Scrimmage Today (10/11)

#102
#102
We need to wait until Harrison Bailey is ready. Part of JG’s issue is he was thrown into action too early as a freshman before he was ready and he was “seeing ghosts” when they rushed him. Unfortunately he never really got over that.
 
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#103
#103
He just doesn't see the field well, can't read what the defense is doing to him. We need a mentally sharper QB. A lot of those jailbreak pressures were because he never slid protection to the side they were overloading. A 5th year senior should know these things by now.
 
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#104
Harrison played every snap and from talking to a few people who were on hand, he played pretty well. Wasn’t perfect as you would imagine but threw some nice balls!

Chaney and Weinke were just pushing Harrison to be confident I was told. The word I was told was “solid” in describing his performance.

Isaiah Montgomery had a touchdown. I was told that Tamarion McDonald flashed at safety. I was surprised to hear he was back but apparently made a nice hit or two.

Malachi Wideman went up and caught a pretty good ball. Jalin Hyatt participated along with KeShawn but didn’t participate a great amount. Tee Hodge, Dee Beckwith and Lenneth Whitehead got in some good work at RB. Beckwith flashed the most at tailback.

Morven Joseph got a a handful of reps and continues his progression.
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Lot of needed work for some freshmen who needed it after what happened in the preseason. Guys like Bailey, Wideman, the young RBs (Hodge, Whitehead, Beckwith) on offense, Joseph and some others on defense. It was more a mini-scrimmage as full-scale scrimmages are well over 100 plays and they didn’t run that many.

I’m not sure how much I’d read into it as far as guys shooting up the depth chart. It was described to me as more player development than an audition for playing time but we’ll see if anybody did enough to get on the field more. Either way I think it was smart by Tennessee to make up for what happened in the preseason.
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#107
If this year doesn’t count towards eligibility then why not start Harrison? AUBURN started Bo Nix last year. Trevor lawerance came
In as a freshman and took over for Kelly Bryant . Tua came in and took over for jalen . Yeah he is young And may not be on the same level at those guys but let him use this year to learn . I don’t think he will see another defense like GA this year . Let him ball out and learn the offense and bring some new but fresh air in this fan base . Give us something to look forward to . I don’t wanna spend another 10 years hurting like this. If these coaches are good developers like they say then this shouldn’t cause any set back .
 
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ChrisVFL said:
If this year doesn’t count towards eligibility then why not start Harrison? AUBURN started Bo Nix last year. Trevor lawerance came
In as a freshman and took over for Kelly Bryant . Tua came in and took over for jalen . Yeah he is young And may not be on the same level at those guys but let him use this year to learn . I don’t think he will see another defense like GA this year . Let him ball out and learn the offense and bring some new but fresh air in this fan base . Give us something to look forward to . I don’t wanna spend another 10 years hurting like this. If these coaches are good developers like they say then this shouldn’t cause any set back .
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You make great points that I think most on here would agree with. However, in each of those cases you mentioned, you had a coaching staff who was at least moderately interested in developing depth at the quarterback position. We, it seems, do not.
 
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#110
ShoalCreekVol said:
You make great points that I think most on here would agree with. However, in each of those cases you mentioned, you had a coaching staff who was at least moderately interested in developing depth at the quarterback position. We, it seems, do not.
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Maybe HB just isn’t that good yet?...food for thought. If he was “the truth”, like a lot of VN thinks he is, I’m sure he’d be out there.
 
#113
#113
ATLVols said:
We need to wait until Harrison Bailey is ready. Part of JG’s issue is he was thrown into action too early as a freshman before he was ready and he was “seeing ghosts” when they rushed him. Unfortunately he never really got over that.
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Respectfully DISAGREE about JG.....he just has NEVER had it at this level.....It's no shame to admit it....

He obviously is tough and made of grit...and has the respect of his teammates.
But you have to have the ability to read defenses pre-snap, make adjustments, avoid the rush, and throw the ball into tight windows.
JG--as a 5th year SR.....doesn't have it! And I just do not believe any holdover "shock" from the CBJ years is to blame for his lack of ability to perform.

I'm not saying to throw HB in there now....but I would've played some of those other QBs against Mizzou when we had that big lead in the 4th QTR....
 
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TennVols12 said:
Maybe HB just isn’t that good yet?...food for thought. If he was “the truth”, like a lot of VN thinks he is, I’m sure he’d be out there.
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Well that's the conundrum here. there are a handful of backup quarterbacks, not just bailey, and with pretty well every other staff in the country you know that whoever does best would be out there. But because of the way this staff handles quarterbacks, we don't have an opportunity to know who's good or not. But we do know that no one is getting game opportunities to get some experience where it counts.
 
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ShoalCreekVol said:
Well that's the conundrum here. there are a handful of backup quarterbacks, not just bailey, and with pretty well every other staff in the country you know that whoever does best would be out there. But because of the way this staff handles quarterbacks, we don't have an opportunity to know who's good or not. But we do know that no one is getting game opportunities to get some experience where it counts.
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Maybe JG is simply the best of what we have?...
 
#120
#120
If after 3 years JG is the only decent option we have at QB, then JP has committed malpractice. There are too many options nowadays to spot fix a QB issue not to have done so......in THREE YEARS.
 
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ATLVols said:
We need to wait until Harrison Bailey is ready. Part of JG’s issue is he was thrown into action too early as a freshman before he was ready and he was “seeing ghosts” when they rushed him. Unfortunately he never really got over that.
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He was a redshirt freshman...and didn’t really play until the 3rd or 4th game.
 
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