Here’s what I do about the qb situation

[tbones0711]

HB should be targeting Hyatt at least 5 times a game

He appeared to look deep on every pass on the last drive vs. Arky but they had 8 defenders playing prevent so a long pass would have been a gamble. They had every deep threat doubled at least. Not really a situation a young QB can learn a lot from. With this OLine giving our QB's more time than season before it's a good time for HB to get game reps.

With K.Steele running the next defense we face Auburn's gonna mix it up big time but then again Chaney should know how to prep against him. It wouldn't surprise me that HB is a little behind in reading SEC defenses and calling the blocking scheme, calling audibles, etc.....May as well learn in this short, screwed-up season and be that much better for it next year,imo.

 

[whodeycin85]

Seems to me it would be easy for Shrout or Maurer to step up and take the job. The excuses for the other QBs on the roster are so cliche. The backup QB is ALWAYS better according to VN.

So JG gets 30 attempts in practice and checkdown 25 times for completion....then BM and HB get 5 attempts each and throw down field and only complete 2 or 3....which is better???

 

[BeardedVol]

Maurer and Shrout aren’t good. Stats prove it. You can spout whatever you want. Obviously you and some other fans know more than our coaches. But for some reason neithe Shrout not Maurer can take the opportunity in practice, where it is much much easier, to show they are more talented. They obviously haven’t. This isn’t any defense for JG. It’s just fact. If either one was better then they would have taken the starting job.

None of us have any clue as to Maurer's or Shrout's actual abilities under this staff's (lack of) development, but by all means, fall back on your 'appeal to authority' logical fallacy since you know that Pruitt moronically anointed JG the starter without any QB competition in 2019, and the rest of the QB room has suffered due to his inability to get off the field and give the younger QBs in-game reps, and his need for every first-team practice rep just to come out and play like hot garbage on 4/5 Saturdays.

 

[1vol8]

Maurer and Shrout aren’t good. Stats prove it. You can spout whatever you want. Obviously you and some other fans know more than our coaches. But for some reason neithe Shrout not Maurer can take the opportunity in practice, where it is much much easier, to show they are more talented. They obviously haven’t. This isn’t any defense for JG. It’s just fact. If either one was better then they would have taken the starting job.

You need to take that argument to the woodshed and shoot it several times with a semi automatic 12 gauge. It’s been over used and truth be told..... the answer is a resounding “YES”. Many of us us know more than the coach. Maybe not “coaches” plural but “coaches” aren’t making the offensive decisions. So if you’re thinking many of us don’t know more than Pruitt.......... you’re sadly mistaken.

 

[1vol8]

So JG gets 30 attempts in practice and checkdown 25 times for completion....then BM and HB get 5 attempts each and throw down field and only complete 2 or 3....which is better???

That’s actually a very good analogy because that’s about the way it is. It’s only natural and human nature to try and make a play if you only have very limited opportunities to make an impression.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

You need to take that argument to the woodshed and shoot it several times with a semi automatic 12 gauge. It’s been over used and truth be told..... the answer is a resounding “YES”. Many of us us know more than the coach. Maybe not “coaches” plural but “coaches” aren’t making the offensive decisions. So if you’re thinking many of us don’t know more than Pruitt.......... you’re sadly mistaken.

Lol. No you don’t know more than coaches. There is nobody on this board that knows more about football than Pruitt. You sit behind a keyboard and type BS. Pruitt is the HC of a major P5 football program.

Your salty behavior is just further proof that you cannot handle the fact that your guy doesn’t have the rare abilities that you say. And he just isn’t as good as JG.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So JG gets 30 attempts in practice and checkdown 25 times for completion....then BM and HB get 5 attempts each and throw down field and only complete 2 or 3....which is better???

Maurer played. He was terrible. He played last year. His stats were bad. The saying you are what your record says you are applies. You are what your stats say you are. Get over it.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

None of us have any clue as to Maurer's or Shrout's actual abilities under this staff's (lack of) development, but by all means, fall back on your 'appeal to authority' logical fallacy since you know that Pruitt moronically anointed JG the starter without any QB competition in 2019, and the rest of the QB room has suffered due to his inability to get off the field and give the younger QBs in-game reps, and his need for every first-team practice rep just to come out and play like hot garbage on 4/5 Saturdays.

JG isn’t good. He is better than Shrout and Maurer. Stats prove it. Sorry that hurts your feelings. It is what it is. Hopefully Bailey takes the reigns and asserts himself as the stud we all hope he can be.

 

[1vol8]

Lol. No you don’t know more than coaches. There is nobody on this board that knows more about football than Pruitt. You sit behind a keyboard and type BS. Pruitt is the HC of a major P5 football program.

Your salty behavior is just further proof that you cannot handle the fact that your guy doesn’t have the rare abilities that you say. And he just isn’t as good as JG.

Comprehend what I said. I said “Maybe not more than the coaches plural. But the coach”es” are not making OFFENSIVE decisions.” Football is a three sided game homeboy. Offense, defense and special teams. Pruitt has gone well beyond proving he don’t know chit about offense. He’s great at defense but even that’s in question right now due to not being able to defend a simple slant.

 

[whodeycin85]

Maurer played. He was terrible. He played last year. His stats were bad. The saying you are what your record says you are applies. You are what your stats say you are. Get over it.

Only someone who is stupid or truly ignorant believes that....l'll let your response reveal which side you fall in....Consider that Farve as a true freshman completed 40.7% of his passes....are you saying that those stats as a freshman, say Farve is not a great QB??

 

[VolArmy74]

I refuse to blame any player for what looks like short comings any more.

Each has gotten worse under their current teachers, who are utter failures. JG never looked great except against Missouri the last two years, but he's gotten dramatically worse. Shrout and Maurer both looked better last year.

Pruitt already admitted they gave no reps to anyone but JG and Shrout in preseason practice and that was heavily slanted towards JG. Bailey has been getting the lion's share on the Sunday scrimmages. Maurer has gotten the least reps/practice time and I feel extra sorry for him because he seems to come in either vs the best defenses we face or when the game situation is terrible like vs Arkansas last week.

There's no real point in arguing about who is better, because none of them have the chance to improve much with the staff and their atrocious game plans.

 

[1vol8]

Only someone who is stupid or truly ignorant believes that....l'll let your response reveal which side you fall in....Consider that Farve as a true freshman completed 40.7% of his passes....are you saying that those stats as a freshman, say Farve is not a great QB??

Ouch..... that hurt

 

[1vol8]

I refuse to blame any player for what looks like short comings any more.

Each has gotten worse under their current teachers, who are utter failures. JG never looked great except against Missouri the last two years, but he's gotten dramatically worse. Shrout and Maurer both looked better last year.

Pruitt already admitted they gave no reps to anyone but JG and Shrout in preseason practice and that was heavily slanted towards JG. Bailey has been getting the lion's share on the Sunday scrimmages. Maurer has gotten the least reps/practice time and I feel extra sorry for him because he seems to come in either vs the best defenses we face or when the game situation is terrible like vs Arkansas last week.

There's no real point in arguing about who is better, because none of them have the chance to improve much with the staff and their atrocious game plans.

Good lord..... post of the day! That was the ENTIRE point of the thread. No one knows and therefore the only way to “know” is to split reps. I’d even work Shrout in there somehow because he’s been neglected as well. There’s just very little time left this season and I very seriously doubt UT keeps both Maurer and Bailey.

 

[jacvols]

What have our other QBs won?

Nothing. They haven't been given a chance. Do you actually watch Tennessee play? What a stupid question

 

[jacvols]

Nothing. They haven't been given a chance. Do you actually watch Tennessee play? What a stupid question

Sorry, double post

 

[jarnol32]

I will admit it is a small sample, but Mauer has not done anything that leads me to believe that he has progressed or that he is the long term answer to our QB issues. Has he thrown a completion this year to anyone but the defense?

I will also state that Bailey completed his passes during garbage time and Arkansas was more than happy to give up the short passes to run the clock.

But I would also not hold two interceptions against Bailey as the first one was clearly an uncalled PI and the second was a desperation throw into the end zone with time running out and at least it did hit the receivers hands.

The real telling stat on JG was the one during the game that stated that JG was dead last of the SEC QB's for catchable passes and I think that it was at about 62%.

It's obvious that there is something going on with this team off the field and it has to be fixed as there is way too much talent to lose to a team like Kentucky or Arkansas and who knows it could be the QB situation.

Maurer is actually the only qb we have that has not completed one to the defense this season...

 

[jarnol32]

what happened to those “rare” abilities you said Maurer has? Bailey has had much less development than Maurer and he looks better already. I respect your continued adherence to this false narrative that Maurer is this super talented QB that is so much better than JG. The fact is he isn’t.

Bailey literally checked down 6 times to the running back while Arkansas was in a prevent defense for his only completions. You are evidently some kind of football Oracle if you can look at that and say he looks better than a player who threw for 259 yards and 2tds in his 1st start against Georgia.

 

[508mikey]

Start Bailey and let him call the plays

 

[Power T-Rev]

Define "better". If "better" is more experienced and less likely to make mistakes within the limitation of his ability... JG is the best QB on the roster. If "better" includes potential then he is the worst QB on the roster.

Have you seen Maurer play? Lol

 

[sjt18]

Have you seen Maurer play? Lol

Yes. Would you know what you were looking at if you watched a young, raw talent QB play?

 

[sona]

I think the best option may be to send JG home to the boardwalk and develop HB. If Maurer would stay (doubt it behind HB), we could make use of his mobility.

Shrout didn't even travel, I'd say he is done with UT. If JG blesses us with his presence once again, I'd say Maurer is lining up against us next year.

 

[cbatey1]

Maurer stares at his intended reciever.
What we need is a qb who knows how to look off the safeties, until we get that we will continue to get the same results.

This and a pump fake here and there........or every play for all I care. Keep em guessing

 

[Power T-Rev]

Yes. Would you know what you were looking at if you watched a young, raw talent QB play?

Maurer is not it bro

 

[sjt18]

Maurer is not it bro

I think I'll wait until he's actually had an opportunity to develop before making ignorant declarations. If he doesn't develop... then he doesn't. But he has the arm, size, athleticism, and energy to become a good QB. Not all guys who have talent develop. It is foolish to write off guys with talent.... like you've done.

PS- I am on record now saying that I don't think it will happen for him at UT. Too much baggage. He needs a fresh start. I think a lot of us have been there in our careers. IMHO, JG might have gotten it all together if he had left UT two years ago.