Right now today I don’t see that. I’ll trust the coaches who get paid millions to evaluate the situation over my opinion and any other opinion on this board. Plus, the evidence over this whole season is that JG is the best we have. When he’s bad he’s horrible though. I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.
so field and playing conditions werent a factor? but yet he shows out in the bowl game and here you'll be......with palm-palms jumping up and down. why dont u stick with ur hating when jg does well? oh, and u think maurer was gonna play yesterday or should've? he cant throw it and hit the side of a cruise ship out of water on a dry day.
Well it makes sense to me because once JG came back in to replace Maurer he suddenly started throwing downfield and over the middle more just like Maurer had been doing. JG wasn’t doing that prior to Maurer playing. It is entirely possible he saw something from the sidelines that he couldn’t see when taking snaps and film study isn’t the same. It’s oossible we started calling the game differently but I doubt it as we all saw JG checking down way too quickly many times early in this season. It really doesn’t matter one way or the other. All we are doing is speculating.
No. They weren't a major factor. The rain wasn't heavy and doesn't explain how badly off JG was for most of the game. But I expected you to try to make that excuse.... while you don't factor any of the reasons Maurer might not have been "consistent".
Yes. When he plays well... I'll praise him for playing well. When he plays poorly... I'll criticize him for playing poorly. But that's not really the point. He earned my lack of faith with about two years worth of tentative, ineffective play. He played well for a couple of games... but I've only said that that is "good" if he keeps doing it... CONSISTENTLY. The Vandy game was not a good step in that direction.
Well you mean except that I've never "hated" JG? I've been critical of his poor play. I praised him for sticking with it and performing better than he ever has for 2 or 3 games... but the old JG was on display vs the worst team on UT's schedule outside of UTC. He was awful. Why don't YOU apply one standard to all of the QB's and just acknowledge that he stank it up?
Don't know. Maurer played well earlier in the season but he was very tentative vs UK. Could have been the injury. Could have been the coaches emphasizing ball security. Could have been UK's pass D. Could be him worrying about getting injured again. But he didn't play well and was replaced. JG played very poorly vs Vandy and was not replaced probably because UT had some success in the run game and JG has more experience in the O.
False but that obviously won't keep you from making unfair criticisms of a TRUE FRESHMAN. You'll just keep "hating" the kid... except in your case I suspect there really is an element of genuine hatred.
I disagree but for a specific reason. JG's experience gives him an advantage managing the run game. After UT had some success on the ground and the D completely throttled Vandy, the safe bet was to run the ball and leave JG in to manage it.
No. He hasn't played because JG is more experienced in managing the O. Maurer for his part was extremely tentative when he came back against UK. He didn't play well. Hard to say what it is without more information but he wasn't as good then as before.
So by that logic JG's 35% and ridiculously bad pick against Vandy should cause him to be benched?
Indeed.... it is pretty simply and clear that you have a cult mentality and NO objectivity or fairness when criticizing Vol players.
JG completed 35%. His incompletions weren't a bunch of drops. Several passes weren't even in the right zip code. Vandy had more drops and frequently a collapsing pocket and still completed 47 %. UT has MUCH better receivers.
