Finebaum says we are better off without Niko

#51
#51
I don't think it is controversial at all to say we are better off than last year's version of Nico.

Nico very well might have a better year than Aguilar this year. I wouldn't be shocked. But Nico was cheeks more often than not last year. That isn't a high bar to clear for a veteran QB.
Rewatching the games, he missed a lot of open receivers. Chances are he would be better this year, but it's a crap shoot now. I doubt he does anything spectacular at UCLA. New OC, new team, short learning window. I will say that we have had the same systen for 5 years, so the transition should be easier for Joey A.
 
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#54
What you have realized is a fundamental problem of message boards. Their existence cries out for content, but there is not enough content to justify their existence. You read the board anyway because you are part of a “community,” but you get sick of its repetitive nature, particularly when some noob shows up and starts saying something that everyone already knows. Someone always snaps on the person who posts the same topic yet again even though there are no other “on topic” topics to post about. About 99.9% of the time the discussion changes nothing. The other 00.1% of the time, we prevent the hiring of Greg Schiano, which is kind of like the one good shot you hit on the golf course that keeps you coming back. But in the most general sense, about 1 day after any event, there are no new takes left to spew. And yet people will heed the call of the message board, looking to debate ad nuseum whether Nico’s departure will be good or bad because… well… I’ll leave it to you to answer that one.

In my personal opinion, people MUST fight about “who cares” and other similar pettiness because it is necessary to fill the void and drive engagement, and engagement drives ad revenue, and making money is the point of the site.
If running off Sciano was VN’s towering drive down the fairway, embracing Pruitt must have been our slice into the woods.
 
#56
#56
I don't think it is controversial at all to say we are better off than last year's version of Nico.

Nico very well might have a better year than Aguilar this year. I wouldn't be shocked. But Nico was cheeks more often than not last year. That isn't a high bar to clear for a veteran QB.

Agreed. Take away the D line and Sampson and we lose a few more games. Nico was fine as a game manager, but he certainly didn't win us any games that I can recall. The most frustrating part was his lack of a deep ball. If Heupel's offense is going to be explosive you need someone who can hit those wide open receivers for chunk plays. Even Milton was able to do that more consistently than Nico.
 
#57
#57
Ohio State did a number on defense against us as well.

I also don't feel like it's fair to compare the OSU team that played Michigan to the OSU team that we ended up seeing. When they lost to Michigan it lit a fire inside of them and their NFL-lite roster really stepped it up. They pretty much ran through everyone en route to a natty. I don't care for them at all but you have to give them credit for bowing up once it mattered.
 
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Agreed. Take away the D line and Sampson and we lose a few more games. Nico was fine as a game manager, but he certainly didn't win us any games that I can recall. The most frustrating part was his lack of a deep ball. If Heupel's offense is going to be explosive you need someone who can hit those wide open receivers for chunk plays. Even Milton was able to do that more consistently than Nico.
I think Nico was a game manager the same way Joe Milton was a game manager. Out of pure self-preservation. Just like Milton, if you asked Nico to go make a play for you he was going to **** up and make things worse.

If we had any kind of legitimate backup last year Nico would have got benched after the 1st half against Bama. When Nico tried to be a playmaker that's what happened.

No shade toward Milton (maximum shade toward b*tch ass Nico), but they were almost indistinguishable. Missing a deep ball to a WR by himself past broken coverage by 10 yards should not be a thing at this level of football. And it has been routine for 2 years. If Aguilar can underthrow those balls to the point that the WR has to come to a complete stop to catch them, that will be better QB play than last year.
 
#59
#59

Finebaum says we are better off without Niko​

Boy, I sure am sleeping a lot better. (no blue font required)
 

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