Dormady won the job. Jones played JG here and there because Dormady has been playing shaky all year.
I don't agree but let's say you are right. You have a new starter that needs to have his confidence built up. He needs the maximum reps to develop rapport with his teammates. For 8 months he's heard about a "close" competition... that no one inside the program thought was that close.
NOW... think of what it does to his confidence to have the HC continue to insert the back up "here and there"... and especially at one point publicly saying it was because the team needed a spark?
Either way you slice this... Jones very badly mismanaged this whole thing. It didn't help either player and probably destroyed Dormady as far as ever being effective for UT.
Like I told you before the season started, Jones would have been better off making a decision and sticking by it even if it were the wrong decision than taking the "competition" into the season. I told you TRUTHFULLY that he would be better off giving the job to JG than not giving his starter full support and confidence.
He did what I said he shouldn't do... how's that worked out?
If he was playing well JG wouldn't have more than 10 snaps.
PURE BS.... and ESPECIALLY in light of how poorly JG played when he came in. That just makes no sense at all. If you have a QB that's "shaky"... you want to build his confidence AND get him and the O in sync. You don't want to create doubt and throw in extra variables.
Remember... Jones calls those reps "invaluable". They can ONLY be invested one time in one player. If Jones TRULY considered Dormady the starter and the competition over... he invests them in Dormady.
Dormady's poor play all year has forced Butch's hand finally.
Your agenda forces you to say this... But Dormady a) played well "at times", b) was hurt by poor WR play according to the coaches, and c) still played better and posted better numbers than JG.
Butch gave him too much time to try and produce if anything. With the way QD has played JG should have played more before now. They were in a close competition and Dormady was playing poorly. Time for the other guy to get a shot. Pretty simple.
Yeah... because JG's performances with the 1st O vs ISU and UMass just SCREAM... "I'm the better option coach".
Of course none of that matters to you. You don't see his poor play... only that of Dormady. You don't see the common threads in the poor play of both guys... only Dormady.
