Why give up on EA?

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vols2345

vols2345

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Are yall really willing to give up on EA? I mean come on, the Notre Dame game is the first game were he didnt have to look over his shoulder. that is 8 games into the season. Were you expecting him to be some great qb 8 games into the season? if EA would have started every snap against every team i garuntee our record would not be as bad as it is now. I say next year Eric will be back now that he will have a new OC and someone to teach him to actually throw...
 
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Hell no. Get a good QB coach and let them run this off season. No way would I give up on him.
 
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I agree. He will be back next year better than before. Some guy had his ratings on here and saying he sucked. Well genius, he hasn't played a lot this year. I'm ready to see him grow as a player. :rock: He will be ready next season.
 
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I am behind him....its his job now until he blows it....maybe he will play better knowing it is his to lose...not the coaches to change every 5 plays....
 
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He looked good against ND, he just peed his pants right there at the end when the game was on the line, but what can you expect when the kid hasn't been in there this year in situations like that? He'll be fine next year but I'm still sticking with my prediction that Crompton will be the man next year
 
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I am behind him all the way. He's the man through the rest of the season unless there's some wild flip again. I'm behind him all the way.

But after the end of the year it will be up to him, Crompton and the new OC. We can only wait and see. Until then back EA sports.....it's in the game.
 
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anybody willing to give up on him is stupid! he played a hell of a game until real late in the third quarter. one of those INT's didnt look like his fault. i think he has a bright futur ahead of him .
 
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This is why:


PASSING G....Effic...Att-Cmp-Int....Pct...Yds...TD
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Erik Ainge 6....75.85....117-48-6....41.0...510....3
 
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those stats lie and you know it. one of those int's are for coming in the game for one flipping play to throw a hail mary. he had no real shot all season to get going. Fulmer will not make the same mistake twice and watch him explode next season. then you will eat crow, just like you did for the LSU game.
 
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Originally posted by vols2345@Nov 8, 2005 11:49 PM
those stats lie and you know it.  one of those int's are for coming in the game for one flipping play to throw a hail mary.  he had no real shot all season to get going.  Fulmer will not make the same mistake twice and watch him explode next season. then you will eat crow, just like you did for the LSU game.
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stats dont lie......

what about that 41 % complete and the 76 QB rating, which ranks him around 200 I imagine. We just choose to ignore those too?

The only one eating crow at the LSU game, was Fulmer for playing Ainge.
 
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I am pretty sure that if ainge would have played the whole season he would have been over his problem after the 2nd game. if he would have gotten the whole uab game instead of roatating in and out, this problem would not have keep progressing into a bigger and bigger mess.
 
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Originally posted by vols2345@Nov 9, 2005 12:06 AM
I am pretty sure that if ainge would have played the whole season he would have been over his problem after the 2nd game.  if he would have gotten the whole uab game instead of roatating in and out, this problem would not have keep progressing into a bigger and bigger mess.
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Ainge did play most of the game against Florida.

It didn't mess Ainge up last year. Fulmer rotated qb's the whole year.

I'm pretty sure if ainge had played the whole season we would be 2-6 instead of 3-5. Not that it really matters but....
 
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Originally posted by vols2345@Nov 8, 2005 9:07 PM
Are yall really willing to give up on EA?  I mean come on, the Notre Dame game is the first game were he didnt have to look over his shoulder.  that is 8 games into the season. Were you expecting him to be some great qb 8 games into the season?  if EA would have started every snap against every team i garuntee our record would not be as bad as it is now.  I say next year Eric will be back now that he will have a new OC and someone to teach him to actually throw...
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you right it would be alot worse!!!!!

I dont understand all you people out there!! I mean after that lsu game and uab i know it was obvious who our best qb was!!! And for everyone who says we should just let ainge play through all of this and let him get better!!! If thats the case i guess we should just put in all the freshman on defense and offense and take out the SR. and let the freshman get better too! huh??
 
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Originally posted by 7IlikeOrange7@Nov 8, 2005 10:43 PM
anybody willing to give up on him is stupid! he played a hell of a game until real late in the third quarter. one of those INT's didnt look like his fault.  i think he has a bright futur ahead of him .
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how can i int not be a qb fault??? I mean i understand if a receiver slips and falls or something!! but i dont think nothing like that happen in the nd game!! I guess the one he threw at lsu was not his fault either!
 
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Originally posted by TennesseeVols317@Nov 9, 2005 5:14 PM
Ive been behind him, hes desearved the job since pre-season of this year.
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lord were did you get your pre season stats??????? i want to see them!
 
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Originally posted by thebiglowboski@Nov 9, 2005 5:07 PM
you right it would be alot worse!!!!!

I dont understand all you people out there!!  I mean after that lsu game and uab i know it was obvious who our best qb was!!! 
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Was it obvious in the UGA game? The Alabama game?? How he started off the USC game??? No. Fact is, this whole team save the defense has been a disaster this year. Neither QB has proven much this season. So it's a moot point. We can argue about who's better until we're blue in the face, but it's not going to change the fact that we have lost 5 games this season.

Clausen is better, no Ainge is better, no Clausen sucks, no Ainge sucks, put in Cooter, Ainge lost his balls, Clausen can't throw....etc etc etc...NEWS FLASH, they both have kind of sucked this year, only good that arguing about Ainge vs. Clausen is doing, is wearing us all out having to read about it in every thread. :D
 
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Originally posted by thebiglowboski@Nov 9, 2005 5:07 PM
If thats the case i guess we should just put in all the freshman on defense and offense and take out the SR. and let the freshman get better too!  huh??
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Well Foster seems to be proving Riggs wrong....Hefney and Fellows stepped up last year. Don't be like Fulmer and have it a requirement that you have to be a JR or SR to play. The way this stagnant offense is perhaps all of the upperclassment should lay out a game.

Again, Mr. Experience Clausen has done so marvelous. You all keep reciting LSU. That's all he has. One damn game and you'd swear he was Montana or something. What has he done since? Whooptie doo....he has a better completion rate. Boy that helps us on the scoreboard. I think they figure that in on the computer ratings. His CR might be the deciding factor in getting us into a BCS bowl. He's played twice as long as Ainge and has the same amount of TDs, and very close on fumbles and interceptions. What is so special about him? Honestly what is sooooo sexy about Clausen?
 
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Exactly.....Ainge is in so deal with it. Get behind him and support him. Staying up Clausen's rear end does little for helping matters anyway. Right now arguing about QB's at this stage of the game does little to improve morale or help with the public image.

I'm sure the 'visitors' to this site love seeing a fan base going at each others' throats over who's favorite QB sucks the least. Neither one are outstanding. But we have a future to worry about. We have next year to worry about. Get behind who is there and support them....ALL OF THEM!!!
 
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Originally posted by CSpindizzy@Nov 9, 2005 5:23 PM
Again, Mr. Experience Clausen has done so marvelous. You all keep reciting LSU. That's all he has. One damn game and you'd swear he was Montana or something. What has he done since? Whooptie doo....he has a better completion rate. Boy that helps us on the scoreboard. I think they figure that in on the computer ratings. His CR might be the deciding factor in getting us into a BCS bowl. He's played twice as long as Ainge and has the same amount of TDs, and very close on fumbles and interceptions. What is so special about him? Honestly what is sooooo sexy about Clausen?
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OK, this may be my last attempt. I don't know of anyone who thinks of RC as a great QB. I happen to think he is quite intelligent as a football player; and in comparison to the alternative - Ainge - I think he is the best option we have right now.

In games this year it is quite obvious to me that, relatively speaking, he has been a better QB. It's not that he's great, but because I think, right now, Ainge is pretty close to pathetic. Ainge can get you beat in about 5 minutes (see Notre Dame).

Every person on the planet knew Clausen outplayed him last spring and this pre-season. For those of us that saw it, it wasn't even close. It looks that way now as well.

I'm not sure what games you're looking at to be so enamored with Ainge. There are legitmate reasons to want to play hom right now. But your support seems to border on the maniacal, given the fact that he's been a below average SEC QB.
 
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Originally posted by Liper@Nov 9, 2005 5:40 PM
Ainge can get you beat in about 5 minutes (see Notre Dame).
I'm not sure what games you're looking at to be so enamored with Ainge.  There are legitmate reasons to want to play hom right now.  But your support seems to border on the maniacal, given the fact that he's been a below average SEC QB.
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And Clausen just draws out the inevitable as well. Five minutes versus four quarters with Clausen. What's the difference?

I never said I was enamored with Ainge. I'm saying Clausen is not the god a few of him make him out to be. Since he's gone, why keep him in? We need to be concerned about the future right now. Even if Crompton beats Ainge out you have to have depth and experience to play in this league. I'm saying to support what Fulmer is doing now (did I actually just say that??) and back Ainge.

Yeah he's below average but so is Clausen. His fumbles, touchdowns and interceptions are all comparable to Ainge. he offers less for potential on drives and plays. He brings more to the table. I'd rather bet on the future than dwell on the past. At this stage of the game cost-benefit-wise Ainge is the better bet.
 
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Originally posted by CSpindizzy@Nov 9, 2005 5:47 PM
And Clausen just draws out the inevitable as well. Five minutes versus four quarters with Clausen. What's the difference?
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OK, I agree there are leanings for playing Ainge at this point to develop him and hopefully get some lights on in there.

But I do not agree, at all, that both QBs are equally bad. I think Clausen gives us a better chance to win. Do I think he's some great player? Heck no.

It is my belief, right or wrong, that Clausen is the better QB right now. It is my belief that Ainge is not only not as good right now, but that he can really get you beat in a hurry.

Either way, we need a better QB to win at a high level.

 
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Looking over his shoulder at BS last year didn't hurt him, I only think it made him better. The guy is messed up, got messed up in last year's Notre Dame game, and if he doesn't start from scratch, he'll never be the same. I don't think he's all there physically, OR mentally. I think EA is the man for the rest of the season, but it is anyone's job come spring. The best player will play.
 
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Originally posted by CSpindizzy@Nov 9, 2005 5:23 PM
Well Foster seems to be proving Riggs wrong....Hefney and Fellows stepped up last year. Don't be like Fulmer and have it a requirement that you have to be a JR or SR to play. The way this stagnant offense is perhaps all of the upperclassment should lay out a game.

Again, Mr. Experience Clausen has done so marvelous. You all keep reciting LSU. That's all he has. One damn game and you'd swear he was Montana or something. What has he done since? Whooptie doo....he has a better completion rate. Boy that helps us on the scoreboard. I think they figure that in on the computer ratings. His CR might be the deciding factor in getting us into a BCS bowl. He's played twice as long as Ainge and has the same amount of TDs, and very close on fumbles and interceptions. What is so special about him? Honestly what is sooooo sexy about Clausen?
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what so damn sexy about ainge whats so great about him!! oh let me tell you he threw the stupidest pass in ut history i can tell you that!! He was #1 on espn dumbest plays!!! i mean come on!!! And my point was if we are going to let ainge try to find his rythem and we are going to lose anyway we might as well start morley and taylor briscoe!! and all the other freshman at least we can say we had our freshman in!!!
whats ainge done thats so good?? 5 intentional grouding!! your right the same amount of touchdowns as clausen but he has threw alot more int than clasen and has not played has much so whats your argurement now??
 
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