Barnes is slower than Colt McCoy

Hamilton as the savior who will carry this team? Aside from the fact that he is our third best scorer when creating his own shot and plays terrible defense, he doesn’t have the leadership or teamwork building attitude you need to carry a team.

I don’t have much joy in watching Ginobili due to his “European” style of play. Ginobili is a hard nosed defender who has incredible leaping ability and can finish amazingly well at the rim. Hamilton always goes right, curls wide because he lacks quickness, and uses his body to create separation for a jumper. Anytime he drives all the way to the rim he can’t finish. Unless you are only comparing him as “instant offense”, he is very little like Ginobili.

Hamilton’s line was staggeringly similar to Brown, who also plays the “instant offense” card for us. Both become defensive liabilities though and usually can’t keep pace with the points they are giving up.

Vince Young fucked Jeff Fisher’s wife.

Eggnog: Hamilton is our third best scorer “when creating his own shot”? No one else CAN create their own shot on a consistent basis.
He’s not so terrible a defender as he has been labeled. Damion James wasn’t much better against A&M. He rebounds and stays in front of his man well. His recovery isn’t fantastic yet. Did you notice he had 2 assists, 2 steals and only 1 turnover?

I’m not sure why you don’t enjoy Ginobili but the man can go left or right, finish at the rim, and also pull back for a jumper all the way out behind the line (or at least could in his prime). The comparison here however was that both are non-point guards who can serve as the primary creators by being able to create shots for themselves and then also having the vision and passing ability to facilitate the others.

Even if Hamilton was atrocious at defense, and he’s really not, Texas can’t afford to keep him on the bench because they need his offense. If you only have one creator on your team you hide him on defense and keep him on the floor. I don’t think there’s a legitimate argument that Barnes is maximizing his assets on this team.

The excellent oline discussion above almost makes me forget the story Robin Sendlein tells about Lyle calling him after his first NFL practice to tell him that his offensive line coach told him to forget everything he had learned in college, he was starting over. Almost, but not quite.

The credibility Barnes has lost this year is mindboggling.

Jeff Fisher is a massive tool

or a selective white supremacist.

Terrence Cody just ran a 5.64 and crossed the finish line like he had just run a marathon.

Lamarr Houston runs a 4.85. Wow.

Keep that info coming HJ.

I need to know what future Houston Texan great Bryan Price runs.

Good job Lamarr. Finally a UT player blazes a 40.

Predictions on Earl’s 40? I had him at 4.4, but seeing how I was way off on everone else’s and Earl has put on some weight, I’ll go with 4.5.

Kindle runs a 4.65.

Ship weighed 10 lbs more than what he was listed at playing at UT. Since we all know that the coaches lie like crazy when they list playing weights, that means shipley might be 15-20 lbs heavier than when he played.

Could that be a big factor in why he didn’t hit the 4.4s?

Gerald McCoy runs 4.96.

Wow. 4.65? How does that compare to everyone else?

“Colt ran a 4.77, which wasn’t really shocking but probably made Mike Sherman throw up in his mouth.”

I chuckled.

By the way, Don Banks (SI.com) had the Rams picking McCoy over Suh as well. Stupidity iz contagious?

Cody runs a 5.75 on his second attempt, but he’s a NG so it doesn’t really matter.

Carlos Dunlap runs a 4.66 at 6’6" 270.

Houston runs 4.87 on his second attempt. Looks really solid physically.

TCU’s Jerry Hughes runs 4.59 and 4.63.

Kindle runs 4.66 on his second attempt.

These times are all unofficial of course.

Jerry Hughes career is off to a better start than Tommy Blake’s, imo.

Tebow ran a 6.66 in the shuttle. That is probably some how religiously significant.

Hamilton played very good defense against A&M – he’s not a straight up man-to-man defender but he’s probably our best zone guy in the long run. He doen’t move his feet that well to play man but he’s got great arms, plays smart positionally, and he’s usually in a size mismatch so letting a guy drive and swatting the shot is always a reasonable possibility. He had 2 steals and had his hand on another couple at least that disrupted the Aggie offense.

Our worst defender by far was J’Covan. He’s the only guy at this point who doesn’t play any kind of defense whatsoever.

Sugarpants nailed it.

So did nickel, thanks for doing these by the way.

The interesting thing about Hamilton is that you can run offense through him in a variety of ways and all 3 were on display Saturday.

We posted him up opposite Dexter and hamilton recognized the double and hit a cutting DJ for a layup and a foul.

We ran a 1-4 low with Hamilton on the ball and he simply backed down the midget guarding him Magic Johnson style and hit a little turnaround. Sadly we never went back to this to exploit the mismatch and run some counters off the double that was sure to come. Oh well. 58’s a solid number.

Mostly Hamilton’s offense comes from the wing, but we can post him up or put him on the ball to create some variety in our offense. Granted, it’s not the successful D’antonio random screen juggernaut we usually run, but I’m willing to look past that.

Wow! That’s an outstanding time for Houston and really solid time for Kindle. They both are making some money today. Kindle’s bench was pedestrian, nothing bad though. Houston is going to be a big mover.

Cody almost beat Ultaoski’s time….Ha, ha, ha….

Carlos Dunlap runs a 4.66 at 6’5" and 277 lbs. That’s pretty impressive.

Sergio broad jumped 9’10". Measures explosiveness. That’s a pretty darn good jump.

Lamar goes 9’6". Very good. Both are really performing well.

Those two gentlemen are phreaks.

Our 2006 OL class is all kinds of awesomeness. A perfect mixture of suck, poor grades and racism.

Muck ran a 4.73. Not that great. Not going to move him up the draft boards, still he has some other drills to make an impression.

Dillard from Corn ran a 4.64.

Daryl Washington, from TCU, ran a 4.57. Pretty good but he’s a smaller LB.

Excellent read, Nickel. I’m simply flummoxed by Barnes’ coaching of this team. For the most part I loath Calipari, but he does a better job at utilizing and coaching a team of young talent, clearly. Not that Bradley and Hamilton are likely as good as the Cousins and Wall combo, but still.

*loathe

“2004 — Greg Dolan: 4 star, no idea what happened to him.”

Heh, I graduated HS with Dolan. I never really cared for the guy, but according to people I’ve spoken with about him, he was caught with marijuana. He was never the sharpest tool in the shed. He was given the option to stay at Texas (and not play football), but decided to transfer.

Looks like he played at Tarleton State and as of June ’09 was playing for the Fort Worth Avengers.

http://www.dfwfootball.net/2009/06/dolan-is-warrior-for-avengers/

Ha.

Sergio with a 36.5 vertical. Very good.

Jerry Hughes is having an excellent combine as well.

Lamar with a 33.5 vertical. Another good post.

Gerald McCoy with 30.5 vertical. Not bad.

Suh with 35.5 vertical, 4.98 40, and 32 reps on the bench. He’s outshining Gerald McCoy….

19 reps on the bench for Berry.

18 reps for Haden. These are the two other DBs that Earl is generally grouped with as far as round 1 talent.

I’m kind of surprised that Suh did not run a 4.2 40, vertical 43", and do 1000 reps on bench with Hall hanging on one side of the bar and Ulatoski on the other.

Of course the only reason he’s stop at 1000 is because he was bored.

You know that line in Folsom Prison Blues about Reno? That was Suh.

Gerald McCoy apparently was a quote machine at the combine and really made an impression in the interview portion. Of course, interviewing with NFL scouts and ignorant reporters are two different things.

Also, Suh can fly and is impervious to bullets and fire.

Muck struggled a bit with broad jump. 9’2". Tied for lowest among LB at this time. He’s working with the OLBs, but he may need to move inside.

Thomas did 21 reps in the bench.

21?… Wow. All the picutures I’ve seen of him did not lead me to believe that he’d get more than 15.

Good work, HJ. That’s really good for the Duke of Earl. Others:

Taylor Mays: 24 reps
Myron Rolle: 21 reps but could explain the biological dynamic of doing a bench press.
Kyle Wilson: 25 reps. Really good. I think he’s going to be pretty good.

Thomas is the best defensive player we’ve had since Casey Hampton.

I’m all over Wilson for the Texans. He’s a player for sure. Can’t believe he did more than Mays on bench. Wow.

Earl is stout but 21 is definitely on the high end of what I thought he would get. There is no fat on that kid. Hopefully this factors into the scouts thinking he will be durable.

18 reps for Haden is good as well. He’s pretty slight.

What about 40’s on the db’s?

They run 40s tomorrow morning.

Magnus,

As HJ wrote, they run tomorrow. There is speculation that Haden might not run lower than 4.5. That would be slightly surprising. BTW, Donovan Warren from Michigan put up 12 reps.

McClusters had the fastest short shuttle of 4.06. Makes up for his pedestrian 40. Ben Tate was 2nd and he’s helping himself at the combine.

Muck put up 19 reps?!! He’s been in the program for 5 years, and weighs 240 pounds and all he can muster is 3 more than our 190 lb reciever? Terrible. Earl can get 2 more than Muckelroy.

Speaking of McClusters, that little shit benched way more reps than Rodrick.

Short arms?

Muck’s definitely losing some money today. It’s a shame. Hopefully he won’t fall too far. Overall, the Horns haven’t performed that great compared to expectations:

Ulatoski: Just awful. Slow, light, short arms and average strength. Grade-D

Colt: Short. A tad slow in the 40, but nice rebound on the broad jump. Really, how he throws and interviews is the story. Grade-Incomplete.

Jordan: Size was expected, but good size hands. Was slower than expected and and weak (11 reps on bench, tied for 2nd worst by WRs). Read he didn’t look good running patterns. He’ll need to rebound at pro day. Grade- C-

Houston: Has been killing it. Great run and did well in the explosion drills. Measured well and benched well. Great few days for him. Grade: A

Sergio: Another guy that measured well although a little light. Ran pretty well. I read that his official was 4.71. Solid on bench and really did well in broad jump and vertical. Cemented his status and may have moved up a slot. Grade: B+

Muck: Heavier than I would have guessed. Didn’t run bad, but not good. Weak. 19 reps as a LB is not good. He also had the worst broad jump for LBs. He’s fighting and clawing for middle round slotting and he didn’t do well. Grade: D+

Earl: Measured bigger than expected. Benched well. Doesn’t run until tomorrow. Thus far he’s done very strong.

Overall, only Adam may have torpedoed his chances of getting drafted, although I think he’ll go late. Lamar made a move up and Sergio held his status. Colt needs a big pro day and Jordan could use a rebound. Not running crisp patterns was surprising. I don’t ever count Ghost out though. Muck hurt himself, no way to spin it. Let’s hope Earl ends the session well tomorrow.

Don’t worry, going undrafted won’t phase him. Undrafted free agency is the greyshirt of the pros.

I thought Shipley did 16 reps of 225.

Magnus,

I think you’re correct. The website I was looking (footballfuture.com) had him at 11 reps, but after checking NFL.com, they have him at 16 reps. His disappointing top end speed probably cemented the idea that he’s a slot guy regardless and there is less press coverage in the slot. 16 is still much better than 11. I think he disappointed a tad with his route running….