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And neither did Dobbs before he was put into the Alabama game - your point??
Look at the freshman's that started for teams last year. Some of them played in a high profile against a good team the very first game.
Peterman wasn't ready and lost his job to Dobbs. End of story.
Nathan Peterman is #4 on Mel Kiper's board. Is this definite proof that our coaching staff absolutely needed a QB coach? Has this been our hold up?
I'm not on the FF much, and even though I have taken up for Peterman on more than one occasion, I have never taken a shot at Butch, period. He is the coach, not me. He knows a lot more about football than I do, and sees every practice. I don't question who starts, but there are times when the qb is having a bad day, that I think it's time for a change.Everyone that tried to take shots at CBJ for keeping Dobbs over Peterman in this or other threads now doesn't have ground to stand on.
And Dobbs beats out Peterman yet again.
And OP's attempt to fan the anti Butch flames goes down spectacularly in flames. When I read posts like these, I can't help but picture Chicken Little flailing around screeching "sky is falling, sky is falling."
Against Alabama, Peterman was in for 2 series, 9 plays, gained 30 yards, and had 2 first downs. Then, he was pulled. He never had a chance to get his feet wet against lesser competition first, in order to get his confidence up.
Dobbs could take off and run for his life. That's the difference. They have a different skill set.
Oversimplification. Peterman, for whatever reason, simply didn't have the poise to play here. Perhaps he just wasn't emotionally mature enough yet, perhaps he didn't take to the coaching or offense....whatever it was, he appeared in 9 different at Tennessee and at no point looked the part. When he got starts vs Florida and Alabama as a freshman and then a sophomore, he showed he just couldn't be effective here.
Great on him for moving on to Pitt, salvaging his career, playing some really good football and getting himself drafted. He's to be commended for doing so, it couldn't have been easy for him and I hope he sees success in the NFL.
But let's not go back and attempt revisionist history and absolve him of his part his failures at Tennessee....he was historically bad here. Just is what it is.
KB should drop the Vol from his username because he has demeaned Peterman for years. Which qb was it that threw 5 TD passes against Clemson this year, when only one other qb threw more than one, which was 2?
I know. I took up for Peterman and argued with them years ago. I was accused of being his relative then.Yep, I found KBVol's harsh, venomous and personally demeaning attitude towards Peterman disgraceful. Now that we find out he was dead wrong, he want's to pretend it never happened, as he offers platitudes of well wishes towards a kid he excoriated mercilessly as a young Vol.
He want's us to believe he was right and justified insulting Peterman's intelligence, talent and judgement playing minimal time under the worst possible conditions, including a broken thumb on his throwing hand.
He want's us to believe Peterman was actually terrible, but suddenly developed intelligence, talent and competence in the days after he left UT ...after graduating in only three years.
Of course, KB wasn't the only offender around here. Some people simply will not be accountable.
I have already said on here that Dobbs turned out to be a better choice for us at the time. I also said that we did not have the o-line to protect a pocket passer. I have always thought that Peterman would have done well at a place like Alabama at the time he was here. He needed good players around him to succeed. Dobbs could make plays with his feet.For me it is those that want to argue the facts. And the fact is that Dobbs was the better QB for Tennessee and when given the opportunity won the job and never looked back.
Some would like to make Peterman's failure a coaches failure - but the truth is Peterman's lack of ability to take advantage of the chances he was given is what doomed him at Tennessee.
Dobbs could take off and run for his life. That's the difference. They have a different skill set.