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Gettleman on Boston "He sets a tone, he's a very physical player"


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Not a Duke Fan either! Giving y'all insight on how a lot of outsiders view the UNC football program. Of course, UNC homers honestly believe otherwise. It's ok, to defend your team, just don't rival reality with such belligerence

 

Outsiders? or do you mean UNC haters? 

 

Was a little surprised TB went in the 4th but he was a solid, dependable player for us the past 4 years. Not to mention the dude played a different position every year while at UNC. The UNC defense wasn't any good but he was a bright spot. There's some things he needs to work on but that could be said with every single player drafted. Painfully obvious you don't watch college football - especially ACC football. 

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UNC ranked 39th in the nation in sacks.  That's in the top 3rd of NCAA defenses.  Overall, UNC had a weak defense, but the pass rush (Kareem Martin in particular) was probably the strength of that defense.

 

We haven't really seen the full 4-2-5 scheme implemented yet.  The staff is still trying to fit square pegs into round holes right now.  I'm curious to see what things will look like as Fedora recruited players are plugged in.  If it doesn't get a lot better, a shift in defensive philosophy might be necessary.  There's simply been too much individual defensive talent on the field for the overall defense to be so damn poor.

 

yup, they could get to the QB pretty well last year, but if they didn't - LOOK OUT. Boston is a solid player and he won't have to be "the man" on the Panthers defense any time soon. If Tre Boston went to Alabama, LSU, hell even Southern Cal - a lot of these message board losers criticizing the pick and the UNC football team would have kept their mouth shut even knowing the same amount of info on him. HAHA. 

 

BUT HES UH CHEATIN ASS TARHOLE WIT DEM FAKE CLASSES AND AFIRICAN AMURICAN STUDIES. DEY DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY NO FOOTBALL DOWN DERE IN CHAPEL HILL DOSE CHEATERS. DEY DONT PUT NO NFL PLAYERS OUT. DEY ONLY WIN 8 GAMES A YEAR SO THEY SUCK! GO [insert ECU, NCSU, duke, Gamecocks, App State, UNCC here] !!!!!

 

IMMA HANG UP AND LISSEN

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WITHERS! Forgot him.  Seriously, if people are going to criticize him for getting beat deep, etc.  they need to look at all he has been through.  I think he is a gem and we are going to be elated that we drafted him in the near future.

 

Yup no surprise here that this thread has turned into a UNC bashing/UNC hate thread. Boston is a solid player and has the tools to be a successful player at least as a back up safety or even corner. I was a little surprised he went in the fourth but I was REALLY surprised Hurst wasn't even drafted. Boston is going to push for some playing time next year. 

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UNC ranked 39th in the nation in sacks.  That's in the top 3rd of NCAA defenses.  Overall, UNC had a weak defense, but the pass rush (Kareem Martin in particular) was probably the strength of that defense.

 

We haven't really seen the full 4-2-5 scheme implemented yet.  The staff is still trying to fit square pegs into round holes right now.  I'm curious to see what things will look like as Fedora recruited players are plugged in.  If it doesn't get a lot better, a shift in defensive philosophy might be necessary.  There's simply been too much individual defensive talent on the field for the overall defense to be so damn poor.

 

Yes but the bulk of those sacks came in their Former Subdivision games and against ACC bottom feeders.  You would agree though that their formula has been super vanilla since Butch stepped on campus and has seemed to be worse with Fedora.  I call it loiter ball, waiting on the offense to make a mistake.  It is only going to get worse with Fedora's players as Fedora is not on the same level as Butch yet as far as recruiting goes.

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Yes but the bulk of those sacks came in their Former Subdivision games and against ACC bottom feeders.  You would agree though that their formula has been super vanilla since Butch stepped on campus and has seemed to be worse with Fedora.  I call it loiter ball, waiting on the offense to make a mistake.  It is only going to get worse with Fedora's players as Fedora is not on the same level as Butch yet as far as recruiting goes.

 

Yeah, I can't possibly see how a defense could improve as a coach brings in players who he has recruited to play in that particular scheme.  In terms of recruiting, Fedora was saddled by some NCAA sanctions.  As those come to an end, I think he will recruit very well.  UNC currently has a top 25 recruiting class in the country for 2014.

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His scheme is laughable and Fedora is not on the same level recruiting yet as Butch Davis was who won championships at Miami.  Carolina had several games where they gave up staggering numbers on defense, including Division 1AA teams.  I don't care if he is recruiting players to fit his scheme if his scheme still resembles the one the last two years.  If he cannot do any better than the last couple of years with four to five star recruits, how is it going to immediately get better?  Freshman will have to grow up and his scheme will have to change.  Anyways, the main reasons Boston struggled was because of the scheme and coaching.

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His scheme is laughable and Fedora is not on the same level recruiting yet as Butch Davis was who won championships at Miami.  Carolina had several games where they gave up staggering numbers on defense, including Division 1AA teams.  I don't care if he is recruiting players to fit his scheme if his scheme still resembles the one the last two years.  If he cannot do any better than the last couple of years with four to five star recruits, how is it going to immediately get better?  Freshman will have to grow up and his scheme will have to change.  Anyways, the main reasons Boston struggled was because of the scheme and coaching.

 

where were all these four to five star recruits on that defense when they were down to playing walk-ons?  They've been pretty thin on defense the last 2 years... 

 

 

granted, things should be turning the corner so they need to really step it up.

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I agree with your comment, but I do hope that Boston can be the guy to fill Mitchell's spot. 

 

I like Gettleman so far... but letting Mitchell go was a serious WTF moment for me. Mitchell is the 'setting the tone' kinda guy that Gman is talking about... we should have resigned him. Shoulda let Godfrey go instead.

 

Anyway, I welcome Boston to the team and I hope he does indeed set the tone.

 

Did we let Mike go or did Gettle think he wouldn't get that contract? And didn't have enough to match?

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where were all these four to five star recruits on that defense when they were down to playing walk-ons?  They've been pretty thin on defense the last 2 years... 

 

 

granted, things should be turning the corner so they need to really step it up.

2010

 

James Hurst

6-5, 271

Plainfield, IN

Plainfield 5-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC T.J. Leifheit

6-7, 320

Wilmington, NC

Hoggard 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals

  Giovanni Bernard

5-9, 195

Fort Lauderdale, FL

St. Thomas Aquinas 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC Brandon Willis

6-3, 255

Duncan, SC

Byrnes 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011s Class

    Defensive Tackle     Sylvester Williams

6-3, 299

Coffeyville, KS

Coffeyville C.C. 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Middle Linebacker     Travis Hughes

6-1, 220

Virginia Beach, VA

Kempsville 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Offensive Guard     Landon Turner

6-5, 305

Harrisonburg, VA

Harrisonburg 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Outside Linebacker     Norkeithus Otis

6-3, 195

Gastonia, NC

Ashbrook 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Offensive Tackle     Kiaro Holts

6-5, 265

Indianapolis, IN

Warren Central 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC Quarterback     Marquise Williams

6-3, 215

Charlotte, NC

Mallard Creek 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC     Tight End     Eric Ebron

6-5, 225

Greensboro, NC

Smith 3-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Wide Receiver     T.J. Thorpe

5-11, 166

Durham, NC

Jordan 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC

 

 

 

 

2012-2013

There were nine players from these two years even leaving out Boston who was a 4 star guy, but I got tired of proving my point.  I really do hope it gets better though and I believe Boston will be better in our scheme.

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2010

 

James Hurst

6-5, 271

Plainfield, IN

Plainfield 5-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC T.J. Leifheit

6-7, 320

Wilmington, NC

Hoggard 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals

  Giovanni Bernard

5-9, 195

Fort Lauderdale, FL

St. Thomas Aquinas 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC Brandon Willis

6-3, 255

Duncan, SC

Byrnes 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011s Class

    Defensive Tackle     Sylvester Williams

6-3, 299

Coffeyville, KS

Coffeyville C.C. 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Middle Linebacker     Travis Hughes

6-1, 220

Virginia Beach, VA

Kempsville 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Offensive Guard     Landon Turner

6-5, 305

Harrisonburg, VA

Harrisonburg 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Outside Linebacker     Norkeithus Otis

6-3, 195

Gastonia, NC

Ashbrook 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Offensive Tackle     Kiaro Holts

6-5, 265

Indianapolis, IN

Warren Central 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC Quarterback     Marquise Williams

6-3, 215

Charlotte, NC

Mallard Creek 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC     Tight End     Eric Ebron

6-5, 225

Greensboro, NC

Smith 3-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC       Wide Receiver     T.J. Thorpe

5-11, 166

Durham, NC

Jordan 4-star.gif

Scout ESPN Rivals   Committed to UNC

 

 

 

 

2012-2013

There were nine players from these two years even leaving out Boston who was a 4 star guy, but I got tired of proving my point.  I really do hope it gets better though and I believe Boston will be better in our scheme.

 

I wasn't referring to both offense and defense..  the offense has actually been a bright spot although I guess there's always room for improvement.

 

my point that wasn't disproved is the defense faced a lot of injuries and brought on a few walkons as starters..  which the topic I thought we were discussing was all the 4 and 5 stars on defense that should have made Boston look better.

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