Coach "Jake": Freshman QBs are ready?

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volfaninutah said:
IMO, Worley needs to run on the read option just a little more. 99 % of the time he hands off to the back. A few more good runs would possibly create some doubt in the defenses reading Worley. They pretty much know he isn't running the ball. But we would be increasing the odds down the road by keeping defenses from loading up the middle. Just looking at the highlights, you can see there is plenty of running room for Worley if he opts to keep the ball.
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IMHO, you'll see more of it after Bama or Auburn. If I were in Jones' shoes, I'd feel ALOT more comfortable starting a Fr vs the D's of Mizzou, UK, and/or Vandy than Bama or USCe.
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
Watch out . . . Here they come.

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Those two cats look like total opposites in personality in that pic. Dobbs looks like a serious, conservative thinking mans player, while Fergs has a fly by the seat of your pants, gunslinger swagger look....it will be interesting to see what happens with these guys.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Those two cats look like total opposites in personality in that pic. Dobbs looks like a serious, conservative thinking mans player, while Fergs has a fly by the seat of your pants, gunslinger swagger look....it will be interesting to see what happens with these guys.
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Maybe we will see a two QB system like LSU, a few years ago.
 
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walkenvol said:
What do you base this opinion on - his skin color? His HS highlight tapes were not of a run happy QB.
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You have to either be a dumba$$ or blind to make that statement.:blink: Probably a little of both. Half his tape was him eluding the pass rush and making an accurate throw or taking off with it when the play broke down...and usually after some Houdini-level, Russell Wilson type escapage.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9KGlVgspFo[/youtube]
 
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Worley ain't the best,but he has heart and I like that. The kid is fighting hard for what he can do. I hope Dobbs is a great in disguise, and we just don't know it.
 
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Memphisvol87 said:
Crompton never turned a corner, he had one great game against georgia. I think worley played a great game saturday and I hope he improves again next week against SC. But if the coaches go with a freshman at some point then it will hopefully be for good reason.
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Crompton benefited by us having a new coaching staff and Chaney helping him. Palardy has benefited by this coaching staff.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Those two cats look like total opposites in personality in that pic. Dobbs looks like a serious, conservative thinking mans player, while Fergs has a fly by the seat of your pants, gunslinger swagger look....it will be interesting to see what happens with these guys.
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Well, Dobbs is an aerospace engineer major and enrolled in the deans's honor college
 
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I hope that one of the freshman gets a series or 2 against USCe, we will need a backup QB at some point this season so I hope when we send one in there he's at least ready to run the offense. I would hate to see a critical time versus Vandy, when we need a drive to seal a win, we put in a true freshman for his first few snaps. (Of course Peterman might be healed by then). I don't care a thing about red-shirts, we need to win NOW and if the backup is a freshman and he has experience, then that furthers our goal of a bowl game and 6 wins looking for the 7th.
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
Per Hubbs:



What if Butch pulls a shocker and starts one of these guys v. USCjr?
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You do know that pretty much EVERY back up QB gets more work during the bye week, right? You could have likely written the same thing concerning Worley last year.

Unless he stops improving or starts regressing... you really just need to get used to seeing number 14 out there until '15.
 
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SkittyD said:
Worley ain't the best,but he has heart and I like that. The kid is fighting hard for what he can do. I hope Dobbs is a great in disguise, and we just don't know it.
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Jones seems to think Worley IS the best on this team....

He's not just heart. The kid can throw a football and he's not as bad of a runner as many continue to insenuate. He has looked good running the ball and has been effective.
 
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Has anyone mentioned the real conflict between what the OC said and what the HC has consistently said? Jones has for weeks said the Fr would not play before they were ready directly implying that they were not ready yet. Now Coach Jake says they've been ready for weeks.

Wonder what the conversation over this comment was like between the two?
 
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volsfansince4387 said:
QB's they have faced? Tahj Boyd and that's it.


I mean unless you are referring to the North Texas QB who still threw up 240 yards on them.

Through 6 games, they've got 1 interception as a team.

If you look at the stats from all their games, EVERY QB puts up 200 yrds.
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I'm just glad Worley added to those stats :)
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
#VOLREPORT: VOLS GAINING CONFIDENCE - VolNation

I know worley played his best half of football against UGA but could we see a freshman coming out of the bye week? This is the first i've heard that the freshman "have a firm grasp" of what to do. Is he hinting at something here?

Last year Butch replaced his starting QB after a win and a 6-2 start?
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coaching via the media. trying to build confidence with freshman QBs IMO.. they ain't that ready
 
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Worley has had two good qtrs in the three games against good football teams. Nothing more nothing less. If he backs those up against USC then we may be ok. That said I would rather roll into next year with a fr qb that has gotten all his mistakes over with and had lots of game experience.

This reminds me of Simms vs Bray, had a bunch of belligerent fans tell those who wanted bray how dumb it was and when it turned out they were wrong you never heard a word from them. Same thing going on now. Kinda like the Doolaid drinkers last year, they did the same thing. I think I'll put my faith in the realist fringe thinkers they are right a hell of a lot more often
 
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LocoVol said:
Worley has had two good qtrs in the three games against good football teams. Nothing more nothing less. If he backs those up against USC then we may be ok. That said I would rather roll into next year with a fr qb that has gotten all his mistakes over with and had lots of game experience.

This reminds me of Simms vs Bray, had a bunch of belligerent fans tell those who wanted bray how dumb it was and when it turned out they were wrong you never heard a word from them. Same thing going on now. Kinda like the Doolaid drinkers last year, they did the same thing. I think I'll put my faith in the realist fringe thinkers they are right a hell of a lot more often
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Yep...that's about the size of it. They are quick to ridicule...saying "Why don't they hire you to coach, instead" or "I trust the coaches before some guy on a forum." Wonder if they are still TRUSTING Doolander now? Huh? Huh?

Same thing about wanting Randy Shannon to be DC rather than Sunseri. Worst hire in UT history. Coaches make mistakes sometimes. Sometimes they coach scared, and never realize that the best player has been sitting on the bench all the while. I think Bray would have helped us beat LSU in 2010, rather than Simms, but you don't know until you make a ballsy move.
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
Yep...that's about the size of it. They are quick to ridicule...saying "Why don't they hire you to coach, instead" or "I trust the coaches before some guy on a forum." Wonder if they are still TRUSTING Doolander now? Huh? Huh?

Same thing about wanting Randy Shannon to be DC rather than Sunseri. Worst hire in UT history. Coaches make mistakes sometimes. Sometimes they coach scared, and never realize that the best player has been sitting on the bench all the while. I think Bray would have helped us beat LSU in 2010, rather than Simms, but you don't know until you make a ballsy move.
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One word....Peterman.

No one knows one way or the other.

And as good as Bray was, his first four starts were against literally 4 bottom 20 pass D's...Dooley deliberately waited to bring him in at a really soft spot in the schedule.
 
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