Vernon “it’s already been” Broughton

[Derka 6403]

 

[Rickylovesweed 15460]

So are we starting to think Kenny Baker was a good hire now?

 

[Burt Macklin 19230]

I hated on Broughton for his first three years here. He was soft and stood straight up out of his stance way too often. But he noticeably improved last year, and has continued that trend this year. The hardest thing to evaluate from outside the program is work ethic and effort. This dude’s obviously been killing it in those areas. He’s also a good reminder that experience and seniority is usually more important along the LOS than talent/star ranking (with the rare exceptions like Collin Simmons). 
 

I couldn’t be more happy for him having a breakout year. He’s making himself millions of dollars this year, and I love to see it.

Edited September 30 by Burt Macklin

[boilerhorn 1621]

3 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

So are we starting to think Kenny Baker was a good hire now?

I was going to joke, "Imagine how much better he'd be if Bo Davis were still around."  

This is great to see for Broughton.  And I agree that Baker looks like a very good hire.  The snippets of his coaching that have been made public show that he knows how to coach technique, etc.  From what little I know of DLine coaching

[SarkAfterDark 1734]

I figured he would be better this year after improving last year. I didn’t have him being better than Collins on the bingo card though.

[Tex Pete 21481]

It was obvious at Iowa State last year that his family was completely bought into the program and enjoying the family atmosphere. Not that it directly relates to his play. 

[Rickylovesweed 15460]

33 minutes ago, boilerhorn said:

I was going to joke, "Imagine how much better he'd be if Bo Davis were still around."  

This is great to see for Broughton.  And I agree that Baker looks like a very good hire.  The snippets of his coaching that have been made public show that he knows how to coach technique, etc.  From what little I know of DLine coaching

On paper, Baker was a weird hire. 

But the type of weird hire that makes you think he was recommended by a lot of people. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 5084]

1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

I hated on Broughton for his first three years here. He was soft and stood straight up out of his stance way too often. But he noticeably improved last year, and has continued that trend this year. The hardest thing to evaluate from outside the program is work ethic and effort. This dude’s obviously been killing it in those areas. He’s also a good reminder that experience and seniority is usually more important along the LOS than talent/star ranking (with the rare exceptions like Collin Simmons). 

This is me. I thought he was a pure JAG, and then the spring game thing was really weird. But he’s been really good this year. Impressive stuff  

[closetojumping 65379]

3 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

This is me. I thought he was a pure JAG, and then the spring game thing was really weird. But he’s been really good this year. Impressive stuff  

They were pissed at the dude and vaguely threw shade in public. It’s crazy how well things have gone for him this year. This kind of thing pretty much never happened with prior regimes. Dude goes into the doghouse as a role player, write that dude off. Not today, apparently. 

[Bevo14 8468]

1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

On paper, Baker was a weird hire. 

But the type of weird hire that makes you think he was recommended by a lot of people. 

I was hyped about the hire after I read that article about him. Dude shot up the ladder pretty quickly and produced draft picks at Western Kentucky or somewhere weird. 

Edited September 30 by Bevo14

[6th Street 6686]

Could play his way into the 5th or 6th round vs lost in the shuffle under prior regimes 

[SimkinsMan 4554]

GET BAKED MUTHAFUCKAS

[Ricky Butler 2807]

46 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

They were pissed at the dude and vaguely threw shade in public. It’s crazy how well things have gone for him this year. This kind of thing pretty much never happened with prior regimes. Dude goes into the doghouse as a role player, write that dude off. Not today, apparently. 

Maybe ignoring marriage advice from our coaches actually showed wisdom beyond his years. 

[Texasrocks 2251]

Anyone would look good practicing against Jake Majors. Oh, wait...

[Derka 6403]

 

[gofuckyourself 9077]

And I had to clip this GIF out of the game mini-movie. Laughed my ass off. This was just after the last drive fumble recovery.

Feel free to send it to any aggys you (unfortunately) know, like -- I don't know -- Trey Zuhn...

  

[Pig Bellmont 8884]

He was an unstoppable wrecking ball last Saturday. It was beautiful