Nick Harvey was stellar tonight

Harry · September 1, 2019

Nick Harvey, the graduate-student defensive back, was a tackling machine in his Mean Green debut. Harvey, who came to North Texas after stops at Texas A&M and South Carolina, had 12 tackles in the first half and finished with 14.

NorthTexan95 · September 1, 2019

Is this supposed to be a joke? There's a reason why he made so many tackles and it ain't good.

Travis · September 1, 2019

They targeted Harvey’s players more than others because it seemed like it was working. I dunno. I wouldn’t call the play stellar.

UNT 90 Grad · September 1, 2019

He got burned several times too. I didn’t feel great about his performance. Inconsistent.

NorthTexasWeLove · September 1, 2019

He's a member of the secondary...Getting 14 tackles as a member of the secondary (unless your name is Kam Chancelor) is not a good thing.

MEANGREENCOACH2 · September 1, 2019

I feel like he has a safeties mentality trying to play corner!!

southsideguy · September 1, 2019

I am surprised ACU did not throw every pass his direction. I was thinking maybe our DC should switch 4 and 9 now and then. I was listening to the after game radio show and they made the same comment about him and all I could think he made those tackles were made after the his receivers made the catch.

There was one play I thought he would get an interception because it took a while to develop and the qb was looking at the receiver the whole way but Harvey was so far back he wasn't close enough to make a play. On the long td pass he played the guy at the line and the receiver turn him around and it was TD time.

I was surprised we didn't try someone else at that spot.

Cooley · September 1, 2019

The best example of why stats can be very misleading. He had a very bad game. Period.

greenminer · September 1, 2019

Nick is my adopted player. I think he’s very physical and will learn from tonight.

Having said that, there was nothing stellar about what happened on his side of the field last night. He didn’t play well and they were picking on him.

I’m rooting for you Nick. GMG

MeanGreenTexan · September 1, 2019

He was hard on himself during the press conference. We’ll see if the coaches have enough faith in him to start over Whitlock next week.

GrandGreen · September 1, 2019

Darn, Harry did you watch the game? Harvey was definitely the weak point on a weak defense.

He is either going to have to improve or NT find another corner.

RiseUNT · September 1, 2019

Gaddie time!

Harry · September 1, 2019

bstnsportsfan3 · September 2, 2019

he got burnt badly down field multiple times. i thought he looked horrible to be honest. i know he has the talent to be much better. was shocked he had started in the SEC previously after watching him on saturday. i am rooting for him to turn it around

Harry · September 3, 2019

Venson · September 3, 2019

Yeah he didn't look that good. I am hoping it is because he was trying to get a better understanding of Reffett's defense, but he did not look good.

MeanGreenTexan · September 3, 2019

For those of you worried that his tackles came from tackling his man after a catch, you may not have been paying attention to most of his tackles coming from run support on sweep run plays, or rb screen/flat plays to his side. He's a very sure tackler & was able to get off his blocks to make those stops with ease.

He did get beat a few times, but I bet coach Ref & coach Jennings coach him up a bit this week.

I'm still on board with him starting.

RiseUNT · September 3, 2019

15 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

For those of you worried that his tackles came from tackling his man after a catch, you may not have been paying attention to most of his tackles coming from run support on sweep run plays, or rb screen/flat plays to his side. He's a very sure tackler & was able to get off his blocks to make those stops with ease.

He did get beat a few times, but I bet coach Ref & coach Jennings coach him up a bit this week.

I'm still on board with him starting.

Just watched the game again last night and was coming on here to say this.

Also he was beaten a few time but he hasn't played corner in what 2 or 3 years? Missed some time and was moved to safety.

MGNation92 · September 3, 2019

20 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

For those of you worried that his tackles came from tackling his man after a catch, you may not have been paying attention to most of his tackles coming from run support on sweep run plays, or rb screen/flat plays to his side. He's a very sure tackler & was able to get off his blocks to make those stops with ease.

He did get beat a few times, but I bet coach Ref & coach Jennings coach him up a bit this week.

I'm still on board with him starting.

I wouldn't mind seeing Whitlock.

I'm a fan of longer corners, and think it would help, especially in press man. They don't have huge receivers, but they are good route runners. Get your hands on them and disrupt the timing

Harry · September 3, 2019

33 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

He did get beat a few times, but I bet coach Ref & coach Jennings coach him up a bit this week.

Reff puts the corners on the island so getting beat can and will happen. Also I thought our pass rush disappeared at times which left him exposed. He made a ton of tackles in that game at least one I saw prevented a TD.

bstnsportsfan3 · September 3, 2019

I don’t want anyone to think my criticism of him was anything bad. I agree he did a great job tackling and sealing gaps in the run game. I just also know I saw him get beat deep more then once (which I understand can happen to any CB in this system). I did say he looked horrible (in that aspect of the game). I am rooting for him to succeed!

Edited September 3, 2019 by bstnsportsfan3

southsideguy · September 3, 2019

what worries me about the pass coverage we were playing ACU. SMU has a good receiver and I hope we can control him.

MGNation92 · September 3, 2019

3 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

what worries me about the pass coverage we were playing ACU. SMU has good receivers and I hope we can control them.

Proche and Roberson are no joke. And that Sanders kid from Notre Dame is quick