Maurer emerging as QB1?

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OMG those of you that don’t understand the reason comparisons are made. ITS NOT SAYING A PLAYER IS THIS GUY! It’s saying THIS is who they play like!

If you’re that much of a snowflake that you gotta take every word so literal, get off my tail and get on Rivals, 24/7 and ESPN and you’ll have literally HUNDREDS of kids every year you can complain to them about who they compared them to.

Salter was compared to Desaun Watson
Bailey was compared to Kyle Orton

Are either of them on their comparisons level?
 
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Lord, are we.really going to freak out over this "comparison" thing? Most players will remind you of someone. It sure as hell doesn't mean they are as good or even in the same zip code as that person. As a guitar player, I used to get told I sounded like Hendrix. Well I grew up listening to him and learning to play his stuff, but I was no where near him in overall musical gifts..

Grow up people...
 
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m1al said:
Lord, are we.really going to freak out over this "comparison" thing? Most players will remind you of someone. It sure as hell doesn't mean they are as good or even in the same zip code as that person. As a guitar player, I used to get told I sounded like Hendrix. Well I grew up listening to him and learning to play his stuff, but I was no where near him in overall musical gifts..

Grow up people...
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Thank you!
 
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Orange_Crush said:
Seems to me with the defense we expect to have, the O may need to score every time we get the ball. I'm not sure we can afford to have a QB who is dangerous with interceptions. I don't think we're in a situation that can waste possessions.
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That’s the sticky situation Heupel is in. Do you put a qb out there that has a higher probability of an int along with a higher probability of scoring or risk 3 and out from being more conservative with another qb? A very reasonable case can be made for each.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Sorry, I see it in reverse from what you are seeing but they were close in their performances last year. So far from what has been posted here recently, Bailey has been underwhelming in spring practices. We will just have to wait about JT.
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it showed in their play with bailey taking sacks from holding the ball too long. i think JT starts in boulder.
 
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EODVOL said:
To be fair we as fans do not know if JG actually beat out the competition. There are always biases in coaching decisions. JP was a run-first guy with an old-school mentality. One could clearly see the bias in Pruitt. How many games did JG throw multiple interceptions and had the offense stagnant yet JP kept going to the well? Being a defensive guy JP couldn't spot offensive talent if it hit him in the face. JG might do well in the PAC-12 given the weaker defenses in that conference.
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True. Who knows what was going thru the numskull’s head. He is the perfect example of advancing thru the system primarily because of networking versus any serious coaching know-how IMO. He rode on the coattails of others like Saban.
 
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‘I mean, I’m not saying he is him, but Pruitt’s coaching style is like Nick Saban’s. Not that he is as good as Saban now, but that’s the best comparison.’

-VN circa August 2018
 
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tennesseeduke said:
Injured 2019 Miss st
Injured 2019 Alabama
Injured 2020 Hamstring
The reason Brian Maurer hasn't made an impact for the Vols yet
READ!
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The MSU and Bama injury were the SAME INJURY. You're being dishonest and twisting the facts. There's only one reason you would do that. You are determined not to like the kid.

Yeah. They claimed he had a hamstring injury last year. The announcers repeated it often. Then just after they said it... Pruitt put him in specifically to run a zone read.
 
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Vol423 said:
Favre routinely displayed other characteristics in football games other than recklessly throwing into coverage. Favre also managed to string together a few games in a row where he was actually on the field leading his team to victories. The only thing that Maurer has shown so far is a reckless inability to read defenses.
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You do realize that Farve had been the starter in Green Bay for two years before he knew the difference between a nickel and a dime defense don’t you?
 
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jackcrevol said:
Huepel recruited Maurer to UCF before he chose TN.
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Thinking back to that Spring game Maurer’s freshman year you could see why. For a freshman he looked incredibly comfortable running a hurry up no huddle offense. He made some good throws and some bad ones but for a guy who just finished Spring ball for the first time I was impressed. I certainly wouldn’t count Brian out in this race.
 
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Some people apparent struggle greatly understanding context. I hope you don't take everything in life as literally as you do statements on a sports message board. It was clear that the comparison to Favre was his mentality and approach to the game, aka throw it where you want to because you feel like you can get it there before the defense does. Favre threw more interceptions than any player in NFL history due to that mentality and by a pretty wide margin. The gap from 1 to 2 is larger than the gap from 2 to 20 in career ints. Favre could run and had the gunslinger mentality. Maurer seems to have those traits too.
 
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m1al said:
Lord, are we.really going to freak out over this "comparison" thing? Most players will remind you of someone. It sure as hell doesn't mean they are as good or even in the same zip code as that person. As a guitar player, I used to get told I sounded like Hendrix. Well I grew up listening to him and learning to play his stuff, but I was no where near him in overall musical gifts..

Grow up people...
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“Willfully obtuse” describes a good number of people on this board.
 
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KPT_VFL said:
Woah buddy be careful they’ll act like you’re taking shots at mental health issues with this post. You can’t disagree with these folks who think Brian has shown he’s All-SEC.
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One thing we can all agree on. No one on this roster or last year’s roster has shown they’re all-SEC, not yet anyway. The right system for a QB can make a huge difference though, as can the right coach. After Ainge’s sophomore year I never thought he would see the field again. He was worse than bad. One thing is for sure. A guy who played QB has to have a better grasp on the QB position than a guy who spent his entire career on the defensive side of the ball.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
One thing we can all agree on. No one on this roster or last year’s roster has shown they’re all-SEC, not yet anyway. The right system for a QB can make a huge difference though, as can the right coach. After Ainge’s sophomore year I never thought he would see the field again. He was worse than bad. One thing is for sure. A guy who played QB has to have a better grasp on the QB position than a guy who spent his entire career on the defensive side of the ball.
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Can’t help but to think of the many times Pruitt said “I played some qb”. I always found it funny how he neglected to mention it was for his dad.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
One thing we can all agree on. No one on this roster or last year’s roster has shown they’re all-SEC, not yet anyway. The right system for a QB can make a huge difference though, as can the right coach. After Ainge’s sophomore year I never thought he would see the field again. He was worse than bad. One thing is for sure. A guy who played QB has to have a better grasp on the QB position than a guy who spent his entire career on the defensive side of the ball.
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Truth be told, Ainge got tattooed and it took him about a year to quit playing scared. Never saw it in a P5 QB prior to that nor since as well.
 
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1vol8 said:
Can’t help but to think of the many times Pruitt said “I played some qb”. I always found it funny how he neglected to mention it was for his dad.
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Yeah, I played QB too. Intramurals in college. Then I benched myself because I sucked. But yeah, I meant playing QB in college.

Side note, the experience did help. My last year our QB got thrown out of the game for fighting and it was 4th and goal. We were down a TD with a playoff appearance on the line. I took the snap and threw a perfect pass on an out pattern for the TD to tie it up. Then we got a pick 6 to win. We got killed in the playoffs but it was awesome just to make it because we really weren’t very good.
 
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Remy said:
Truth be told, Ainge got tattooed and it took him about a year to quit playing scared. Never saw it in a P5 QB prior to that nor since as well.
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That’s true. I was so pissed at Fulmer for that too. There was zero chance of us scoring on that play. But once a QB loses it between the ears it’s tough to get the back. Kudos to him for doing it.
 
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volfan_28 said:
I just want to see him go through progressions better. That's where Bailey has the edge, IMO, and it's one reason why Bray was able to light up the scoreboard back in the day. If Maurer learns to throw the ball to the best option the sky is the limit.
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Very good point, and agree on Bailey.
 
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Doesn't really matter how good Maurer can play QB. He has proven to be too fragile to make it through an entire half of an SEC game.
 
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