Crow for lunch (apology to Worley)

[Orange Blazer]

He looked fairly in-effective against Florida's defense that was missing how many starters due to injury and ejection?

2 or 3 DBS at least.

 

[ajvol01]

2 or 3 DBS at least.

Florida's backup DBs are better than most team's starters

 

[Manvol]

There should be more people owning up and posting in this thread - More than 75% of VN wanted to participate in the Peterman experiment

I wanted to see the Peterman experiment starting the second half at Oregon, not starting the game in swamp.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

There should be more people owning up and posting in this thread - More than 75% of VN wanted to participate in the Peterman experiment

I agree, I had been saying Peterman even before the season...

Justin, I deeply apologize for even remotely assuming that Nate was a better QB than you.

You have taken all of this negativity in stride, and I hope you can bottle this up, and come out the rest of the season like you did against Fla in the 2nd half.

Also, please try and run some with the read option. I mean, dont do it blindly like peterman did, but just wait til you have 3-4 yds of open grass and slide. It would really help out the running game. Remember, if the weak side DE slides, you run, if he freezes you hand off.

That is all. Go Vols!

 

[triadvolfan]

Worley's arm isn't weak when he is confident and steps into a throw. When he throws off his back foot, or without conviction, or is flat out scared what he's doing or where it's going, his arm is inaccurate, he holds the ball, stares down receivers, and has a slow windup.
As far as those that think Butch made a change because of fan pressure, give me a break. From what Worley had shown, Butch didn't think he could lead the team to a win and took a risk with NP. It didn't work out. So what. At least we know what we have in Peterman now.
Last, I don't think some people realize how big a difference there is between practice and a game for many players. Some practice great but flat out can't play and you don't know till the lights are on. Others don't practice well but just play, as the backup qb for florida did against us.

I would agree. When Worley plants and fires he looks like he has an SEC arm. He likes to 'float' his deep balls which is why they're underthrown as they hang up in the air way too long. He also struggles with footwork if he gets even a little bit of pressure and throws off his back foot as you stated. After watching the Crompton turnaround I'm not going to give up on Worley yet.

 

[chad4930]

I am guilty as anyone about wanting to see another QB but I wanted to see Ferguson. I have seen the other two and think they may be servicable but they are not the playmakers that we need.

 

[Oskie Volum]

While I am still not convinced JW can be an affective SEC QB, I need to admit being wrong about his arm. Worley threw the ball with more velocity and accuracy than I thought he was physically able to do. I truly believed that his physical abilities were just not at a SEC level. As hard as that Florida game was to watch, I have to say I have more optimism now in Worley's ability. Anyway, since I had no trouble coming on here and calling Worley a rag arm, I thought I should do the same when I realized I was wrong.
Side note- I am laughing out loud at those of you that stated we would be a better team without Bray. We beat Florida by 14+ with Bray in that game, and run for 200 yards due to the fear of the pass IMHO.

I'm thinking (I reckon more like fingers-crossed hoping) that Worley has the arm once he has the confidence to just "grip-it and rip-it". Confidence in the OL, receivers, and of course himself that he is making the right call. Takes time and coaching of course.

Now ur Bray comment is classic VN of not remembering or not understanding what people were saying at that time. People didn't think we'd be better without his physical ability, but his lack of mental ability both on and off the field. He was cancer in a sense. Well known he wouldn't stick to the gameplan no matter how upset the coaches would get. And no he couldn't have been benched cause as we all know now he had no competition while he was here and he took advantage of that.
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[livefaith]

I wanted Peterman to play. Not because I thought he was better, but because I'd seen enough of Worley to know I needed to see more of Peterman.

I think this kind sums up much of the "give us RF at least some this week". It's just a curiosity born out of weak QB play.

The problem with having our curiosity satisfied is that we get to"watch" them in live meaningful games. The Peterman experiment was a perfect example. We got to go "oh Lord, It CAN be worse. Hurry bring back Justin".

To overcome this, someone a long time ago had a great idea to let players play while the experts looked on. That way the experts could evaluate talent before the live rounds were flying. This is a pretty effective medium that simulates everything but the game day atmosphere. I trust our coaches are good enough using this technique. Iverson said "It's Praaactice".

Were just not privy to see it each day.