How you choose your QB

[sjt18]

We've been told JG can run Chaney's offense and understand it because it is basically multi-variablr Calculus.

Now where are we? We can't even trust the QB to throw the ball in Chaney's infallible offense.

A coach that won't simplify his offense to what he has. A tale as old as football, and one that has never failed to send coaches to the unemployment line.

So you run an offense that is easy to defend because the guy you've poured ALL of your #1 prep time into is incapable of getting it done on gameday? How about you just realize that guy has not proven he's the guy in more than 3 years... and move on?

 

[sjt18]

They have said several time only 2 QBs getting rep and JG getting the majority.....that is horrible coaching

It is. And the fact that your 5th year Sr needs that much of the prep snaps should tell you all you need to know. By this time, he should be helping coach up the back up.

IIRC, most teams divide their #1 snaps 60-40 or 60-30-10 depending on how comfortable they are with the #2.

 

[jarnol32]

We've been told JG can run Chaney's offense and understand it because it is basically multi-variablr Calculus.

Now where are we? We can't even trust the QB to throw the ball in Chaney's infallible offense.

A coach that won't simplify his offense to what he has. A tale as old as football, and one that has never failed to send coaches to the unemployment line.

Tyler Bray seemed to handle it fine, and he didn’t strike me as the sharpest toll in the shed. Guarantano is awful, and for some reason Pruitt wants to ride him all the way to the bottom.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

If the OP is asking this as a question, I would have to say Pruitt/Cheney/Weinke are using a Ouija board.

 

[Voltopia]

Arch Manning would start right now for the Tennessee Vols

I hope our recruiters are making that especially clear to him.

 

[Remy]

I would put Bailey in. Maybe he doesn't have the system down perfectly, but surely he knows enough of it to run the offense better than JG

We've been outscored 57 to 7 in our last 6 quarters of football. At this point you could give a frat boy in the stands the start and he could hardly do worse. Get HB in and keep him in and move toward competency on offense or as close as you can get to it.

 

[bpalmer28]

It’s like a Les Miles team with much less talent

 

[lostsheep]

I have made no secret that I like Pruitt. But I believe his handling of QB's is a major flaw that could prevent him from becoming successful.

Fulmer had his own flaws but he routinely went with his most talented QB over his "best prepared" QB. He made his QB's upside the first priority then got him prepared.

I've argued for a long time that for all of his good qualities JG is limited from a mental talent standpoint in ways that hold him and the O back. It isn't personal. He simply does not appear to be capable of processing fast enough to deliver on time or the abstract "vision" to anticipate/throw receivers open. Pruitt has to start seeing the opportunity costs of playing a guy like JG over guys with higher upsides.

Not disagreeing with you concerning JG.
However, Fulmer didn’t routinely play the most talented guy over the most prepared.
Colquitt, Helton, and Stewart all played at QB before it was decided Manning was the guy.
IIRC, he also did the same thing with the RB position by starting Levine over Lewis his freshman year.

 

[m1al]

It is. And the fact that your 5th year Sr needs that much of the prep snaps should tell you all you need to know. By this time, he should be helping coach up the back up.

IIRC, most teams divide their #1 snaps 60-40 or 60-30-10 depending on how comfortable they are with the #2.

This....