DownNDirty
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I've never been a big Ainge fan anyhow but I wanted to keep giving this guy a chance. I'll give him a little credit - he made some good passes yesterday and the receivers could have made a little more effort on 4 or 5 balls. I know there were a couple that they just needed to dive and they may have had a big gain. I wouldn't be as mad at the receivers if they would have just made that extra effort - even if they wouldn't have caught the pass.
But, I'm very worried about Ainge being "the guy" after seeing the 4th quarter implosion. I'm not an expert like you see on TV but I have coached a bit in my 25 years. What it appears to me is that after a couple of bad passes Ainge gets as confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar. He completely falls apart and starts making horrible decisions. You do learn with experience but I've saw people like him and we don't want that to be our QB at UT. They hardly ever get better - when the fire gets hot people like him will melt the fastest. If everything is going fine I could see him throwing for 300+ yards at times and being very successful. But, defenses will key in on the fact that when he's under pressure it's all over for him. Ainge is a two headed monster - no doubt in my mind. If everything is going great then he looks like a world beater but when it starts going bad he looks more like an egg beater.
I was listening to the radio just the other day and they were discussing a new book about Michael Jordan. The guy that wrote the book was on the program and he said he tried to ask him one question about 20 times and asked it 20 different ways before he got an answer. He finally got an answer by asking him - ok, 3 seconds to go NBA Finals and your down by 2 points. Everyone knows your taking the shot so what are you thinking. Jordan says "are you asking me if I'm thinking about missing the shot?" The writer says yes. Jordan then says "no, why would I think about something that hasn't happened yet." I truly believe Jordan was that type of player - one that was so confident they never worried about what had just happened or what might happen next - they played in the moment.
Ainge don't play in the moment at all as he's too worried about what might have been or what will happen next IMO. I am not a psychologist but I've seen this type of thing firsthand and also in many sports. The same thing happens when a great golfer all of a sudden has a bad round and then he can't hit the ball right for the next year. Or, a second baseman that all of a sudden makes a bad throw to first base and then can't throw it to first without making an error nearly every time.
I'm going to stick with UT through and through no matter what but I really hope that Crompton can prove to be the real deal next year and they recruit a couple of studs at QB. I'd like to see them get an athelete at QB again. I know they heavily recruited some over the past couple of years and only landed Brent S. Maybe some great High School QBs in the pipe will start looking hard at UT now thinking they wouldn't have to sit and could come in immediately and compete for the starting job.
DD
But, I'm very worried about Ainge being "the guy" after seeing the 4th quarter implosion. I'm not an expert like you see on TV but I have coached a bit in my 25 years. What it appears to me is that after a couple of bad passes Ainge gets as confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar. He completely falls apart and starts making horrible decisions. You do learn with experience but I've saw people like him and we don't want that to be our QB at UT. They hardly ever get better - when the fire gets hot people like him will melt the fastest. If everything is going fine I could see him throwing for 300+ yards at times and being very successful. But, defenses will key in on the fact that when he's under pressure it's all over for him. Ainge is a two headed monster - no doubt in my mind. If everything is going great then he looks like a world beater but when it starts going bad he looks more like an egg beater.
I was listening to the radio just the other day and they were discussing a new book about Michael Jordan. The guy that wrote the book was on the program and he said he tried to ask him one question about 20 times and asked it 20 different ways before he got an answer. He finally got an answer by asking him - ok, 3 seconds to go NBA Finals and your down by 2 points. Everyone knows your taking the shot so what are you thinking. Jordan says "are you asking me if I'm thinking about missing the shot?" The writer says yes. Jordan then says "no, why would I think about something that hasn't happened yet." I truly believe Jordan was that type of player - one that was so confident they never worried about what had just happened or what might happen next - they played in the moment.
Ainge don't play in the moment at all as he's too worried about what might have been or what will happen next IMO. I am not a psychologist but I've seen this type of thing firsthand and also in many sports. The same thing happens when a great golfer all of a sudden has a bad round and then he can't hit the ball right for the next year. Or, a second baseman that all of a sudden makes a bad throw to first base and then can't throw it to first without making an error nearly every time.
I'm going to stick with UT through and through no matter what but I really hope that Crompton can prove to be the real deal next year and they recruit a couple of studs at QB. I'd like to see them get an athelete at QB again. I know they heavily recruited some over the past couple of years and only landed Brent S. Maybe some great High School QBs in the pipe will start looking hard at UT now thinking they wouldn't have to sit and could come in immediately and compete for the starting job.
DD
