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LB Pete Werner (New Orleans Saints)

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Run Defense wasnt really our issue last year and Pete was a standout regardless. The idiot coaches are at fault for having Tuf guard WR's in pass Defense so I don't blame Tuf either. In the Championship game it should have been Browning, Hilliard and Werner running out there and a shit ton of attention paid to Devonte Smith, but alas, it didnt happen. All new faces and coaches this year so I'm hoping we're back to the Bullets.

Well done to Pete!
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Run Defense wasnt really our issue last year and Pete was a standout regardless. The idiot coaches are at fault for having Tuf guard WR's in pass Defense so I don't blame Tuf either. In the Championship game it should have been Browning, Hilliard and Werner running out there and a shit ton of attention paid to Devonte Smith, but alas, it didnt happen. All new faces and coaches this year so I'm hoping we're back to the Bullets.

Well done to Pete!
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Come again?
 
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Get a kick out of this. Werner was always 'on the way out' according to the fans. But he always brought his lunch pail to the games, and never was recognized as being outstanding, by the fans or the writers. However, lo and behold, he was drafted (don't remember which round), and earned himself a starting spot with a perennial playoff team, the New Orleans Buckeyes. Guess accolades aren't the measuring stick after all. Congratulations Pete, keep on truckin'. Go Bucks! whatever color pro uni you wear.
 
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Werner’s career spanned two Ohio State head coaches, beginning under Urban Meyer and finishing with Ryan Day. Werner spoke about the differences between the two on The Marty Smith Podcast.

“So, both great coaches,” Werner said. “Don’t have anything against them, I respect both of them. They both helped me tremendously for my career, but for different reasons.

“Urban Meyer was, and obviously from the outside perspective you can get this as well, but very intense. More of a special teams guy. Great leader, motivator type of coach,” Pete Werner said of his former coach. “And he would get on you. He would get in your face. He would really teach you how to play hard. I credit him for when I first got to Ohio State to kind of developing, instilling that toughness in my mind. And getting that mental toughness ready and early.

“Then Ryan Day comes along and he’s more the players’ coach,” Werner said. “Very smart IQ, and not saying Urban didn’t obviously. But [Day] was an offensive guy. He was calling a lot of plays [under Meyer], everything was in his favor. But everybody knew him. You could talk to him, you could sit down for lunch with him. He’s a great guy, just more of a players’ coach and just a different style, which I think college football is starting to see a little bit rather than the kind of old school look. Both great techniques, great styles. I learned and gained from both of their different styles. So, I was thankful to have both of them.”
 
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