.

He was manly as hell in that OSU game.

True dat. Especially impressive since we had not much else for OSU to worry about.

A shame we had that procedure penalty inside the 5. He punches it in and....

No joke, I was emotionally spent for a week after that game. I will always shake my head when thinking about that game. Wanted that one so bad.

That Buckeye game will always remain one of the strangest football games for NIU fans. We were relieved in the first quarter that OSU wasn't blowing us out. We might actually save face!

Then in the second quarter our Huskies were still playing toe to toe with the National champs. Was there a chance NIU could stay in this game?

After halftime, OSU is going to make adjustments and take over the game. We all thought that. It was going to be fun while it lasted, but maybe we can still cover the spread. That is the likely best case scenario...but...

In the fourth quarter, holy crap, NIU actually has a chance to win this game. Why in the HELL are we playing so conservatively???