So, Asher Allen has been playing with a broken hand the back third of the year. That explains the poor tackling (at least the poor tackling he exhibited, not everybody else's). Now, I've defended Asher as an undersized corner playing up on some big men and it does bother me sometimes when people just decide to go off on a 20 year old kid. I actually have a friend who only refers Allen as "dumbass Asher Allen" - way to support the team, huh? But, even I have to admit, a broken hand doesn't explain the personal fouls and pass interference calls. That's still a question of whether or not these guys are getting the right motivation from above.
In that vein, Willie Martinez has finally decided to break the silence and comment on the things that, you know, he gets paid obscene amounts of cash to teach kids to do. I'm glad he said something, but I'm still a little miffed he waited 2 fucking weeks to do it. It just seems a little symptomatic of the entire program. Good, not great, but actually capable of being awesome. 9-3 a decade and a half ago would have been great as we were doing it with mid-level talent. Now, it seems like we're just not living up to our potential. This football program is the genius who could cure cancer but lives in his mother's basement and plays WOW all day. Wasted. Potential.
Martinez says the problems start with him and that our biggest problems are missed assignments and poor tackling. No, duh, chief. I remember when we were the Junkyard Dawgs, so bad, bad Leroy Brown-esque we were on defense. My, how times change (looks forlornly into distance while sitting in rocking chair).
To Martinez's credit, it was smart to stay mum on #2's hand. Why expose your best corner that way? And, despite what your friends say, Allen is the best option at corner we have. If only he was about 4 inches taller...
Props to the Senator's Blog - Get The Picture.
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