What South Carolina forums think of Joe Milton

#5
#5
MemphisVol77 said:
What do they think of Nico?
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They could care less about nico because he ain’t playing.

Edit to add:
We were literally up 31-14 and they still didn’t put him in today until the last 7 or 8 minutes. If that’s not a sign they don’t want to risk an injury on him, then I don’t know what is.
 
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It’s all true. Milton is not a good passer. Pretty much all there is to it.

I think going with Milton is the only significant mistake Heupel has made as coach here and now he’s repeated the same mistake again. I don’t know if it’s arrogance? Or being stubborn?

At this point, I think we just have to ride with them because it is a complex offensive system that requires time to learn. Setting up protections and knowing where to go with the ball based on the looks the defense is giving you, etc.

But we’ve seen enough of Milton to know exactly what he is. He just can’t consistently throw accurate passes. It’s that simple. Many of us worried coming into the year this would be the case. I convinced myself that if anybody could turn him into a great quarterback it’s heupel. But we’ve seen guys like JG that have great size, learn the playbook, and are great leaders but just are unable to consistently make routine throws.

I feel like for his career Milton misses more wide-open, receivers 20 yards plus down the field then he hits. Honestly, I don’t even think it’s close. It feels like he only connects on one out of three or so. Today there were five deep shot wide open, and he missed them all. The pass to Keyton wasn’t wide open, but he put a little air under it and Keaton made a great play. He missed all the other defensive breakdown deep throws as well as at least 2 short/intermediate throws that would’ve went for touchdowns.

He’s a good kid and a good leader. I think he does a good job getting the teams in the right look most of the time. But it’s just not a good passer. I think Heupel just got so enamored with his size and arm strength that he didn’t even consider the most fundamental trait a quarterback must possess. It’s like a shooting guard in basketball that is 6’6”
and has a 40 inch vertical… but is a very poor shooter. At the end of the day… Give me the less physically capable guy that has a pure shooting stroke.
 
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Christian Lowe said:
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Don’t shoot the messenger. This is the first thread about us so far this week. Will post more if anything interesting comes up on this OP
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Christian Lowe said:
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Don’t shoot the messenger. This is the first thread about us so far this week. Will post more if anything interesting comes up on this OP
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Almost everyone in the SEC knows Milton sucks except a large percentage of our delusional fanbase it seems. Yes i call them delusional because they also supported JG for YEARS.

It's not rocket science guys. Milton is a terrible downfield passer. I think it's a mental issue with him.

He thinks too much.He just needs to freakin play backyard style and run more and sling it down field more. Screw these lame flat passes.

SEC defenses are going to jump a few for pick sixes.

Yesterday, the defender jumped it, but dropped it.... would have been a very easy pick six but he dropped it. In my mind i count that as an interception because he should have caught it.

Milton is not very good unless he's scrambling around a lot to open things up. His knees seems faulty though.
 
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Crunch said:
Yesterday, the defender jumped it, but dropped it.... would have been a very easy pick six but he dropped it. In my mind i count that as an interception because he should have caught it.
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I’ve quoted the above part of your post to add, what then of the passes dropped by Vol receivers? We saw several instances where a passed ball struck them in the hands and fell incomplete. How would you have us regard these?
 
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Tin Man said:
I’ve quoted the above part of your post to add, what then of the passes dropped by Vol receivers? We saw several instances where a passed ball struck them in the hands and fell incomplete. How would you have us regard these?
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Why are you mentioning our WRs?

I'm saying if we keep throwing those outs to the flats SEC coordinators will have their defenses ready to jump a few of those for pick sixes. I don't even blame that on Milton. I blame the OC and Heupel.
 
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I will never understand why any coach or player would want to come to this university. We have a section of this fanbase that would like nothing better for any aspect of this team to fail, just so they have a platform to spew their bile and make themselves feel better about whatever is broken in their lives. Regardless of what some on here delude themselves about, there are eyes on our site that take note as well. Coaches ( current or potential), players, and yes even recruits. If I had a choice between two or three teams and I saw the vitriol vomited up on here, I would choose any other team. You use South Carolina's chat board to prove your point? I guarantee they, and every other SEC school, use ours against us in recruiting.
 
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Crunch said:
Almost everyone in the SEC knows Milton sucks except a large percentage of our delusional fanbase it seems. Yes i call them delusional because they also supported JG for YEARS.

It's not rocket science guys. Milton is a terrible downfield passer. I think it's a mental issue with him.

He thinks too much.He just needs to freakin play backyard style and run more and sling it down field more. Screw these lame flat passes.

SEC defenses are going to jump a few for pick sixes.

Yesterday, the defender jumped it, but dropped it.... would have been a very easy pick six but he dropped it. In my mind i count that as an interception because he should have caught it.

Milton is not very good unless he's scrambling around a lot to open things up. His knees seems faulty though.
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Completely disagree w/ your asinine comparison, Milton is leaps & bounds better than JG. I have & will continue to support Milton & I also knew JG wasn’t the right guy behind center the whole time he was here. First game after Dobbs left showed the larger chasm between JG & Milton. When JG was pulled he sat on the bench & pouted, not supporting his team; you’ve never seen that from Milton. JG would have never beat Clemson last year.

The majority of your complaint is about him throwing passes in the flat, he is simply running the plays that are called. On a side note if we’re counting interceptions that shoulda been caught as interceptions, then UT has had about 8 interceptions this year… almost doesn’t count you either do or you don’t make an interception.
 
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Pride85 said:
I will never understand why any coach or player would want to come to this university. We have a section of this fanbase that would like nothing better for any aspect of this team to fail, just so they have a platform to spew their bile and make themselves feel better about whatever is broken in their lives. Regardless of what some on here delude themselves about, there are eyes on our site that take note as well. Coaches ( current or potential), players, and yes even recruits. If I had a choice between two or three teams and I saw the vitriol vomited up on here, I would choose any other team. You use South Carolina's chat board to prove your point? I guarantee they, and every other SEC school, use ours against us in recruiting.
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People are tribal and a lot of them are broken. They attach themselves to something in order to “fix” what is broken. Some need the win and become Bama fans (or whoever is winning) some need the drama so they pick an up and down program where they can spew their hate. When it goes bad they get to feel like they were right.
2sides of the same coin
 
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I just know when Milton goes back to pass I just cringe, does anyone have confidence that he is going to make the completion?
 
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VOLfrombama said:
Ws and Ls depend on the running game. If they can get going on the ground, Joe can make enough throws to keep the chains moving and keep the defense honest. That’s all he needs to do imo.

Run the dang ball.
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My problem with Milton is that he won't make the 12 yd check down throw. it is either throw horizontal on the WR screen or throw 60+ and miss a wide open receiver, there is very little in between. I have yet to see him throw a 7 yd out to a WR.
 
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Milton is wildly inconsistent. Same as the rest of the team. The long TD pass to Keyton was a thing of beauty. A couple of the long misses were within a few inches.

What most don't understand is the lack of intermediate middle of the field passes. Everything seems to be either a "pass" to the side or a deep shot. No variety. Maybe the center getting blown up every play has something to do with that.
 
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