Spring QB battle?

#26
#26
If Stephens is as good as your gramps says, the preseason could get REAL interesting.
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He likes Coleman more... Haha he said Stephens reminded him a Casey Clausen... Playing and Attitude...

I think it will be between Crompton and Coleman..


Stephens from what i've read is slow as molasses...
 
#27
#27
Fulmer's traditional respect for seniority definately puts Crompton in the lead.

Coleman is really good, he rushed for about 250 yards and 7 TD's with practiacally 3000 yards passing his senior season. I say 250 rushing because that was his net, he rushed for at least 150 more to overcome the quarterbacks' natural negative yards on sacks and taking knees.

I personally don't see Crompton losing it, and I don't see Gerald Jones being a QB, but if we were to open the season against UAB with Gerald or Coleman, look-out, those kids will not be starting unless they are stars.

Also, with the addition of Gerald Jones at WR to Lucas, Briscoe, Rogers, Hancock, and Denarious, our QB is going to have a good experienced WR corp.

Our QB next year needs to be able to get out of the backfield on his legs to win the tough ones, I am not sure how much more Coleman can do than Crompton, especially given Crompton's run over the LSU defender in 06.
 
#29
#29
Don't forget how the Joey Matthews experiment went! With that said it should be JC's to lose.....but the better player should start! But I expect CPF's position will be who will hurt us the least instead of who will help us the most.
 
#30
#30
When Majors was coach, UT rotated 2 QB's for a while and one of them ran the option, forget his name, I believe it was Sterling Henton.

They didnt use the option with Tee Martin, I think it would have been amazing having Tee Martin running outside with the option to pitch to Jamaal Lewis or Travis Henry.
 
#31
#31
Merlot said:
Coleman is really good, he rushed for about 250 yards and 7 TD's with practiacally 3000 yards passing his senior season. I say 250 rushing because that was his net, he rushed for at least 150 more to overcome the quarterbacks' natural negative yards on sacks and taking knees.
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Just so you know sacks are assessed against passing yards, not rushing yards.
 
#37
#37
In college a sack counts against rushing yards. I assume high school is the same way.
 
#38
#38
Yeah I was wrong highschool is the same way only in NFL is it passing yards. College and Highschool it's rushing.
 
#39
#39
It will appear to be a competition for the Media's Sake... We will not start the best at the first of the year for Media Sake. We will take a path of least resistance and conservation for the Media's sake... In other words, Whoever Cut saids is the one on the Field... He has to have that relationship with the QB. It is called control and it will be who can throw the best 1 to 6 yard pass.
 
#40
#40
oklavol said:
When Majors was coach, UT rotated 2 QB's for a while and one of them ran the option, forget his name, I believe it was Sterling Henton.

They didnt use the option with Tee Martin, I think it would have been amazing having Tee Martin running outside with the option to pitch to Jamaal Lewis or Travis Henry.
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Tee Martin was mobile, but I always thought he was more of a dropback passer than a scrambler, much less an option QB.

The last time I can remember the option being run at Tennessee was Heath Shuler's Sophmore year.
 
#41
#41
GAVol said:
Tee Martin was mobile, but I always thought he was more of a dropback passer than a scrambler, much less an option QB.

The last time I can remember the option being run at Tennessee was Heath Shuler's Sophmore year.
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I couldn't remember if Shuler ran the option or not. I know they liked to roll him out, but I couldn't tell if he was just running the ball or if he was a true option.
 
#42
#42
oklavol said:
I couldn't remember if Shuler ran the option or not. I know they liked to roll him out, but I couldn't tell if he was just running the ball or if he was a true option.
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There definitely wasn't a lot of pitching going on, so you're probably right that a lot of the playcalls were designed QB keeps.
 
#43
#43
DC Vol said:
Unless Coleman/Stevens get serious snaps with the 1st Team Defense, they don't have a chance of overtaking Crompton.

I think that unless he messes up really really bad it's his to lose. In one scrimmage, Ainge threw 3 Ints I think (2 to Parrish) and still even with a broken finger didn't lose the starting job.
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One thing you have to remember is that Crompton was essentially a Sanders recruit. Coleman is a Cutcliffe recruit. Coleman has the inside track, from what I've heard, because Coleman is a Cutcliffe "guy". Crompton has too much gunslinger in him. But that isn't to saying that Crompton is reckless. Just that Crompton has a tendency to improvise more, while Coleman will have more of a tendency to stick to the script.
 
#45
#45
What I would really like to see is a two QB system with each QB running a completely different Offensive Package... In the past we have had the depth and intelligence to do it. Each QB having a base of 7 to 8 players with changes at RBs and WRs depending on the Offense...It would be a nightmare for defensives to prepare for and would be like throwing change ups.
 
#46
#46
VolsZealot said:
well I guess the real question would be will the new QB be allowed to open up the offense more than ainge was? If the plays are the same with the new QB it wont matter who it is.
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It wouldn't matter who we had back there. Yes, the offense will be better without Ainge. That is one reason I am optimistic about 2008.
 
#47
#47
Like it or not, it is Crompton's job to lose. If for no other reason than the fact that the head of this coaching staff is a creature of habit. Crompton has put his time in, recruited half of the ballyhoed class of 05, and he does have leadership skills.
 
#48
#48
Rasputin_Vol said:
One thing you have to remember is that Crompton was essentially a Sanders recruit. Coleman is a Cutcliffe recruit. Coleman has the inside track, from what I've heard, because Coleman is a Cutcliffe "guy". Crompton has too much gunslinger in him. But that isn't to saying that Crompton is reckless. Just that Crompton has a tendency to improvise more, while Coleman will have more of a tendency to stick to the script.
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That's the truth
 
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