Joey Aguilar officially named the starter

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volfever007 said:
What's more concerning is maybe they aren't being developed. We're 0-2 in high school QB's and 1 was a 4* top 13 QB in the country out of high school, the other was a 5* top 3 QB in the country, so it's not like we're rolling the dice on high school QB'S.
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I get the sentiment, but the odds are more likely that young QBs were going to struggle. Last year, Nico was one of the youngest starting QBs in the P4. It is just not feasible to think a young QB will have a breakout year, when it is more likely they need a year or two to reach their full potential. Nico was on track to do that. Even though his stats were lackluster last year, he still has the physical gifts and sparks of talent and effort to be a really good college QB.

Merk is a different situation. In the world of QB recruiting, star inflation is a real thing. Recruiting rating are based on subjective potential. Merk has the physical attributes, but he was rated as a 4* because he would require a lot of development. You can tell his mechanics are not quite like Aguilar, and even GMac has a prettier release. Merk was always going to be a project no matter where he went. He still has a lot of potential, but now it is up to himself to work on the rest to get to the point where he can get on the field.
 
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Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va said:
I get the sentiment, but the odds are more likely that young QBs were going to struggle. Last year, Nico was one of the youngest starting QBs in the P4. It is just not feasible to think a young QB will have a breakout year, when it is more likely they need a year or two to reach their full potential. Nico was on track to do that. Even though his stats were lackluster last year, he still has the physical gifts and sparks of talent and effort to be a really good college QB.

Merk is a different situation. In the world of QB recruiting, star inflation is a real thing. Recruiting rating are based on subjective potential. Merk has the physical attributes, but he was rated as a 4* because he would require a lot of development. You can tell his mechanics are not quite like Aguilar, and even GMac has a prettier release. Merk was always going to be a project no matter where he went. He still has a lot of potential, but now it is up to himself to work on the rest to get to the point where he can get on the field.
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Agree.
 
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driscokid said:
I’m cool with it but he needs to drop the “y” and be Joe. Joey — meh. Joey Namath? Joey Theisman? Joey Burrow? Maybe he will be the first bad ass “Joey”
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Yeah I'm not sure the fans get used to saying "Overthrow Joey"
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From all reports, GMAC has looked the best at passing the ball but doesn't have the size, experience, or other intangibles to be the starter. Merk has struggled and Aguilar has done alright (hasn't looked spectacular necessarily but hasn't looked bad either). Aguilar is about like what we would expect IMO, Merk needs more work, GMAC is very talented with potential but still too young. The one plus for Merk is that I heard he tends to be the stronger leader of the three with the other teammates.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Just because you keep repeating your mantra, will not create that reality. Go fahr someone in your organization.
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I'm not saying fire anybody, but blaming a fanbase for expecting a player that's getting paid a lot of money to do a job and then he's not ready after 2 years or isn't performing for what he's making has nothing to do with the fanbase, these athletes are now making a lot of money, I expect a ROI. 😊
 
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volfever007 said:
I'm not saying fire anybody, but blaming a fanbase for expecting a player that's getting paid a lot of money to do a job and then he's not ready after 2 years or isn't performing for what he's making has nothing to do with the fanbase, these athletes are now making a lot of money, I expect a ROI. 😊
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Sorry. I’m not concerned with your or the fanbase’s expectations. I do expect Heupel to manage the roster in a manner that grants the team suitable athletes in the two deep. It will get tougher at the skill positions moving forward not so much due to NIL but due to the lack of enforceable portal rules.

Waiting behind a Peyton Manning three years for a shot at a National Championship? That would require exceptional character in this era.
 
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volfever007 said:
I'm not saying fire anybody, but blaming a fanbase for expecting a player that's getting paid a lot of money to do a job and then he's not ready after 2 years or isn't performing for what he's making has nothing to do with the fanbase, these athletes are now making a lot of money, I expect a ROI. 😊
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The only people who get to expect ROI are those with money in the pot. How much you got?
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
The only people who get to expect ROI are those with money in the pot. How much you got?
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Well, every time I buy apparel, drinks and food in the stadium, watch it on TV, that's contributing to that University Athletics funds which guess what, that's part of what's paying for these athletes now, it's not just money donation to SPYRE, etc. I'm 100% sure if we (as in the fans in general) don't go to the games, buy all that stuff, there won't be any sports because you can't find it, agree? And by the way, I will never donate a single dime to the specific athletic dept until they do something about these athletes getting NIL and a scholarship, shouldn't get both in my opinion. My donations would go to someone who actually needs it. Remember, these athletes are at our mercy.
 
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Can't totally decide if our starting QB who didn't go through Spring practice and has been on campus just 4 months is a good thing or not....LOL
 
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volfever007 said:
Well, every time I buy apparel, drinks and food in the stadium, watch it on TV, that's contributing to that University Athletics funds which guess what, that's part of what's paying for these athletes now, it's not just money donation to SPYRE, etc. I'm 100% sure if we (as in the fans in general) don't go to the games, buy all that stuff, there won't be any sports because you can't find it, agree? And by the way, I will never donate a single dime to the specific athletic dept until they do something about these athletes getting NIL and a scholarship, shouldn't get both in my opinion. My donations would go to someone who actually needs it. Remember, these athletes are at our mercy.
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Does that feeling of power get you all excited?

What you're missing in your own statement is "our" in your last sentence and assuming you represent most fans. You don't.

By all means, carry on insisting you deserve an ROI and expect the coaches to listen. They aren't.
 
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Besides needing to be thicker in the legs and strengthening core, Gmac still has a longer windup. Needs to be quicker and shorter. He tends to bring it down near his waist on windup which is strip city in a game.
Thats one thing besides running the ball I like about JA. He has a tight release looks like it’s compact and coming from the ear hole.
 
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volbound1700 said:
From all reports, GMAC has looked the best at passing the ball but doesn't have the size, experience, or other intangibles to be the starter. Merk has struggled and Aguilar has done alright (hasn't looked spectacular necessarily but hasn't looked bad either). Aguilar is about like what we would expect IMO, Merk needs more work, GMAC is very talented with potential but still too young. The one plus for Merk is that I heard he tends to be the stronger leader of the three with the other teammates.
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Reports are 5 minutes open to media.
 
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volfever007 said:
Well, every time I buy apparel, drinks and food in the stadium, watch it on TV, that's contributing to that University Athletics funds which guess what, that's part of what's paying for these athletes now, it's not just money donation to SPYRE, etc. I'm 100% sure if we (as in the fans in general) don't go to the games, buy all that stuff, there won't be any sports because you can't find it, agree? And by the way, I will never donate a single dime to the specific athletic dept until they do something about these athletes getting NIL and a scholarship, shouldn't get both in my opinion. My donations would go to someone who actually needs it. Remember, these athletes are at our mercy.
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Calm down Jerry Jones, you're not that important.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Does that feeling of power get you all excited?

What you're missing in your own statement is "our" in your last sentence and assuming you represent most fans. You don't.

By all means, carry on insisting you deserve an ROI and expect the coaches to listen. They aren't.
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I never insisted on ROI because in this business as a fan, you'll never get it, just bragging rights is all your paying for. I'll stick to investing in land and the stock market, that's where real ROI is at. And when I said our, it's 100% talking about every fan, we don't participate, they don't get paid, surely you understand that, right?
 
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