Bailey is the future.

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#102
Volhoops said:
If Shrout does not know the offense by now then there is no hope. If he was a red shirt last year he has had the same amount of time in the offense as JG.
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That is absolutely not the case. Only last couple of weeks he has been getting the same reps (or perhaps more) than JG. Prior to that he was #3 QB and probably hardly ever practiced with the first unit. I'm sure during last couple of weeks when developing him was the focus, in situational practices where coaches ask him to make the proper reads/adjustments he has improved but it will take a while before he gets the full grasp of Chaney's offense. This does not mean that against certain opponents that let you through the long ball more he may not be more effective than JG right now (and Chaney knows that as well - SC defense allowed that for example). But against a type of defense he faced yesterday that was not available (one long ball he threw was in double coverage and in all honesty should have been intercepted).
 
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I sure don't know what will happen in the future, except we need all three QBs to get through this season...right now....:D:D

GO BIG ORANGE...BEAT THE WILDCATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Behr said:
That's because I think you're the only one who knows wtf you're talking about.

What did you mean they are a top 10 defense, but they are no more than a practice squad?
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People were so worried about UAB because of their 6-1 record and top ten national defense.

They played trash teams and their defense was and is highly overrated.

They were a practice squad at best
 
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#105
tennesseeduke said:
I believe he's done for the season and being redshirted.
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I think given the remaining teams we have left to play and how they are playing at the moment (bad) the calculation should be that if all we do is play like yesterday we should win all the remaining games so why risk putting Maurer in? However, if things are not going well and we need a spark he is probably available.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
You don’t understand football.

What’s clear is that we have one old QB on our roster who’s time is almost up. We have two young guys on the roster that we don’t know much about. Maurer prolly is the best QB on the roster but he has durability issues plain and simple. JG is also injured, among other liabilities. We have Shrout who is pretty much an unknown. Given his performance vs USC, there was zero reason to not let him play an entire quarter or first half vs a team like UAB that’s basically a practice squad. As of now, we have one healthy QB. It’s asinine to not see how he does thru good play and bad play to see what we have.

I assume Pruitt’s willingness to pull or sit a QB based on flow is him learning how to coach and manage that position. However, mistakes Shrout will make will be due to youth. Mistakes that continue to happen with JG are simply due to inability and IQ.

Vs UAB, it was dumb to play JG knowing what he brings to the table.
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i COMPLETELY AGREE
 
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#108
JMSqb11 said:
You don’t understand football.

What’s clear is that we have one old QB on our roster who’s time is almost up. We have two young guys on the roster that we don’t know much about. Maurer prolly is the best QB on the roster but he has durability issues plain and simple. JG is also injured, among other liabilities. We have Shrout who is pretty much an unknown. Given his performance vs USC, there was zero reason to not let him play an entire quarter or first half vs a team like UAB that’s basically a practice squad. As of now, we have one healthy QB. It’s asinine to not see how he does thru good play and bad play to see what we have.

I assume Pruitt’s willingness to pull or sit a QB based on flow is him learning how to coach and manage that position. However, mistakes Shrout will make will be due to youth. Mistakes that continue to happen with JG are simply due to inability and IQ.

Vs UAB, it was dumb to play JG knowing what he brings to the table.
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You answered your own question, we have one healthy QB. Why risk him getting hurt in a game that we were in control of from the first snap.
 
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1utfbfan said:
You answered your own question, we have one healthy QB. Why risk him getting hurt in a game that we were in control of from the first snap.
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That’s the dumbest thing ever. Yeah let’s play the injured QB and risk further injury. Makes sense
 
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Other_Guy said:
LOL I guess since UT isn't a top 10 defense they are practice squad material. Great logic.
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You’re changing the argument. You said UAB wasn’t a defense to dismiss. Yes they are. And highly overrated at that. No one is overrating our defense.

But yes, continue to blow hot air
 
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#112
JMSqb11 said:
You’re changing the argument. You said UAB wasn’t a defense to dismiss. Yes they are. And highly overrated at that. No one is overrating our defense.

But yes, continue to blow hot air
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Do you have massive reading comprehension skills or just trolling?
Literally the only thing I called you out on is that you called them "practice squad" level which is ridiculous and you insinuated that I was a big stats and box score guy when all I gave you as proof they aren't "practice squad" was that they played decent against UT while their offense was atrocious. I did not point at any stats or scores against previous teams. ONLY against UT. No one was arguing they have a great defense.
 
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Other_Guy said:
Do you have massive reading comprehension skills or just trolling?
Literally the only thing I called you out on is that you called them "practice squad" level which is ridiculous and you insinuated that I was a big stats and box score guy when all I gave you as proof they aren't "practice squad" was that they played decent against UT while their offense was atrocious. I did not point at any stats or scores against previous teams. ONLY against UT. No one was arguing they have a great defense.
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Care to give reasons that are factual why they aren’t an overrated defense?

You can’t. They are vastly overrated because of one of the easiest schedules in the country. Anyone saying or acting like they are something special or borderline formidable don’t watch a lot of football
 
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#118
Roustabout said:
I don’t think Shrout got enough series to tell much.
Hard to do anything when you play one series and then sit.
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Understood. However, coaches watching him day after day may be the reason he so little time. But then how could I possibly know
 
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#119
Good point. Some fans get to see a couple of minutes for a QB and think they know who should be playing QB. The coaches have watched these 3 all year for hours at practices. Some how a few fans think they know more than the staff does. That is what really doesnt make sense to me. If Pruitt and Chaney think JG is the best QB by far, the other two must have some MAJOR concerns. Chaney is supposed to be really big on Bailey. Time will tell. I do know our staff knows football and Chaney knows offense. We have improved and hopefully we continue to improve.
GO VOLS
 
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#120
I think Harrison Bailey will be a really good quarterback... in time. I do think however in high school he’s had an issue with interceptions. He’s also got some really good receiver to throw to in high school so let’s not put too much pressure on him coming in because starting as a freshman is a huge huge responsibility.
 
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#121
Vol524 said:
Good point. Some fans get to see a couple of minutes for a QB and think they know who should be playing QB. The coaches have watched these 3 all year for hours at practices. Some how a few fans think they know more than the staff does. That is what really doesnt make sense to me. If Pruitt and Chaney think JG is the best QB by far, the other two must have some MAJOR concerns. Chaney is supposed to be really big on Bailey. Time will tell. I do know our staff knows football and Chaney knows offense. We have improved and hopefully we continue to improve.
GO VOLS
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Pretty much this. You normally go with experience when the answer isn't totally clear. If Maurer hadn't been hurt , I think he would be the clear cut best option , but he has proven to be a bit fragile to this point and they probably want to protect him until he has done some physical maturing and learned to protect himself by using better awareness and judgement . JG probably looks head and shoulders better in practice all week and that's what keeps the coaches going back to him. They likely see his gameday issues as temporary mental blocks that have to be overcome by trying until he gets it fixed. It's not like we have a title on the line this season. Now more than ever , Phil sees what Pruitt is trying to do and he isn't going anywhere soon . If Pruitt is willing to sacrifice a couple of the remaining games of the season for the overall greater good, he will have that luxury because there is zero chance he will be getting fired for it right now.
 
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#122
The problem with JG isn't arm talent. He just processes really slow. He waits to a receiver is completely open before throwing and by then it's to late.He has to learn to throw them open.I dont know if he ever will learn this if he hasn't by now. That being said he is a tough sob.Dude gets blasted every game because he is so slow processing the field.
 
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#124
tn4elvis said:
The problem with JG isn't arm talent. He just processes really slow. He waits to a receiver is completely open before throwing and by then it's to late.He has to learn to throw them open.I dont know if he ever will learn this if he hasn't by now. That being said he is a tough sob.Dude gets blasted every game because he is so slow processing the field.
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Well if you are going to be stupid you better be tough. Maybe he can teach Maurer how to be tough and not show your hurt.
 
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Tstormtrooper said:
Best by far---when they put Maurer on the field it showed me not to drink too much Pruitt cool aide. The time Maurer stepped onto the field the whole team changed. Maurer plays really well and JT would too if give half a chance but Pruitt doesn't intend for that to be the case. It was really disheartening tonight after hoping all week we were going to get to see Maurer and JT lite up the UAB defense. I don't think Pruitt is being honest with the fans and after awhile those things catch up with you if you continue being less than truthful.
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We have all seen coaches make decisions we didn't agree with when it came to what quarterback to start. But I can honestly say I have never seen an instance where first one backup, and then the other backup, came in and made the starter look silly - only to then get relegated back to the bench after they had gotten past their initial jitters (the first time either got any game time other than mop-up, weeks ago prior to UGA) and were clearly outplaying the starter.

The defense is vastly improved. The offense looked night and day better when Maurer was playing, and then again when Shrout was; now it looks like it did when we were on our way to starting 1-4, because the same guy who was inept at quarterback then is inexplicably being played again by the coach. The defense won the game yesterday; if Shrout had played we probably would have hung 60 on UAB.

Even good coaches make bad decisions; Saban kept Tua in the NCG too long last year. But I have never seen a top-level coach insist, game after game, on doing something that seemed motivated by nothing other than stubbornness. It really seems like he just wants to show the fans that we're wrong and he's right about who should be playing QB, or even worse, like he'll show us to question him because he'll play the bad QB no matter what it costs us just because everyone is questioning his decision to play said player.

The only other explanation for why he keeps trotting JG out there is if he thinks Bailey is that much better than our current QBs and doesn't want him to decommit because he sees Shrout or Maurer suddenly balling out. And that would be even more indefensible than the other possible explanation I outlined above, because if Maurer or Shrout plays well enough to make Bailey ride the bench, it doesn't matter if Bailey goes somewhere else.
 
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