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#51
#51
Zues1 said:
Guess we'll just have to disagree. When BM entered the game things looked quicker with better decisions/ smoother. Moving down hill instead of passes behind the line of scrimmage.We saw the same thing last year when Chryst entered the game. Things were clicking.
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There may have been more energy but I'll go ahead and disagree about "better decisions" being made. the dude threw into triple coverage with a man wide open on the other side of the field which is EXACTLY the same dumb sh!t that JG does. His decision making is just as bad or worse than JG and Pruitt and Chaney know it which is why he got the quick hook as soon as he started to cowboy it up out there.
 
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#52
#52
Zues1 said:
I swear when JG re-entered the game the Oline looked less determined. On third down it appeared they choose not to block. We use to call that a look out block. Secondly does anyone see the other players trying to pick JG up on the sidelines?
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This makes me think JG's communication and leadership is lacking. It doesn't necessarily have to be 'lack of motivation'; could just be confusion. The entire offense looked out of sync when he was in there.

When Maurer came in, it suddenly looked like the offense was communicating and working together; albeit, Maurer's play was subpar, but the communication magically seemed to work at that point. At this point, while both Shrout and Maurer are very raw and flawed, I think it would be easier to "fix" their weaknesses than it will be to fix JG's.
 
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#56
#56
I like CJP....I still think he can get us back, although I will confess there's not much evidence on the table right now to support my opinion.
We all will know more after the 2020 class has signed.

Having said that---I think it will be a catastrophic to start JG against UGA. He absolutely needs to sit.
UGA is NOT going to respect deep throws from our offense....they're gonna pack it in and cut off our quick slants and quick throws like they did against ND with much greater success.

We don't have ND's OL, TEs, or QB. It's gonna get ugly really quick with JG as the starter.

At least Maurer will not play scared or intimidated....I don't think we have anything to lose at this point, and everything to gain.
Give Maurer and Shrout the UGa game in order to get them ready for the Miss. State game.

MSU, KY, USCe, UAB, and Vandy are all very beatable teams on the schedule.

One thing these tweets say is what the players KNOW after watching the films---no confidence in JG at all!!
We used to say back in the day that "...the big eye just don't lie!" You just cannot hide the truth from the guys watching the film on the team.

Our season could go a long way towards a miracle 6-6 finish if we go 2-2 in the next 4 games---JG cannot get us there.
At least there would be new life and new hope with Maurer and/or Shrout.

I HOPE that CJP and crew change their minds and bench JG to start the UGA game.

GO VOLS--a VFL ALWAYS!
 
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#57
#57
Volsfaninva917 said:
Seems as if Pruitt may have lost the locker room, if thats the case then I don't know where Tennessee goes from here
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I donā€™t believe he ever had the locker room....but looks like itā€™s going to get worse.
 
#59
#59
Sara Clark said:
I agree with you, Maurer is not better. But he may develop more quickly with actual "game time." The team for sure looked more energized with him in the game. JG doesn't seem to inspire people around him. JMO
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We donā€™t know if Maurer is better or not bc heā€™s never practiced with the 1ā€™s, never got 1st team reps until the FL game, and there was zero offseason QB competition to develop him. This is all on Pruitt. His decision to protect JG backfired big time.

Dismissing Maurer atp is ridiculous.
 
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#60
#60
MWAVolfan said:
Maurer is in no way a better QB than JG. It will be seen eventually in a full game. then and only then will the rest of you know what I know now that this team is dead-man-walking.
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You miss the point--MAURER is no WORSE than JG as a true FR. But Maurer does bring some athleticism to the position and he certainly DOESN'T PLAY SCARED of FAILURE.

I said it before in another thread--JG's mind is constantly oscillating between panic and paralysis during the games--he can't RELAX and play the position.
His "mental" needle is pegged in one direction or the other with no room for rest in the middle.

It's THE REASON he is indecisive. And its the reason he throws the ball too late, too high, too hard, and behind his wide open receivers--or just fails to throw it at all.
The game just hasn't SLOWED DOWN for him--and he's had plenty of time and been exposed to enough situations as the starter to demonstrate this fact.

The abysmal pass attempt to a wide open and streaking DWA against Florida was just the final straw to prove it.
The swing pass attempt to Chandler on a 3rd down also proves it when he just threw it in the dirt without any touch at all.
 
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#61
#61
It is pretty obvious that JG is not the answer and maybe there isnā€™t an answer on this team. It still is classless to go on social media to criticize a fellow player and indirectly your coach.
I do not agree that the defense is a strength. They forced 1 punt, left receivers open, and put little pressure on Trask. A few players are playing well. Generally speaking, starting with the QB position the whole team is a mess IMO. The kicking game is the only thing that seems to be working well
 
#62
#62
If the tweet likes are true there is only one option. Bench JG and roll with either Shrout or Maurer. My choice would be Maurer. Saving a redshirt should be off the table. To me it represents a sign this team wants to improve and recognizes the fact it needs a change.

We have miss st, uab, south Carolina, vandy and Ky left on the schedule. If the team can get behind a qb they can believe in we could absolutely salvage a bowl game and point to the future. If HB is as good as everyone thinks he is then Maurer's redshirt wont matter anyway. If Maurer turns out to be good we have our qb for the next 3 years and time to recruit our next one. Assuming HB doesn't come here.
 
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#64
#64
DiderotsGhost said:
This makes me think JG's communication and leadership is lacking. It doesn't necessarily have to be 'lack of motivation'; could just be confusion. The entire offense looked out of sync when he was in there.

When Maurer came in, it suddenly looked like the offense was communicating and working together; albeit, Maurer's play was subpar, but the communication magically seemed to work at that point. At this point, while both Shrout and Maurer are very raw and flawed, I think it would be easier to "fix" their weaknesses than it will be to fix JG's.
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This should make us ALL think Pruitts leadership is lacking.

I donā€™t care whoā€™s recruits they are. If you canā€™t handle ā€œyourā€ team, if you canā€™t get your team motivated, if you canā€™t get your (entire) team behind whoever.......YOU.....the coach have a problem.
 
#65
#65
VolsFan-TX said:
Iā€™m on the fence about Mauer. I certainly support giving him a chance to prepare for and start the next game. My concern is that maybe he does not play scared or act indecisively, because he hasnā€™t been the starter. What happens when the weight of the start and some bad plays happen? What happens when social media buries him after a loss to GA? I hope he can handle it better than JG, but we do not know yet. We need to see what he can do as the starter. We have to find a playmaker at QB.
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OMG youā€™re right! Maurer might panic and we could end up losing to GA STATE!! Or even BYU!

Oh, wait...
 
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#67
#67
VolsFan-TX said:
Iā€™m on the fence about Mauer. I certainly support giving him a chance to prepare for and start the next game. My concern is that maybe he does not play scared or act indecisively, because he hasnā€™t been the starter. What happens when the weight of the start and some bad plays happen? What happens when social media buries him after a loss to GA? I hope he can handle it better than JG, but we do not know yet. We need to see what he can do as the starter. We have to find a playmaker at QB.
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Players play their positions. Guys who cannot overcome their anxiety are liabilities on the field.
JG is a liability with no upside that I can see.

I don't know how well Maurer or Shrout can play at this very moment--I just know that JG cannot.

And all of JG's teammates KNOW that JG cannot play the position--in spite of what the coach says publicly.
There may have been reasonable doubt before the Fla game...but it is all gone now!

It was still a ballgame when he missed DWA so badly. Those types of plays absolutely demoralize you as a team.
There was absolutely NO EXCUSE. JG wasn't under pressure, Florida's defense blew an assignment...and we had the advantage for one of the few moments in the game.

It was an easy throw....all JG had to do was throw the ball out there with a little air under it and allow DWA to complete the play.
It just doesn't get any easier than that on the field in SEC games.
I don't think DWA would've outran the Gators for a TD, but the point is that he was ROBBED of the chance by his own QB.

JG threw that pass like he was thinking-----ready.....FIRE....oh sheet I forgot to aim.......crap.....not again...
 
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#70
#70
My only question to all of this social media **** about what the players are responding to on social media is that why don't the players worry more about what they need to do on the field rather than what's being said on social media or what's being liked or whomever comments on a posting about Tennessee football on there...I mean hell if they the players are so fed up with Gurantano as the QB for the team right now, well then I think I would group together and tell that coaching staff to go to hell and refuse to go back on the field with Guarantano as the QB...I mean that might really just make a statement then...ā€¦.
 
#71
#71
MWAVolfan said:
Maurer is in no way a better QB than JG. It will be seen eventually in a full game. then and only then will the rest of you know what I know now that this team is dead-man-walking.
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You nor anyone else knows this. Neither of the back ups have been given much of a chance in a real game with 1st string players. I did a little research; our qb coach, who won the heis. in his second game threw 6 int. but after that took off. The backs up will make mistakes but they will inprove. jg has reached his ceiling and and it is not good at all. We should have never started jg this year. He showed in the orange and white game he was still the same qb as he has been. I have never in all my years of watching football seen anyone given the time jg has had to improve and showing no improvement continue to be the starter.
 
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#72
#72
JoAllan said:
This should make us ALL think Pruitts leadership is lacking.

I donā€™t care whoā€™s recruits they are. If you canā€™t handle ā€œyourā€ team, if you canā€™t get your team motivated, if you canā€™t get your (entire) team behind whoever.......YOU.....the coach have a problem.
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Well, I think it was the WRONG decision to put JG back into the Fla game.

But I also don't think JABBA helped the team out at all by leaving out any hint of reverses, bootlegs, or counter-gaps against Florida's aggressive defense.
It's the cardinal rule for any OC--you MUST run reverses, screens, bootlegs, and counter gaps (trap plays) against those kinds of defenses--and you must do it early to make them stay at home and play their position.
WE ran ZERO of those plays against BYU or Florida. And only ran one bootleg against BYU...pure stupidity and incompetence by JABBA.

They also could've left Maurer out there and used his athleticism by moving the pocket on rollouts, on bootlegs, and on RPOs.
I don't think we threw any slants after faking the ball on a run into the line (RPO) one time during the game.

You have to do SOMETHING--ANYTHING--to keep those passing lanes open to help your QB.
 
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#73
#73
Carl Pickens said:
I thank my lucky stars that social media didn't exist back in my younger days
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Indeed... I was about 30 when social media became a thing. That's probably a good age to wait for before signing up for any of it.
 
#74
#74
MWAVolfan said:
There may have been more energy but I'll go ahead and disagree about "better decisions" being made. the dude threw into triple coverage with a man wide open on the other side of the field which is EXACTLY the same dumb sh!t that JG does. His decision making is just as bad or worse than JG and Pruitt and Chaney know it which is why he got the quick hook as soon as he started to cowboy it up out there.
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And you come to this conclusion, in his first game with the 1st string.
 
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#75
#75
Woke said:
OMG youā€™re right! Maurer might panic and we could end up losing to GA STATE!! Or even BYU!

Oh, wait...
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No sh*t. Thatā€™s why I support the change in QBs, but I am not sure we will see much a difference in outcomes.
 
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