Arm strength: Crompton vs. Ainge

#26
#26
If crompton is willing to take a hit. I will be willing to concede a bad play or two. He is tough minded,in the college game sometimes thats all you need. I'am not to worried about crompton. I think we'll put up enough points to win most games. Kicking game as always and our apparent lack of quality depth in the d-line concerns me more. Overall this team should be better in about every area than last year. Our problem is we play in the toughest conference and the toughest division in college football.
 
#27
#27
JOEY'S ALL VOL !!! said:
Crompton has the stronger arm and by more than most believe, one only had to watch the 2 of them side by side in pre-game warm-ups or in Cromptons limited playing time to see the difference. Cromptons ball has less wobble, less arc and arrives a second quicker than Ainges, this should be more apparent this season, as to whether this will make him a better QB remains to be seen, a stronger arm does not automatically make one a better QB.
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Right, because quarterbacks always throw as hard as they can in warmups. :p

Ainge has a great arm. I still contend that to say Crompton has a "much" stronger arm is absurd.

Ainge throws a 90+ mph fastball for crying out loud. :)
 
#28
#28
I would say they're about the same, but the unwillingness of Ainge to step into his throws (my main criticism of him) to me gives Crompton the edge. Also I would consider myself a Cromptonite, but we are going to miss Ainge this year. If not for uncertainty at QB, we would easily be a preseason top 10 team (for whatever thats worth)
 
#29
#29
vol_freak said:
Right, because quarterbacks always throw as hard as they can in warmups. :p

Ainge has a great arm. I still contend that to say Crompton has a "much" stronger arm is absurd.

Ainge throws a 90+ mph fastball for crying out loud. :)
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You are correct. I believe folks used to say that CJ Leak had one of the strongest arms ever at UT, but Ainge was stronger as soon as he stepped on campus. Nick Stephens is supposedly stronger than any of them, including Crompton. At any rate, John Elway, even today, has a better arm than all of them.
 
#31
#31
Cartervol said:
If crompton is willing to take a hit. I will be willing to concede a bad play or two. He is tough minded,in the college game sometimes thats all you need. I'am not to worried about crompton. I think we'll put up enough points to win most games. Kicking game as always and our apparent lack of quality depth in the d-line concerns me more. Overall this team should be better in about every area than last year. Our problem is we play in the toughest conference and the toughest division in college football.
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You just described exactly how he's going to be.

You'll cuss and scream one moment and the next you're running around celebrating.
 
#32
#32
From what little I have seen of him, the issue is not his athletic ability. Its his lack of composure under pressure that hinders him.
 
#33
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lawgator1 said:
From what little I have seen of him, the issue is not his athletic ability. Its his lack of composure under pressure that hinders him.
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I'd say that is to be expected from a freshman QB starting on the road against a defense that fielded two first round picks playing without the starting RB for a half.

You can't watch one game and decide the QB sucks law.
 
#34
#34
justingroves said:
I'd say that is to be expected from a freshman QB starting on the road against a defense that fielded two first round picks playing without the starting RB for a half.

You can't watch one game and decide the QB sucks law.
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That's a fair criticism of my comment. I would like to see more and suppose I will this year, huh?

All I remember is him running for his life a few times and throwing off balance trying to make something happen. Sorry.
 
#35
#35
lawgator1 said:
That's a fair criticism of my comment. I would like to see more and suppose I will this year, huh?

All I remember is him running for his life a few times and throwing off balance trying to make something happen. Sorry.
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Hey, it worked twice against LSU :) just not against Arkansas.

Chris Houston shut down Meachem and Jamal Anderson played one of the best games I've ever seen played be a DE. The twist and stunts that Arkansas' DL did confused the crap out of Tennessee's OL and Crompton wasn't good/smart enough to make a play on his own.
 
#37
#37
Ainge has the better arm, not even close.

I know we didn't see it a lot in 2007, but Ainge gets the ball down-field with less effort in his motion.

As an overall QB, I think Crompton has a very good chance to be as good or better than Ainge.
 
#38
#38
vol_freak said:
Right, because quarterbacks always throw as hard as they can in warmups. :p

Ainge has a great arm. I still contend that to say Crompton has a "much" stronger arm is absurd.

Ainge throws a 90+ mph fastball for crying out loud. :)
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I agree 100%. You can not judge arm strength based solely on bombs. The deep outs are a better indicator and Ainge could throw those on a frozen rope. Crompton may have a slight edge but Ainge has a much better arm than he gets credit for.
 
#39
#39
Ainge tends to float the ball down field thus seeming that he is using little effort. Perhaps he floated it because he lacked accuracy when he zipped it over the middle. The ball should, when needed, arrive quick, fast, and in a hurry.
 
#41
#41
Ainge was just about money from about 25 yards and in. He was almost always accurate in those passes, it was just that sometimes he threw them to wrong person. Over 30 yards got a little hairy. If he develops any touch or consistency in his long throws, he'll be a very serviceable NFL player.
 
#42
#42
lawgator1 said:
That's a fair criticism of my comment. I would like to see more and suppose I will this year, huh?

All I remember is him running for his life a few times and throwing off balance trying to make something happen. Sorry.
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Running for your life would tend to make you throw off balance. That would probably affect any QB's performance.........
 
#43
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tim said:
Ainge tends to float the ball down field thus seeming that he is using little effort. Perhaps he floated it because he lacked accuracy when he zipped it over the middle. The ball should, when needed, arrive quick, fast, and in a hurry.
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It did from Ainge. He just didn't have a pretty deep ball.
 
#44
#44
Maybe the 75 yard strike from Crompton in the O&W will let his doubters know his arm is pretty strong.
 
#47
#47
justingroves said:
He threw it about 45 yards
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I figured it would be something around that.

I just don't get tennisguy's logic that a 75 yard td is proof of a strong arm. A 2 yard pass could result in a 75 yard td.

I never questioned Crompton's arm strength. Seems like some people are just trying to hard to hype Crompton.
 
#48
#48
TheDeeble said:
I figured it would be something around that.

I just don't get tennisguy's logic that a 75 yard td is proof of a strong arm. A 2 yard pass could result in a 75 yard td.

I never questioned Crompton's arm strength. Seems like some people are just trying to hard to hype Crompton.
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I agree with you.

His TD pass to Briscoe was much more impressive
 
#49
#49
TheDeeble said:
I figured it would be something around that.

I just don't get tennisguy's logic that a 75 yard td is proof of a strong arm. A 2 yard pass could result in a 75 yard td.

I never questioned Crompton's arm strength. Seems like some people are just trying to hard to hype Crompton.
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You can blame that on Kesling. I wasn't able to make it to the game today. He said that Cromptons throw made up most of the 75 yard TD pass. He also pointed out several times during the game how strong his arm was. I don't know if he was trying to satisfy the doubters or what.
I should have known he was blowing it up a little. His commentary wasn't real impressive. The jersey colors and the format they went by in the game had him confused several times among other things.
 
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