Which begs the question, why post anything she has written now? Because there are times when the naivete is so breathtaking it deserves to be discussed. Besides, I am not linking just posting the relevant quote. Dinich offers up her midseason report card for UNC. To her credit she gets the defensive MVP right in Robert Quinn. However on offense it is clear she simply pulled up the UNC team page at ESPN and picked whoever the leader was in receiving:
Offensive MVP: Greg Little. He entered the season as the Tar Heel’s most experienced wide receiver with just 24 career catches. He ranks sixth in the league with 4.5 receptions per game and leads the team with 27 catches for 230 yards and one touchdown. He’s been a leader on an offense that has struggled this year, and has helped the younger receivers around him learn quickly.
No. No. No. A thousand times no. He’s been a leader? Really? Little has had two personal fouls called on him in six games. He has one freaking TD and his longest reception all season was 34 yards against ECU. Not that there are many choices. Frankly, had Dinich put NONE by Offensive MVP, I may have considered lifting the linking ban just for the sheer cleverness of it. But Greg Little? Really?
If you must name someone I am more apt to go with Ryan Houston who does have 15 fewer yards than Little(well not really if you count Little’s penalty yards) and Houston also has seven TDs. For my money, Houston has been good and under utilized. Erik Highsmith might have nine fewer receptions than Little but he averages eight more yards per catch and has one more TD. In my opinion Highsmith and Houston have had a greater impact on the UNC offense than Little. Heck, Zach Pianalto almost singlehandedly beat UConn so he is probably a candidate ahead of Little as well.
I just think this kind of stuff is lazy analysis. Anyone who has watched UNC this season(and there is a good chance Dinich hasn’t) knows Little continues to be a huge disappointment and some of his actions on the field have had negative consequences. Granted the offense is terrible so even naming an offensive MVP is laughable. In this case it is hysterical.
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THF, “I share your pain”…I too have found myself on her pages after having read everything, even SFN material looking for some additional info. She really doesn’t follow or cover UNC. She really follows Maryland, GT, Maryland, Virginia, Maryland and FSU with a smattering of Clemson and Miami thrown around for good measure. I don’t know what to make of her but naming Little the MVP is just sad. He’s broken a few tackles and gotten some extra yardage on a few plays but the penalties are too painful. I’ll bet she attends the FSU game though as it’s the only game and there are no other excuses. I always enjoy it when she abdicates the blogging on a UNC game to another blogger from another conference. Good Rant. Go Heels…
Ahhhh one of the infamous unlinkables back to haunt us.
I agree that the personal foul penalties are not the mark of a leader but I think you were a tad harsh on Little. And naming an offensive MVP is somewhat,ummmm hard to fathom. I have seen some comments from the FR wideouts that Little has been a leader although he may be the quiet type.
I’m not sure why people expected Little to be all world in the first place other than he did sign with Notre Dame (but we know what their talent pool has been lately) and was a 4 star. He’s solid but has no where near the hands of Nicks.
I do defend him to a degree because he was initially cast into the running back position and he is just not suited for running between the tackles. He’s back to WR on an offense that has no offensive line and an inconsistent QB. (A specific example comes from the ECU game which was the Heels best offensive performance…..Little ran a slant and was WIDE open over the middle, Yates throw a pass that forced Little to make a diving catch when it could have been a 25 yard gain.)
Having said all that, I’m hoping the return of Cooper and Pianalto, plus the development of some of the FR oliners will give Yates an extra second to hopefully increase his accuracy to the point we can talk about an offensive MVP.
She could not possibly have watched one of our games. Little has done virtually nothing positive despite his prodigious athletic ability. The right answer to offensive MVP is “none.” If somebody is named, it has to be Yates. He has weathered the complete absence of an offensive line, the lack of a decent receiving group, and a nonexistent running game to account for the few points we have been able to score. Not since Matt Baker have we had a quarterback under such pressure–and Yates is not the equal of Baker. So that’s my backhanded offensive MVP award.
who’s Heather Dinich?
I vote for Cam Sexton.