Urban Meyer on Chris Rainey: "He is not with the team;" Hines moves to the slot
by mlmintampa on Sep 15, 2010 11:53 AM EDT
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PrintIn today's SEC teleconference, Urban Meyer said Chris Rainey is currently not with the Gators, with his future still up in the air.
"He is not with the team," Meyer said. "We will see as we go. The immediacy of it is that he is not with the team." Meyer also does not know how long Rainey could be out for. He is at least out for Tennessee on Saturday.
Replacing Rainey, and get ready for this, is Omarius Hines. YES. Replacing Hines? Jordan Reed. That is some cold-blooded football right there. If Trey Burton replaced T.J. Pridemore at fullback, I'd have my smashmouth spread option dream skill players.
From a football standpoint, Rainey was likely out Saturday (or at least limited) due to his concussion. Lining up Hines in the slot means the big man punishing undersized DBs and running past linebackers. (Did you know Hines was a cross-country runner? He's got basketball hands too. I'm telling ya, you better join me on the Omarius Hines Bandwagon before it gets too crowded.) Reed at WR/TE works too, but it will be interesting to see how well he handles the position. It is important to note that Burton obviously remains the heavy package quarterback. The Gators are not exactly showing their hand here, but at least UT knows Burton is still in his assumed post.
As for Rainey, I think kicking him off the team for this season might be the minimum. You hate to throw a guy's career away, but you can't tolerate threats to a significant other.
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Post Concussion Syndrome
So I was wondering if there might be any connection between having a concussion and the type of behavior that Chris displayed and found something rather interesting:
The Psychological symptoms of Post Concussion Syndrome:
Psychological symptoms, which are present in about half of people with PCS, may include irritability, anxiety, depression, and a change in personality.5 Other emotional and behavioral symptoms include restlessness,21 aggression,22 mood swings, anger, decreased libido,19 impulsiveness, loss of social judgment,23 and lack of ability to tolerate stress or alcohol.7 People with PCS may also display a lack of emotion,24 emotional lability,20 or mood swings. Another common symptom—apathy, or lack of motivation—may result directly from the syndrome or be secondary to depression.
I am not saying this lets Chris off the hook or anything but the timing is odd. Maybe we should all wait to hear what the young woman has to say. Perhaps despite the internet rumors swirling about a young man’s supposed personality problems we should wait until the truth comes out.
Those symptoms are more associated with higher grade severe concussions...
Rainey’s was definitely at the lower end of the spectrum given Meyer was already stating that Chris would be available this weekend as early as Monday…only two days after his bell was dinged…
Also, the suppositions made on the other thread about meds possibly being the culprit are inaccurate as well…with a concussion about the strongest med prescribed is aspirin, etc because if the patient is all doped up on pain meds or psychotropics, it is nearly impossible to outwardly tell if there are improvements to the condition when it comes to all that you described above…
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Bye week
I saw he is out until the bye week minimum. If he does everything PERFECTLY until then (and of course if the charges are dropped) then he should be allowed back on.
Unless you can back up a statement like that with the quote or the article, don’t write it. The only thing that has been said about Rainey returning was his lawyer predicting Rainey would be back by the end of the season.
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UF vs UT
I have a conference to go to while this game is on… I had to forfeit my tickets to the game. I am in desperate need of a LIVE tv app that will be showing the game (CBS) for the iPhone 3g.
Any gators out there that can help me?
CBS has an app which streams their SEC gameslive, if memory serves.
by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Sep 15, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
You are correct sir.
Note the headline on the CBS sports video page. I don’t know if it works for the iPhone, but you can try.
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Personally
I like the Hines Reed Burton triple zone read murdercat formation more than I like all three at WR at the same time. The latter would be a good Gillislee power run set though.
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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Sep 15, 2010 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
I like what I'm hearing, but...
I still wanna see Demps in the slot with Mike-G at the RB…
Though the thought of Hines, Reed, Demps, Gillislee and Thompson all on the pitch at the same time is downright effin’ scary….That just don’t sound good for anybody on the other side of the LoS…
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If he is then we've had the wrong guys there all along...
Demps is only two inches shorter than Percy but the same height as Rainey…And he’s faster than both of them…
Thinking that getting Demps into the slot really opens up the Jet Sweeps and direct snaps out of motion where the ball is in his hands alot of times before the defense even gets a step and almost always with plenty of space for him to work…largely puts pressure on an end or LB to try to contain him at practically full speed…
Plus looking at that now you’ve got two guys that are scary threats to run the ball and making it harder to key on just Demps or Mikey-G when they’re only being used as the single RB…which is what Meyer supposedly likes doing…best athletes on the field and force mismatches…
Maybe even look at using them in a two back set rather than Demps in the slot…I’d be down with that…
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Anything that buys more touches for Gillislee is ok with me.
I suppose I’ve seen things dumber than Chris Rainey…..but not living things.
Cam Newton?
"In case you're wondering what the offense should look like, that wasn't it." - Urban Meyer
by cantcatchuf on Sep 15, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
FB
I know T.J. Pridemore hasn’t seen the field much, but I don’t think it’s his fault much – I rarely see him on the field – it’s always empty set or one tailback helping out the QB.
I do find myselft yelling “block!” more often than not, but until we establish a smashmouth style we will have to settle for this finesse b.s.
That being said he’s definitley no Billy Latsko.
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