I looked into the writer's background before I linked the article. Of course as you would expect he's accepted as legitimate in his profession. Go figure. I also went back and read the elite 11 reports on our two guys (JG & Chryst) and tried to find some articles that might explain why anyone would not be as high on Bentley or Lock as your average Joe or Jane. (I do research to feed my comfirmation bias).
I'm not clairvoyant but I'm willing to give our guys a blank slate (starting over) with the new staff and a new system, in spite of my skepticism. I think there is some sense that we have a couple guys with tremendous upside potential that could shine with good coaching and a good system fit, sort of like Peterman goes to Pittsburgh and beats Clemson.
Like I said, I don't know how its going to work out but at this point and until the gators arrive in Neyland I'd rather be looking for a way it might work out favorably than to reveal the likelihood that I suffer from the same BVS that afflicts much of our fanbase. Living in fantasyland with regard to the vols is an inherited genetic condition; I didn't have much of a choice. God made me that way.
As to Lock and Bentley, the Saturday Down South writer for South Carolina isn't sold on Bentley and Lock has a new offensive coordinator. Lock had really good stats but much of his production was inflated against inferior competition. He also led the league in interceptions thrown. Bentley came in second. I think Bentley also has a new offensive coordinator this year. Both guys could turn out to be all-world this year. Within the league I think expectation could be high for them. Our guys could benefit from the opposite. I figure we'll know more after Florida week.
By the way, I'm sure you understand the writer like most sports writers was putting up an opinion piece. His sharing an opinion isn't any different than you or I sharing our opinion, except he likely has a larger audience and gets paid. I disagree with a lot of opinions I come across but I've accepted that's probably not going to change. I could have Coach Pruitt review my posts here before I hit submit but then what's the point of having free speech? Still, I'd probably get most of my posts approved because generally and much of the time I consider myself a homer, sort of like a kiss-ass for the big orange.
