Reggie Carrington

[ALEX LIFESON]

I was busy last week, went to see the greatness of Rush, on their opening night in Atlanta! But doesn't this seem to happen to SMU almost every frikin' summer? One of our key players is out, for various reasons.

[PonyKai]

Was busy as well.

[expony18]

Don't forget this isn't totally out of the blue since he needed to be granted the additional 6th year by the NCAA anyways. I'm sure since early spring there was a contingency in the case he wasn't granted that year. It's not going to replace him, but it's not like they were caught blind-sided.

ur an idiot

[PonyKai]

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[PonyKai]

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[Stallion]

I thought it had already been granted-last spring.

[PonyKai]

I think you're right

[George S. Patton]

THE CORRECT ANSWER

This is a devastating loss if true to a defense that will already be vulnerable in the middle having lost two strong DTs against the run, a run stopping Safety and now its best run stopping LB. Potentially crippling to SMU's hopes for a truly outstanding team. If Elizee's commitment was a step forward this is two large steps backwards The replacements are big big questionmarks at each position up the middle. SMU is now faced with replacing about 60% of the Total Tackles made on defense last year and most are right down the gut of the defense.

THE INCORRECT ANSWER
The loss of a loved one is devastating. But you're such a narcisist that you always know better. Have you ever been wrong? I find it interesting that the ones who always have the most to say really do very little to help.

I stand by what I wrote. And my attitude won't change. Good luck to Reggie. And his replacements should embrace the opportunity.

[PonyKai]

Seems like it would be a big loss.

[expony18]

Fact: We lost our DT's, and our All-Conference DE
Fact: We lost our run-stopping free safety who led the team in tackles
Fact: Reggie Carrington is an All-Conference MLB and in his SIXTH year with the team
Fact: The depth chart behind him has very little experience

So what did Stallion say that was so narcissitic? How is this not a devastating loss? We just lost our potentially most valuable defender and leading tackler in an already weak area of the team, right up the middle of the defense.

FACT: our defense sucks
FACT: Reggie was a 6 year senior, we need to move on
FACT: We won as many games this year as any year in the cavan era
FACT: all of the major media outlets think this is the best team smu has put on the field in years
FACT: Stallion and JT are still bitter bears
FACT: UT will not win the Big XII
FACT: SMU WILL go to a Bowl Game

[George S. Patton]

Fact: We lost our DT's, and our All-Conference DE
Fact: We lost our run-stopping free safety who led the team in tackles
Fact: Reggie Carrington is an All-Conference MLB and in his SIXTH year with the team
Fact: The depth chart behind him has very little experience

So what did Stallion say that was so narcissitic? How is this not a devastating loss? We just lost our potentially most valuable defender and leading tackler in an already weak area of the team, right up the middle of the defense.

I don't worry about people who aren't here. I'm disappointed that Reggie's gone, but we can't control that, can we?

I want people who are 100 percent committed to our program. Based on what was reported from the DMN story, Reggie could not give us 100 percent.

Consider this speculative point, what if the coaching staff kept him on the team and then these distractions he was dealing with compromised his focus and the season we were expecting from him didn't happen? And then these distractions could have wedged their way into other parts of the defense? Just think about it.

I'm not reading a crystal ball, but only expony18 can serve as a mouthpiece as to whatever the internal issues were starting to create distractions and if this thing with Reggie could have mushroomed.

Now, the keeper of the star can go off the deep end all he wants and lament this loss and say our whole defense is going to hell in the handbasket and use whatever points he was to back this up.

But the bottom line is Reggie Carrington is not on this team and we have some interesting kids coming up who are waiting for this opportunity. I say good luck to them.

And for the cheap shot about Bennett not keeping good players, I can only say based on the story, is that it sounds like Reggie did these things to himself.

This football program is not built around one person.

It is a TEAM!!

[RGV Pony]

George S. Patton is just getting us warmed up for hearing PB telling us our guys are scratchin' clawin' kickin'...oh waaaaaaiiiiiiitttt a second...while typing this I got a great idea...

How's this for a contingency plan...y'know, preparing for the worst as they say:

on defense, we'll have either Hurst or a RS Fr LB....probably at least one, probably two FR in the DT rotation....a sophomore DB, probably a freshman safety...how 'bout we call ourselves "one of the youngest defenses in cUSA"?

[Stallion]

I always get a kick out of Big10PonyFan's ostriach act (who we know no longer exists in the PonyFan database wink!wink!). Since he no longer exists in the program I am taking the position that the person formerly known as Big10PonyFan is no longer relevant. The PROGRAM must move on! CONCLUSION: General Patton is irrelevant.

[PonyKai]

And until these up and coming potential replacements show what they can do, all there is to look at is there's quite a large hole right in the middle of the defense- quite like a swift kick to the nuts.

[EastStang]

So, assuming that Carrington does not return, who will play middle linebacker in the Tech game?