Who's going to be our QB?

#27
#27
Stephens should be the starter next year......As bad as our offensive line was last year nobody could play worth a crap and he's got the best looking deep ball out of any qb we have had in a while....Coleman could be good, I mean Cutcliffe recruited him for a reason but I think it should be Stephens just because we ha ve seen alot more of him and with an improved offensive line and some good coaching and development he could be really good IMO
 
#28
#28
if Rod Wilks don't want it,i actually have no idea,i'm just hoping with some good (diffrent)coaching ,one of the 3 will step up and play some decent football
 
#36
#36
Being from wnc i would love to see crompton finish his career on a positive note. However, after the way he performed this past season i think hope for him is gone. Imo stephens is the front runner. Spring practice should be very interesting indeed.
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#37
#37
KCVolLaw said:
I'll be the one laughing next year when Crompton is starting.
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I really dont think you want Crompton to start. I have seen a lot of college football quarterbacks and Crompton has to be one of the most inaccurate passers I have seen (and at an SEC school!). Unless something really changes, I dont think you want that guy.
 
#38
#38
PowderRiverPoke said:
I really dont think you want Crompton to start. I have seen a lot of college football quarterbacks and Crompton has to be one of the most inaccurate passers I have seen (and at an SEC school!). Unless something really changes, I dont think you want that guy.
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Who said I wanted him to start? I'm just saying there was a reason he started most of the year and it wasn't that bs about being Fulmer's favorite. Coleman may be good sometime but I don't think it will be next year. It will Crompton or Stephens. If Stephens had gotten most of the snaps and sucked hard as he undoutebly would, he'd be the guy everyone was putting 30th on the depth chart. Don't be surprised to see number 8 under center for the first snap of the WKU game.
 
#41
#41
BeecherVol said:
Exploded already.
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BeecherVol said:
I ain't laughing. Right now he is fourth.
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These two made me laugh and after the day I had that was a welcome surprise.

I've said it before---Coleman was Cutcliffe's boy...Stephens' interception and subsequent sideline meltdown was just absurd...it looked like a toddler having a tantrum...I just couldn't imagine him playing Div-1 football if that's how he acts after one bad play

Kiffin didn't recruit Crompton and he doesn't owe him anything...with spring ball and offseason workouts I can't imagine Kiffin not prepping an underclassman to be the starter for the next two years...

I'd rather go 7-5 with BJ instead of 8-4 with Crompton in 2009, so we'd be better-prepared for 2010.

if Crompton excels and takes his game to a new level then he'll be the starter...but who honestly thinks he's grown up since last fall when he got benched? do they even have playbooks to study yet?

BJ seems to have gotten the most respect from his teammates....I would've loved to have seen Crompton succeed at Tennessee...but it seems like a bust...he had one solid game vs LSU two years ago and that's his whole college career...he looked bad against Arkansas after that and he's looked bad ever since

Crompton is a project I can't imagine CLK wanting to undertake---you're talking about major surgery---his confidence/ his decision-making

we'll know soon enough, though and all these discussions will become things of the past.
 
#42
#42
Tennessee Jack said:
These two made me laugh and after the day I had that was a welcome surprise.

I've said it before---Coleman was Cutcliffe's boy...Stephens' interception and subsequent sideline meltdown was just absurd...it looked like a toddler having a tantrum...I just couldn't imagine him playing Div-1 football if that's how he acts after one bad play

Kiffin didn't recruit Crompton and he doesn't owe him anything...with spring ball and offseason workouts I can't imagine Kiffin not prepping an underclassman to be the starter for the next two years...

I'd rather go 7-5 with BJ instead of 8-4 with Crompton in 2009, so we'd be better-prepared for 2010.

if Crompton excels and takes his game to a new level then he'll be the starter...but who honestly thinks he's grown up since last fall when he got benched? do they even have playbooks to study yet?

BJ seems to have gotten the most respect from his teammates....I would've loved to have seen Crompton succeed at Tennessee...but it seems like a bust...he had one solid game vs LSU two years ago and that's his whole college career...he looked bad against Arkansas after that and he's looked bad ever since

Crompton is a project I can't imagine CLK wanting to undertake---you're talking about major surgery---his confidence/ his decision-making

we'll know soon enough, though and all these discussions will become things of the past.
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I couldn't have said it better myself. Crompton is dead in the water. With only one year left of eligibility it would be a waste of resources to try and salvage him at this point.

I also don't think Stephens has the poise or enough determination to take us very far, even though its clear he has talent. It's just obvious that he doesn't take setbacks well and is shaken easily.

Coleman is the most grounded and can be trained to make up for whatever areas he may be lacking in at this point. Not to mention that out of the 3 choices, he's the only Tennessee native. Not that this matters, but I think that gives him a little bit more heart when it comes to this program, having grown up knowing what Vols football really means to people here in Tennessee. I'll be looking for him to start, unless one of the others proves me wrong and grows a pair.
 
#43
#43
Rockytoptn83 said:
I couldn't have said it better myself. Crompton is dead in the water. With only one year left of eligibility it would be a waste of resources to try and salvage him at this point.

I also don't think Stephens has the poise or enough determination to take us very far, even though its clear he has talent. It's just obvious that he doesn't take setbacks well and is shaken easily.

Coleman is the most grounded and can be trained to make up for whatever areas he may be lacking in at this point. Not to mention that out of the 3 choices, he's the only Tennessee native. Not that this matters, but I think that gives him a little bit more heart when it comes to this program, having grown up knowing what Vols football really means to people here in Tennessee. I'll be looking for him to start, unless one of the others proves me wrong and grows a pair.
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Great post! I couldn't agree more. Crompton sucks. Stephens has a great arm but acts like a 3 yr old when things don't go his way. Coleman has the most potential IMO.
 
#45
#45
whether its childish or not, i loved when stephens let briscoe know that it isnt funny to come up a yard short on a first down when you are losing to your biggest rival. You can call that childish, ill call it leadership.
 
#46
#46
Rockytoptn83 said:
I couldn't have said it better myself. Crompton is dead in the water. With only one year left of eligibility it would be a waste of resources to try and salvage him at this point.

I also don't think Stephens has the poise or enough determination to take us very far, even though its clear he has talent. It's just obvious that he doesn't take setbacks well and is shaken easily.

Coleman is the most grounded and can be trained to make up for whatever areas he may be lacking in at this point. Not to mention that out of the 3 choices, he's the only Tennessee native. Not that this matters, but I think that gives him a little bit more heart when it comes to this program, having grown up knowing what Vols football really means to people here in Tennessee. I'll be looking for him to start, unless one of the others proves me wrong and grows a pair.
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Kiffin won't care how many years Crompton has left. The fact is if a senior qb gives him the best chance to win he will play. To say that Kiff would start BJ even if he's not better than crompton just bc he has more years left shows that you don't know football.
 
#47
#47
Let the spring play out and see what happens. i hope one stands above the rest and is a sure fire starter. i don't care wich one it is. Heck let Eric Berry be the QB. Everyone thinks he is the second coming.

Kiffin must have seen SOMETHING in one of the qb's to not go after a recruit. That remains to be seen, but I give him the benefit of the doubt as of now.

Who thought Christian Ponder would beat out Drew Weatherford at FSU? I follow FSU as a religion and did not see that. It turned out decent. Let's just see what happens.

I pick coleman. He has the most upside.
 
#49
#49
if he does well with Kiffins system in the spring and gives us the best shot at winning then he should start. Kiffin said he was going to play the best and to automatically disqualify a player cuz he had a bad year running a complicated system makes no sense! you start the QB that gives you best shot at winning
 
#50
#50
Abeachvol said:
Kiffin wont be wasting time on a 5th year bonafide bust, dwi
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He will if he feels it gives him the best chance to win. Why does this seem so difficult to understand? Kiff wants to win now. He doesn't care about who did what last year or the year before that when he wasnt here
 
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