Why was Maurer pulled?

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GAVol said:
Come on. He's a true freshman that's played all of about 20 snaps. The fact that he didn't look like a deer in headlights and tried to push the ball downfield actually gave me hope.

The thing I worry about with a young QB like Maurer is he'll try to do too much with his legs and expose himself to hits when it's better to throw it away and go on to the next play.
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I think Weinke and Chaney can work with this. Get him reps. Take him in the film room. Show him what needs to happen. He might be coachable. JG is a lost cause.
 
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TNTUBA said:
Who looks at Yards per completion......its yards per ATTEMPT.

I'm not a JG supporter...I'm a TN supporter. And today, it is not debatable that JG is better. Peroid
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The ones he missed should count against him so yards per attempt is meaningless. Especially the one to DWA and and the one he threw right to the UF DB because as a 4th year JR, he can’t read a defense.

JG is not good. And is crippling this team. May be a great kid but he is not worthy to start another game at UT. Give Maurer the meaningful snaps at practice and I would bet he’ll give us at least the amount of production we’ll get from JG.

Now I don’t think that Maurer played well either but he’s a freshman and will make some mistakes but he did at least make a decision and throw the ball. He’s going to throw it in the wrong place sometimes but so is JG and #2 is going to hold the ball and get sacked more than Maurer.
 
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1vol8 said:
You gotta be kidding me dude! He doesn’t practice with the 1s! Give the kid a break for not being as prepared as our 3 year starter
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Then the coaches make it a point to have Maurer to practice with the 1's.
 
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LorettoVolfan said:
The ones he missed should count against him so yards per attempt is meaningless. Especially the one to DWA and and the one he threw right to the UF DB because as a 4th year JR, he can’t read a defense.

JG is not good. And is crippling this team. May be a great kid but he is not worthy to start another game at UT. Give Maurer the meaningful snaps at practice and I would bet he’ll give us at least the amount of production we’ll get from JG.

Now I don’t think that Maurer played well either but he’s a freshman and will make some mistakes but he did at least make a decision and throw the ball. He’s going to throw it in the wrong place sometimes but so is JG and #2 is going to hold the ball and get sacked more than Maurer.
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Maurer can at least get the heck out of Dodge when the time comes.
 
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1vol8 said:
If you’d payed any attention to the practice threads provided on this message board you’d know Maurer hasn’t taken any snaps with the 1s. So he was essentially put in the game with no practice, in a very hostile environment, with literally 3 drives of college experience under his belt and you hoped for a better performance? He was out there running ALL on natural ability and due to that alone the word “suck” shouldn’t even be in the same sentence.
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His raw talent alone is impressive if that be the case.
 
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TNJOKER said:
Then make it a point to practice with the 1's
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That’s Pruitts call. Not mine. If JG, JTS and BM were my choices at the beginning of the season I would’ve went with JG due to experience but he’d of been benched at halftime of GAST and Maurer would have gotten the nod from that point on.
 
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XknoxvolsX said:
I asked myself this question. I am wondering since we just got that turnover if Pruitt was going to play the experience over talent to get us back in the game?
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That was probably it, because it makes no sense. Experience played the first 2 quarters and got us out the game by putting up 0 points, talent put up 3 , in a series so let’s go back to experience.
Sounds about right
 
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LorettoVolfan said:
JG completed 10 passes for 107 yds, a 10.7 yd avg while Maurer completed 4 for 44 yds which is 11 yds per completion. Negligible but edge Maurer there. And the int JG threw to the DB was his fault. The DB played soft and squatted on Calloway’s route. Calloway did the right thing and went to the opening behind him on the sideline. JG read it wrong like he has for his entire UT career.

Sorry to disappoint you but you and the JG apologists are the people who are making this fan base look bad to the rest of the nation with your stubbornness to accept that he is not and will never be an SEC caliber QB.
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Not a JG apologist but the rest of the nation can suck it! They bend that way and I’m out of ***** to give and ain’t going to Costco! 🤬
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Maurer sucks dude.[/B] Go to bed. This team is dead.
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debatable but he is a true freshman, he can improve with experience. JG has already proven he can’t.
Should of stuck with Maurer or put in Shrout.
Season is screwed thanks to JG in the first 2 losses. A half way decent QB could of won those 2 for us regardless of how well or not the rest of the team was and how bad the coaches were
 
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Part of JGs problem is mental. He makes better throws under pressure where he is just reacting without thinking. Surely he wasn’t playing like this in practice this spring and fall and they went with him. I believe they were hoping by taking him out a series or two, he might improve in that aspect, but it didn’t seem to help.
 
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TAF said:
Why was Maurer pulled?

‘Cause although there was an initial “spark” to the offense...he SUCKED asMUCH or MORE than Guarantano
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But didn’t we have more yards and points with him in that scoring drive than we had the entire 1st half. Or am I just dreaming that?
 
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VolMarine1371 said:
But didn’t we have more yards and points with him in that scoring drive than we had the entire 1st half. Or am I just dreaming that?
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He had half the total of the first half on that first drive. The 2 drives after penalties started and Chaney seemed to want to go to the flats which is where the batted balls came from because the defensive ends were not rushing once Maurer came in. They started hanging back in the throwing lanes.
 
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volfaninky said:
And one guy threw a perfect ball to Jennings from 5 yards out in the end zone and Jennings dropped it into an INT
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If JG would learn to not throw it as hard as he can, maybe it would've been caught. Not saying it couldn't have still been caught, but you've got to help your receivers out a bit.
 
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1vol8 said:
He had half the total of the first half on that first drive. The 2 drives after penalties started and Chaney seemed to want to go to the flats which is where the batted balls came from because the defensive ends were not rushing once Maurer came in. They started hanging back in the throwing lanes.
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It still didn’t accomplish anything by bringing JG back in. At some point we have to play youth and deal with it. JG is what his record says he is which isn’t very good in case you haven’t noticed! I’m for JG playing if you tell me we have a chance to go to a bowl game. But if not play the freshman and let him learn. Not much difference between 1-11 and 2-10 and that’s assuming we can beat UAB!!!
 
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VolMarine1371 said:
It still didn’t accomplish anything by bringing JG back in. At some point we have to play youth and deal with it. JG is what his record says he is which isn’t very good in case you haven’t noticed! I’m for JG playing if you tell me we have a chance to go to a bowl game. But if not play the freshman and let him learn. Not much difference between 1-11 and 2-10 and that’s assuming we can beat UAB!!!
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UAB looking good.
 
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VolMarine1371 said:
It still didn’t accomplish anything by bringing JG back in. At some point we have to play youth and deal with it. JG is what his record says he is which isn’t very good in case you haven’t noticed! I’m for JG playing if you tell me we have a chance to go to a bowl game. But if not play the freshman and let him learn. Not much difference between 1-11 and 2-10 and that’s assuming we can beat UAB!!!
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I’m 50/50 tbh. I think Maurer gives us the chance of long term success if he’s given a legit opportunity so by that merit I 100% agree. I also think he’s not ready physically. He needs another 10 lbs of muscle. But he is tough. Putting him in against UGA is where I’m torn. Had Pruitt went with him from the start, I would feel much better about it but UGA as a first start? Idk about that. Then again he’s spent his entire career surprising those who doubted him. So idk how to feel. Lol
 
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zydane47 said:
That 4/11 for 44 yards was HALF of our total first half offense. In one series the kid put up half of what a JG lead offense put up for a whole half.

First half, 88 total yards with JG in there

One series, BM puts up 44 yards, no matter how ya slice it, that’s better productivity my guy
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im all for benching JG. shrout and maurer need to go at it or both play from this point on. whoever does better gets the nod
 
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MWAVolfan said:
He called more passing plays cause he freaking had to. Tennessee was down by multiple scores and had to do something quick. They had no choice. Has nothing to do with trust. It's situational football.
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Um.. that logic makes no sense? Maurer started at the beginning of 2nd half. We had plenty of time to at least tie it 17-17. When FL got the big lead on us, Channey actually called up 7 running plays in a row.
There’s definitely a trust issue. Eric Gray fumbled but we still continue to use our RBs when JG was in the entire 4th quarter
 
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