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Former DC Kerry Coombs (Former Cincy Bearcats Interim Head Coach)

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Did I miss where Roby was injured for most of the year? I've seen this several times and I don't remember this injury plagued year. And as for shutting down the Big 10s best receivers? I can only go by what I saw and I didn't see him shut down anyone. Jared Abbrederris ate him alive in the Wisconsin game. I don't disagree that he was the best defensive back on Ohio State's defense, but that's not saying much this year.
 
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ysubuck said:
Did I miss where Roby was injured for most of the year? I've seen this several times and I don't remember this injury plagued year. And as for shutting down the Big 10s best receivers? I can only go by what I saw and I didn't see him shut down anyone. Jared Abbrederris ate him alive in the Wisconsin game. I don't disagree that he was the best defensive back on Ohio State's defense, but that's not saying much this year.
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Not most of the year. Sat out due to suspensions against Buffalo, and had a few stingers/knocks to the head/compression of the spine in the 2nd half of the season
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
This is something not discussed very much - secondary players trusting each other. I noticed it a LOT with Roby. Personally I think he had a bad attitude most of the year and mentally checked out to some degree. Watching his body language and interaction with other players in the secondary seemed a lot like a kid on a youth team that knows he is much better than his team mates and rather than doing what he can to help them improve he tries to cover too much ground and do it alone.....with an attitude. Again, that's just my observation. The secondary didn't trust each other. I don't think the defensive play calling helped much either but I can't find a lot to fault Kerry with in regards to CB technique.
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To be fair, if I was an All American and came back to play with the cluster[Herbstreit] that has been this secondary... I'd be looking at them incredulously a lot of the time too. I would expect a lot of people have been in that kind of experience in their professional life at some point. As a lead person in their department / shop / office / whatever and realizing they're surrounded by incompetents that they're constantly having to cover up for. It's very frustrating and demoralizing.
Roby didn't lack effort any point though -- he always went after people 100% and saved a number of TDs tracking players all the way across the field after his teammates screwed the pooch.
He's had every right to be distrustful of everyone else in coverage...
 
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ysubuck said:
Did I miss where Roby was injured for most of the year? I've seen this several times and I don't remember this injury plagued year. And as for shutting down the Big 10s best receivers? I can only go by what I saw and I didn't see him shut down anyone. Jared Abbrederris ate him alive in the Wisconsin game. I don't disagree that he was the best defensive back on Ohio State's defense, but that's not saying much this year.
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Started in the Wisky game.. lower back injury IIRC.
 
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pnuts34 said:
I think you may be a little inpatient. He can't go out make plays for the kids. And he doesn't call plays. Doran grant actually looked very good this year, tyvis Powell showed improvements, but may be better suited for S, Roby played injured most of the year, but was able to shutdown the best big 10 WR.

And the talent at CB next year is insane. Besides grant, we have reeves, apple, burrows, Conley, and Webb and lattimore coming in. That's a lot of talent and depth at the CB position. He didn't have that this year. And our S provided no help to our CBs either.
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Maybe i'm incorrect but I don't remember roby covering Robinson much in that game
 
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