If Milton can be coached up

#54
#54
Fullfillmer said:
If we can just coach up Guarantano - oh wait.
JM was at Michigan 3 years and didn't get coached up. Guarantano was at Tennessee 5 yrs and Washington State one and didn't get coached up. It's possible, but the intangibles associated with being a great quarterback typically are not something that can be coached up.
JM is an imposing physical specimen - but seems to lack the intangibles needed to be a great quarterback.
I'll take a weak armed Peyton Manning over a JM for my quarterback every time.

Maybe we need to try to teach all of our wide receivers to run 3.7 in the fourty so that they can get in the vicinity of his passes.
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It is strange to see all the emphasis people have put on Milton’s physique. When I think of all-time great quarterbacks, few would be mistaken for defensive ends, but all had the intangibles - awareness, accuracy, touch, etc. In my mind the intangibles are essential and the physique is a bonus.
 
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Ref4Life said:
This is a big if but if Heupel can work a miracle with JM and get his deep balls honed in we would be almost unstoppable on offense. I have been in the group wanting to see Bailey play then after seeing Hooker play wanted to see more of him. All things considered the best thing that could happen to these Vols would be Milton figuring it out. If he could get the deep ball down accurately it opens the entire field up not just for him to pass or run but for our running backs too. You can’t tell me that the Pitt coaches were not pulling their hair out in that first quarter and telling their guys you are gonna have to get back, these guys are running wide open! If he starts connecting on deep balls there is literally no way to stop this offense and I think that is what CJH is seeing and wants as well. All that being said I would love to see Bailey live up to his high school ranking but he has not yet and this offense has to have someone take the top off. Either way I’m super excited about this offense GBO!!
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There are a lot more issues with Milton than just no touch on deep balls. He stares down receivers, doesn’t go through progressions to find open receivers, holds the ball too long, is hesitant and timid in running the ball. Basically he doesn’t check any of the boxes CJH has said are essential for a qb to run this offense. At some point, you have to accept that what he looks like in practice means absolutely nothing cause he can’t do it in a game. He had these same issues btw at Michigan. This is not new.
 
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