Maurer...

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PlanetVolunteer said:
JG has been given the most patience in the history of football. In 2017 I remember immediately thinking he sucked. Was there anybody that believed he would be good after his redshirt freshman year? I know a lot more people feel better about Maurer after his TRUE freshman year.
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Great... the problem is in the assumption that the next guy automatically is better. It may not work like that.
 
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sjt18 said:
My main concern is that he's susceptible to concussions. Some people just are. Their heads are just "different" in some way. Just like some people just cannot process information quickly or instinctively. They're deliberate "thinkers". Nothing wrong with it... it just doesn't make for a good QB.
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Well, he had a concussion, but does that make him susceptible? My brother recently fell off his front porch and got a concussion. His first. Does that make him susceptible ? If the blow is sufficient, would everyone not be susceptible?
 
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GAVol said:
Great... the problem is in the assumption that the next guy automatically is better. It may not work like that.
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Speaking for just me, I don't assume that. In fact, I will be surprised if the next guy doesn't make some mistakes that JG might not have made.

I think the target has to be someone that has a higher ceiling... someone whose mistakes are correctable and not just part of who he is.

I believe (or hope) that one of the other three has a much higher ceiling. They have the potential the help the O reach a new level.

I said over the summer that I believed JG was near or at his ceiling. Pulaski went nuts. I think what we have seen confirms my fears.
 
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1967vol said:
Well, he had a concussion, but does that make him susceptible? My brother recently fell off his front porch and got a concussion. His first. Does that make him susceptible ? If the blow is sufficient, would everyone not be susceptible?
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Yeah. I could have said that better. I'm not suggesting that he is... only that the possibility is a concern. That fall he took was freakish... so it may just mean he took a hit that would have given anyone a concussion.
 
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GAVol said:
Great... the problem is in the assumption that the next guy automatically is better. It may not work like that.
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Well he proved last year he was better last year until his concussions. Just sucks that BM and HB haven't gotten the work they have needed to up to this point with COVID and BM's hamstring. Still obvious to me that both of those guys are better than JG. Which isn't saying a lot, of course. Neither one of them will turn the ball over 6 times in two quarters either. Them playing is growth. We decay with JG on the field. JG might pull together some Missouri USCjr type performances if he continues to see the field, but he can at any point ruin everything. As you know. BM and HB? Probably more ups and downs, but they actually have ability and the youth to grow and we have seen some solid play from BM already. To me, for those reasons, we are automatically better with those guys going forward. At worst JG comes off the bench like last year and plays fresh and well.
 
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sjt18 said:
Speaking for just me, I don't assume that. In fact, I will be surprised if the next guy doesn't make some mistakes that JG might not have made.

I think the target has to be someone that has a higher ceiling... someone whose mistakes are correctable and not just part of who he is.

I believe (or hope) that one of the other three has a much higher ceiling. They have the potential the help the O reach a new level.

I said over the summer that I believed JG was near or at his ceiling. Pulaski went nuts. I think what we have seen confirms my fears.
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Guaranturnover was at his ceiling in first two games...which could get 5 to 6 wins. He hasn’t been even at that level recently. The last two games he has to be at the very bottom of college quarterbacking.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
How long until those awkward falls turn into something serious though? I want the kid to start i really do but he needs to clean his game up first. He provides a big spark to the offense that they desperately need.
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How would you suggest he avoid awkward falls????
 
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If Maurer gets the nod, which I have my doubts, then Idk what to think. On one hand I know he can do it. He’s proved it. And I know he can do it again. But on the other, I think “poor kid” because look at some of you now. Some of you think just like Pruitt and still don’t want to give the kid a chance. Some of you want to criticize him over his stat lines KNOWING he’s never had the luxury of facing anything less than an SEC defense and two of his mere 4 starts were against the nations best. Now here we are, same time next year and he gets to face Alabama again. Lord forbid he have a bad game, the wolves will be out.
 
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1vol8 said:
If Maurer gets the nod, which I have my doubts, then Idk what to think. On one hand I know he can do it. He’s proved it. And I know he can do it again. But on the other, I think “poor kid” because look at some of you now. Some of you think just like Pruitt and still don’t want to give the kid a chance. Some of you want to criticize him over his stat lines KNOWING he’s never had the luxury of facing anything less than an SEC defense and two of his mere 4 starts were against the nations best. Now here we are, same time next year and he gets to face Alabama again. Lord forbid he have a bad game, the wolves will be out.
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Agree. All the I told you so group will be out in full force. I’ll be happy with any of them starting besides JG. Time to move on with someone else!
 
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1vol8 said:
If Maurer gets the nod, which I have my doubts, then Idk what to think. On one hand I know he can do it. He’s proved it. And I know he can do it again. But on the other, I think “poor kid” because look at some of you now. Some of you think just like Pruitt and still don’t want to give the kid a chance. Some of you want to criticize him over his stat lines KNOWING he’s never had the luxury of facing anything less than an SEC defense and two of his mere 4 starts were against the nations best. Now here we are, same time next year and he gets to face Alabama again. Lord forbid he have a bad game, the wolves will be out.
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Welcome to the way it is.
 
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1vol8 said:
If Maurer gets the nod, which I have my doubts, then Idk what to think. On one hand I know he can do it. He’s proved it. And I know he can do it again. But on the other, I think “poor kid” because look at some of you now. Some of you think just like Pruitt and still don’t want to give the kid a chance. Some of you want to criticize him over his stat lines KNOWING he’s never had the luxury of facing anything less than an SEC defense and two of his mere 4 starts were against the nations best. Now here we are, same time next year and he gets to face Alabama again. Lord forbid he have a bad game, the wolves will be out.
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I’d really prefer that Guaranturnover get the nod to start. And then bring in Maurer after it gets out of hand. And then let him finish the d@mn game to show what he can do.

Play for the final 5 games.
 
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EZE said:
I’d really prefer that Guaranturnover get the nod to start. And then bring in Maurer after it gets out of hand. And then let him finish the d@mn game to show what he can do.

Play for the final 5 games.
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I’m not opposed to that for the reps but I am for the simple fact that the Maurer we saw vs UF and the Maurer we saw after preparation was a night and day difference.
 
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EZE said:
I’d really prefer that Guaranturnover get the nod to start. And then bring in Maurer after it gets out of hand. And then let him finish the d@mn game to show what he can do.

Play for the final 5 games.
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Nahhh. I'll go with Maurer starting and maybe sub in Bailey and if somehow they do worse than two pick 6's a fumble or three fumbles and an interception then you put JG in :) but even then, put in Shrout after Bailey.
 
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