MGB: McCarney says there is no such thing as a "gamer"

[Brett Vito]

MGB: McCarney believes performance in practice all week long is important

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/10/mccarney-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-gamer.html/

 

[Cerebus]

[untjim1995]

Woody Hayes, Bear Bryant, Bo Schembechler, Bud Wilkinson, Frank Broyles, and Darrell Royal all agree with you, Mac. By 1975, you're gonna really have a great QB!!

[Green Mean]

What an egotistical fool this guy is. 

[MeanGreenD]

BS?  Really Dan?  BS!?

What you feed to us is BS.  What we're subjected to week in and week out is BS.  SMU, Rice, Southern Miss all "great teams" that is BS!

[FirefightnRick]

 

The question was raised as to whether Smith could be one of those players with the ability to excel if UNT would just throw him in there and leave him, let him play through his mistakes and hope for the best -

 

Who would ask such a stupid question as that?

I'm not buying it that Demarcus would be so stupid as to request he be allowed to do such a thing.  That's complete horseshit!  And if he actually did..and Mac feels so bold as to throw him under the bus by admitting he made such a retarded comment or suggestion as that...then that tells you all you need to know as to what Mac thinks of his back up QB.

 

Its starting to to come completely unwound around here.

 

Rick

Edited October 6, 2015 by FirefightnRick

[GMG24]

MGB: McCarney believes performance in practice all week long is important

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/10/mccarney-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-gamer.html/

 

Breaking news McCarney has officially lost it!!!! 

[Cerebus]

The question was raised as to whether Smith could be one of those players with the ability to excel if UNT would just throw him in there and leave him, let him play through his mistakes and hope for the best.

...

“It’s B.S.,” McCarney said. “You have to do it all week long in practice

Well no wonder WE NEVER FUCKING PLAY ENOUGH UNDERCLASSMEN AND THEN HAVE TO STRUGGLE WHEN THE SENIORS GRADUATE.  

 Fly was right, it's all a joke.  How the hell have we gotten to this point...

[Mean_Green09]

Breaking news McCarney has officially lost it!!!! 

Never knew he had it.

[greenminer]

Wow.  This is a big old train wreck.

[UNT90]

 

 

Who would ask such a stupid question as that?

I'm not buying it that Demarcus would be so stupid as to request he be allowed to do such a thing.  That's complete horseshit!  And if he actually did..and Mac feels so bold as to throw him under the bust by admitting he made such a retarded comment or suggestion as that...then that tells you all you need to know as to what Mac thinks of his back up QB.

 

Its starting to to come completely unwound around here.

 

Rick

Ya, it's not like we just played a team that did exactly that 2 years ago and is now reaping the benefits.

What a stupid, stupid comment by a head football coach.

[untjim1995]

2.5 years to go, folks...let it sink in.

Those 2017 crowds are going to be horrendous...but, hey, we will have saved $650k by waiting!! Just like we did with Todd Dodge and Tony Benford!! We are going to win the BEst Value National Championship again, no doubt!!! Suck on it, Ohio State!!

[greenminer]

Ya, it's not like we just played a team that did exactly that 2 years ago and is now reaping the benefits.

What a stupid, stupid comment by a head football coach.

I can't get over some implications here!  Any way you spin it, he just threw Smith under the bus and gave him the middle finger.

This is a level of football stupid going on that I have never seen before.

[MeanGreenTexan]

2.5 years to go, folks...let it sink in.

Those 2017 crowds are going to be horrendous...but, hey, we will have saved $650k by waiting!! Just like we did with Todd Dodge and Tony Benford!! We are going to win the BEst Value National Championship again, no doubt!!! Suck on it, Ohio State!!

I would +1 this, because I agree with it... but I want to -1 it because it makes me cry.

[EagleMBA]

There IS such a thing as a gamer. I played with one in ancient times. The coach was always on his ass in practice, calling him a loafer. When gameday came around, he was the fastest man on the field!

No one had to trap the defender shooting the gap I left when I pulled because he was never run down from behind by a lineman or LB.

Edited October 6, 2015 by EagleMBA

[ColoradoEagle]

I would +1 this, because I agree with it... but I want to -1 it because it makes me cry.

[greenminer]

If you've got a system in place to prepare players for game performance, for example position drills and QB tests, and your players that ace the system are not performing on Saturday, maybe it's time to reevaluate your system.

[Eagle1855]

Yeah, I mean, how a guy performs in practice is generally what AD's use to decide whether or not they'll bring back a head football coach. 

[UNTFan23]

When it rains ...

[casual fan]

Some players perform much better under pressure.

Some "great" players choke under pressure.

Some baseball players pad their stats by hitting a homer late in a blowout game.

Some baseball players are really average with the bases empty but are feared when the bases are loaded and the game is on the line.

It's the same for all sports.

You can't know exactly how good a player can be until he has been put in that position several times.

 

[keith]

Well, it's obvious that McCarney is not a gamer.  

Out of some sense of decorum, I will not say here what I really want to say, but Coach McCarney, I believe you are wrong (not only in this instance, but in many of the positions you take).   One thing I've learned during my time on this earth is that if I think one way and 99% feel the exact opposite, the chances are that I'm probably the one that's wrong.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Alright Danny boy, just keep on winning those practices...I'm  sure it will translate to wins some day....  

Edited October 6, 2015 by bstnsportsfan3

[Travis]

I recall George Marshall being known to really be bad at practice in the early 2000's.  But, when game time came he rarely ever dropped a ball (except against TCU when we could have pulled ahead in the first half).

[Green Mean]

On the bright side the more losses he piles up the better the chance he'll get canned right?  Right?

[MeanGreenTexan]

You know, something else to ponder...

This QB situation is the perfect time to begin throwing Chico under the bus as "the problem" for McCarney, but he can't...  because McNulty is HIS GUY.