Keener & Recruiting Articles in Today's CDT
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From what little I've seen of Keener, he appears to be a pretty good athlete. That's always a good start. Aside from injuries, what have been his issues? Fading late? Losing scrambles? Finishing takedowns?
Looking forward to watching more of him.
Looking forward to watching more of him.
My opinion, big picture answer...not that the room isn't good at CMU, "not having the best practice partners in the country" would be my answer. Hoping for a break-out year for the young man...and all the fun that goes with it.
Last year's first round loss to Dom Forys, a 3x qualifier, never an AA but nevertheless AA-caliber, is probably a pretty good indication of where Keener is, or at least was somewhat recently.
In the first he looks better than Forys for awhile, gets to a leg but can't convert. Then Forys goes behind for 2 while Keener was broken down and off-balance. Has problems getting out underneath Forys. Does a good job fighting off another go-behind in the second. Gets caught flat-footed late in the second as Forys gets an easy two. Still game in the third, nearly gets a TD of his own but loses him, then Forys outworks Keener on the edge to make it 7-1. Escape, then Keener gets caught flat-footed again as Forys too-easily grabs a leg and converts. 10-2 final but feels like it could've been closer, like Keener doesn't have too far a gap to close.
Good on his feet, quick, reacts well, not crazy strong but athletic, fundamentally sound. Looks like he could use more confidence fighting through positions; in Forys match he seemed to give up earlier than he should have a few times.
In the first he looks better than Forys for awhile, gets to a leg but can't convert. Then Forys goes behind for 2 while Keener was broken down and off-balance. Has problems getting out underneath Forys. Does a good job fighting off another go-behind in the second. Gets caught flat-footed late in the second as Forys gets an easy two. Still game in the third, nearly gets a TD of his own but loses him, then Forys outworks Keener on the edge to make it 7-1. Escape, then Keener gets caught flat-footed again as Forys too-easily grabs a leg and converts. 10-2 final but feels like it could've been closer, like Keener doesn't have too far a gap to close.
Good on his feet, quick, reacts well, not crazy strong but athletic, fundamentally sound. Looks like he could use more confidence fighting through positions; in Forys match he seemed to give up earlier than he should have a few times.
Thanks for pointing this out, I didn't catch this exclusion myself. The hounds are on it, and I'll let you know what I find!! No worries though, all's good with Joe...
