Why Bray should play over Simms

[wittenvols]

Don't claim to be a professional, but here is my observation/opinion...

Simms has the better command of the huddle and administration of the offense, but he holds on to the ball to long, instead hitting his back foot on his drops and throwing the ball he stutters and this allows the defenders a better chance at defending the ball... his accuracy his also spotty at best.

Bray on the other hand is the exact opposite of Simms, what he lacks in game administration he makes up for in accuracy and most importantly in my book he hits his back foot and gets rid of the ball when its there. He better antcipates the routes giving the receivers a better play on the ball.

So I believe you roll the dice on Bray expecting his weakness to improve whereas Simms weakness are what thy are

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

NO.

 

[Cartervol]

I think we all saw why Simms is the QB Saturday. I would continue to work Bray in and if he gets hot leave him in. Saturday he wasn't our best option and the coaches put the best option out there.

The backup qb is always the most popular guy on a losing, struggling team. If Bray was ready he'd be playing more, it's that simple.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

I don't want to give up on this season. TN needs a bowl game bad. Simms gives you the best chance to win against the last four opponents as they can't be said to be vastly more talented than even this TN roster. getting UK and OM at home, if TN plays mistake free football it should win those games. Freshman QB does not equal mistake free football, far from it. TN's only offensive penalties against Bama all came with BRAY as QB.

Simms should be the starter.

 

[TNBV]

Not sure Bray would be healthy if he had taken the beating that Simms had. Bray has the potential to be great, Simms can get better. I worry about Bray being placed as starter with our line problems and then losing his confidence. May be best for his developement to play about what he is playing now, as I think our issues are far beyond what a QB change can fix. But maybe the switch should happen. He damn sure needs to get on the ball with eating though. Love to see him put on 20 by next year.

 

[Joe Vols]

Bray should play to get him experience. He is our future not Simms. How can Bray prepare to play in the SEC if he sits on the sidelines and watches? If 2012 is going to be our year as many posters think, then it will be Bray, not Simms, leading that team. Bray has to start sharing more and more reps if he is going to get better. If starters suck this bad, imagine how bad our scout team is!

 

[Joe Vols]

I don't want to give up on this season. TN needs a bowl game bad. Simms gives you the best chance to win against the last four opponents as they can't be said to be vastly more talented than even this TN roster. getting UK and OM at home, if TN plays mistake free football it should win those games. Freshman QB does not equal mistake free football, far from it. TN's only offensive penalties against Bama all came with BRAY as QB.

Simms should be the starter.

Playing for a bowl game this year is short term thinking. Playing Bray more this year for him to get better so we can compete in 2011 and 2012 and 2013 is building towards a SECC program.

 

[supersmo18]

These posts are getting to be so stupid.

Well, "getting to be" may be stretching it. I should have left it at "are."

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Playing for a bowl game this year is short term thinking. Playing Bray more this year for him to get better so we can compete in 2011 and 2012 and 2013 is building towards a SECC program.

FAIL. Start playing for future seasons rather than this season is the quickest way to the seniors giving up and quiting on this staff. NOT SMART.

SIMMS should be the starter, period.

 

[utvolpj]

Playing for a bowl game this year is short term thinking. Playing Bray more this year for him to get better so we can compete in 2011 and 2012 and 2013 is building towards a SECC program.

funny how we heard the exact same thing last year

 

[JMBIGORANGE]

Playing for a bowl game this year is short term thinking. Playing Bray more this year for him to get better so we can compete in 2011 and 2012 and 2013 is building towards a SECC program.

Bowl Game? That's a good one. I do agree 100% though. Bray is the future. Simms is just a patch til Bray develops. If Simms is the starter then ok but Bray should get at least half the snaps. Jmo

 

[Joe Vols]

funny how we heard the exact same thing last year

And no one listened and here we are with no seasoned QB. Simms isn't the guy we're going to win in the SEC with. So next year when he leaves after another mediocre season, we'll be stuck yet again with no seasoned QB to lead an experienced team of talented recievers.
If Bray is indeed the future, we would have seen it by now. He would be improving each and every week. Simms is not improving, and neither is this team.

 

[utvolpj]

Stephens left because the QB's we have were beating him out for the job. Him being "seasoned" wouldn't have changed that.

and I don't think many people thought we would win the SEC while Simms was here anyway. Thinking like that is what caused all the irrational chicken littles to show up

 

[ihateflorida]

By the way, BRAY is alive. He is in one piece, Alabama didnt dismantel him after all. Looks like all those Bray is brittle, skinny, thin, weak, lanky, punnie, dead man walking, too young, mentally fragile, and just not ready to play against a team like Bama opinions didnt pan out this time, maybe South Carolina will grant your wish.

 

[The Ron Mexico]

1. Turn this thread into a poll.
2. Forward the results to the coaching staff.
3. Result?

 

[YankeeVol]

I don't think Bray should start maybe, but he needs to get more playing time. The reality is we aren't very good regardless of who the QB is.
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[PeytonBerry]

I have been a Bray supporter ever since he came on to campus, but I am trying to take an objective view. Honestly, I think anyone can look at his performance and get whatever they want out of it. I think the offense looked better with Simms in the game, but with that said Simms fans would be ALL OVER Bray if he threw a tunnel vision interception in the endzone with a wide open Rogers in the corner. The truth is neither one looked great, but in my opinion, Bray's weaknesses are a quicker fix than Simms'

 

[Biopsyman]

TN will not go to a bowl. You are suggesting winning 4 out 5. I wish that could happen, but I do see them winning at SC or here with KY. 5-7 is the likely outcome and would be an a home dog with Ole Miss. The only wins I see left is Memphis and Vandy. I wish I was wrong, but I am also trying to be realistic. GBO

 

[SDV]

I like both guys because they wear the Orange, but Simms is clearly not our long term solution at QB. Bray may not be either, but I see a lot more upside to him than Simms. Simms, like others have said holds on to the ball way to long. He also stares down his receivers way too much before throwing it to them. I'm surprised he hasn't been INT'd more than he has already. Let's be honest, our season is shot, we aren't going to a bowl game. Might as well put in our future QB to get the team working toward next year and beyond.

 

[Joe Vols]

FAIL. Start playing for future seasons rather than this season is the quickest way to the seniors giving up and quiting on this staff. NOT SMART.

SIMMS should be the starter, period.

I'm pretty sure our seniors are beginning to lose hope in his ability and theirs for that matter. That tends to happen when you repeatedly get you butt kicked by your competition week in and week out. You don't develop talent on the side line against a crappy scout team. When Bray finally does get his time to start, he's going to have to learn to play against the speed of real SEC defenses, which will take a year at least. Why are we waisting our time developing these young recievers if we aren't developing the guy whose going to be throwing it to them as well? Everyone knows our best opportunity lies in our sophomores and freshmen.

 

[PeytonBerry]

FAIL. Start playing for future seasons rather than this season is the quickest way to the seniors giving up and quiting on this staff. NOT SMART.

SIMMS should be the starter, period.

I don't understand comments like these on VN. You don't know any better than the rest of us. You shouldn't state your opinion like it is an undisputable fact. When I say things like, "I think Bray should get more pt" people jump on me and call me an armchair QB. They say I am not the coach, and the coaches know a lot more than me (which I do not dispute). When the tables are turned and Bray gets some pt, nobody pulls the "Coaches know best card." Isn't this a place where we all share and discuss our OPINIONS?

 

[wittenvols]

I started this thread to have a good discussion...I like Simms moxy and leadership, but I believe he is leaving to many plays on the field and thats why the coaches have started to work Bray in.

 

[ihateflorida]

FAIL. Start playing for future seasons rather than this season is the quickest way to the seniors giving up and quiting on this staff. NOT SMART.

SIMMS should be the starter, period.

God help us if the seniors quit on this team, we may not win.....oh wait a minute, were already there!

 

[utvolpj]

I started this thread to have a good discussion...I like Simms moxy and leadership, but I believe he is leaving to many plays on the field and thats why the coaches have started to work Bray in.

I understand that but we've really been having this discussion since spring and very few will change their opinion

 

[Joe Vols]

Maybe we'll catch a break and Bray will start to develop more by the end of this season, and continue it into next year and by the time October rolls around in 11 months this team will start gelling and by 2012 we'll be fielding mostly seasoned veterans with 2 years worth of elegability left, and we can pepper in some of our 5* recruits and stop the rebuilding once and for all. It's a gamble, but then again life is a gamble. Everyone seems to have wanted Fulmer gone because he played it safe. In many ways I agree with assessment. So let's quit playing it safe for once.