I don't care if he is from Vonore. That mf is a stoner and will never have a job that requires much mental capacity or preparation. Should have never played in the sec. He would have been mediocre at sdsu. Imo
This is an idiotic post. Calm and in control of his emotions during press interviews does not equal laid back, stoner or uncaring.
Here are the things that Bray does that shows me how much heart he has:
1. He's thrown some pretty tough blocks on sweeps and wildcat packages (team player, other QBs would wimp out)
2. He's been in on tackles after getting picked off, we've all seen other QBs who wouldn't do that.
3. He continues to fight all the way to the end of games.
In my view, his mistakes are coming from a sense of frustration which leads to impatience. The frustration is due to being put in plays that aren't working with the techniques he's been taught, combined with the receivers being off route. In other words, some plays call for no drop, 3 step drop, 5 step etc. The number of steps should coincide with the receiver's routes so the QB can make his reads and hit the WR at a time and spot where it can't be picked. However, I think many of the late throws are due to Bray taking too many steps which is throwing off the timing. Plus the receivers are either getting knocked off their routes, or running the wrong route, which leads to more frustration. Finally, for the first time in a few years, it seems our receivers have forgotten how to go up and meet the ball at the high point. They are waiting for it to come to them and are giving DBs the chance to make a play.
It is possible that Bray doesn't take the right number of steps because he doesn't know the plays or forgets them in the middle of the game. If so, I would ask what is going on in practice that is allowing this? Is he not getting enough reps? Are the coaches not paying attention?
More likely, the plays themselves are putting him out of position and messing up the timing.
If receivers are off route, again, what is going on in practice? Either the DBs aren't pressing them hard enough so they learn to fight through, or the coaches aren't holding them accountable to practicing right.
As for the drops, are we practicing actively catching the ball vice waiting for it to hit our hands? Has anyone seen our receivers working with tennis balls during practice? Just how are we teaching them and making them practice techniques? In my view, our receivers are looking pretty flawed technically, which gets back to practice.
Certainly players make stupid mistakes during games. They miss reads, panic, get impatient etc. And they need to be held accountable for their mistakes. But, coaches get paid to look at why they make these mistakes and work to help them fix it.
Think back to when Kiffin had Crompton start rolling out instead of dropping back. Suddenly, he could see the field, make his reads and started being pretty effective passing.
For some reason, it doesn't look like our coaches are trying to solve these problems. I'm sure they think they are, but I don't hear it in their interviews, nor do I see it in the snippets we get of practices. Check that, I see a lot of technique work with the running backs and with the offensive line and they are the most improved on the team. I see a lot of pitch and catch with the QBs and WRs, but very little technique work.
