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BAILEY'S TAKE
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From the Anchor Desk
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
By Brian Bailey |
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Pirates look solid in
first scrimmage
By
Brian Bailey
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East Carolina’s Skip
Holtz continues to walk
around practice with a
little swagger. That’s
what a depth chart
filled with juniors and
seniors will do for a
coach.
Holtz insists, though,
that each team has its
own identity. Every team
is judged on what
happens between those
white lines each and
every week during the
fall.
The Pirates held their
first scrimmage on
Saturday. This one was
more about personnel
decisions, especially
decisions concerning the
second- and third-team
squads.
Several of the starters
had a short day.
"We gave our returners,
our `ones' so to speak,
only about 15-20 plays,"
Holtz said. "It's kind
of like the first
preseason game. You want
to give them a little
work, get them some
contact and knock a
little bit of the rust
off.
"We'll come back next
week and it'll be much
more of an
offense-defense oriented
practice."
The quarterbacks saw
plenty of action, and I
thought both put in very
solid efforts.
Senior Patrick Pinkney
completed 12 of 21
passes for 182 yards.
Pinkney hooked up with
transfer T.J. Terrell on
a long gainer late in
the scrimmage that set
up a touchdown.
Junior Rob Kass
completed 10 of 17
passes for 92 yards with
an interception.
Other quarterbacks who
saw action included Josh
Jordan, who was 3-3 for
26 yards, and Taylor
Mazzone, who completed
his only pass for 8
yards.
Scrimmages are always
hard to evaluate,
especially for those of
us not on the coaching
staff. I did come away
from this first
scrimmage thinking that
the guys on offense
really feel comfortable
with the plays,
especially Pinkney.
“I thought it was a good
first scrimmage,” said
Pinkney. “We still have
a lot of work to do, but
I thought we made
progress today.”
The defense did hold the
offense to just three
yards per rush. Still,
at one point, defensive
coordinator Greg Hudson
joked, “Can I blitz or
something?” after a nice
play by the offense.
This first scrimmage was
to help produce a depth
chart. The second
scrimmage will give the
starters plenty of work.
The third scrimmage, set
for a Friday, will be a
dress rehearsal for the
trip to Charlotte and
the game against
Virginia Tech.
Congrats To Robin
Congratulations to ECU
assistant men’s golf
coach and former Pirate
Robin Smith who
qualified for his first
PGA tour event on
Monday.
Robin shot a
six-under-par 66 to
qualify for the Wyndham
Championship. The
qualifier was held at
the Greensboro Country
Club.
There were exactly four
spots up for grabs, and
that 66 earned Robin one
of them.
Robin will play in a
field that consists of
the likes of Vijay
Singh, Rocco Mediate,
Davis Love, III, Angel
Cabrera and Zach
Johnson.
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I had a chance to play
with Robin last year at
the Drew Steele-Skip
Holtz golf tournament.
To show you how bad the
rest of us played, we
failed to place in the
tournament, despite
Robin’s great play.
More then a great
golfer, Robin was a joy
to play with. His even
demeanor will certainly
come in handy as he
embarks on his
professional career.
I saw Robin a couple of
weeks ago and asked for
a pointer. I was having
problems keeping my head
down, and staying down
and through on my swing.
He laughed and gave me a
great way to think about
keeping my head down. It
was most comical, and I
promise I’ll share the
tip with you if I see
you at a Pirate game
this season.
Good luck Robin! The
Pirate Nation will be
rooting for you this
week.
BB
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