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Team Note | Tyrone Swoopes: Back on August 20th in a
Saturday Open Post we noted that coach Strong had made a decision about a starter and it was looking more and more like Swoopes would be the guy.
I spoke with a few people this week and this is what I’ve been told.
Texas is splitting their team period into “halves†and in the “first half†Swoopes is with the first team and in the “second half†Buechele is with the first team.
Also a source noted that when they install a new plan, Swoopes gets the majority of those reps.
I asked how Swoopes looks this week and was told he looks “aggressiveâ€.
Was also told that Sterlin Gilbert has been really working to get Swoopes to play “backyard footballâ€, to trust himself and just make the throw. One source said, “he’s telling Tyrone to throw the ball out there and trust the receivers to go up and get itâ€. Swoopes has notoriously struggled with hesitancy in pulling the trigger…patting the ball and not throwing guys open. They continue to push him to “just throw itâ€. And at least based on what we are hearing from practice this week, he’s doing that more and more.
Related to the note above, they are also impressing on him the need to trust himself. Source said, “they’re telling him if he’s unsure of something then just hand it off or tuck it and runâ€. Again, trying to take the “thinking†out of it and push Tyrone to believe in his abilities and play on instinct.
My personal feeling is this is exactly the kind of message Swoopes needs to hear. And hearing that he is playing “aggressive†in practice is a positive sign. Whether that aggression shows up on Sunday remains to be seen. But I will say that even for those who believe Swoopes was always a good practice player (an assertion I personally disagree with having seen him with my own eyes in practice multiple times in the past) few would argue that he was ever “aggressive†with his passing attack in practice. – (
Super K)
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