Frosts spread doesnt work. OSU is highly modified as is the other 10 if that is truly correct. I sent emails to all the AD s warning them but I think we have to wait until next year to see if they read the email. Chris C is one of the brilliant and respected talking heads on tv so he must know something along wiht this guy.
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With only four games left, can't he play and still preserve his redhsirt year?
If you knew the number of times we’ve trotted out a dinged up starter at QB, as well as about every other position, you might have a different take on the staff’s decision making. Crouch was barely able to put his arms above his head some weeks, and passing was near impossible. Gill was gimping around on a leg that had nerve damage. I don’t even want to think about how brutalized Zac Taylor was, yet we still put him in the crosshairs.
I don’t disagree with that. I do think it’s incumbent on the coach to have a backup ready to play. Im not sure if we do or don’t. I don’t know why other teams quarterbacks look like all Americans against us but average against everyone else. I really wanted Frost to succeed and I’m really sad it didn’t happen. I just pile on Martinez too much so I decided I will pile on the coaches instead.
Most backups QBs are an emergency only situation. If AM gets a serious injury or concussed, we have a backup ready. If he has the sniffles, or injury he can realistically play through, it’s unlikely we see the backup, and that’s not unique. Some teams may have a 1A and 1B in their QB room, but those are the exceptions, not the norm.
This does make good sense, especially the bolded. The question I have is this: Where do you draw the line? Do you play the experienced QB who is hampered, even when it reduces your Offensive capability? Or makes you easier to defend, and perhaps one dimensional? When you remove the QB run from the Frost Offense, you take a huge amount of production out of it. I could understand it more if we had a dominant OL and could approach the game like TO did in starting Turman vs K-State. But we don't, a large part of the rush Offense is from the QB position. If Frost still played AM knowing the QB run game was out of the arsenal, then Smothers or Haarberg must be really far away from being game ready. I would then ask: Why are Smothers & Haarberg not able to take the field in the 2nd year in the system?
Here’s the other side of that question; does AM make plays other than just by individual runs? He’s had some good passing games, run the option well, is getting better with ball fakes, AND has 4 years of experience playing against most of these defenses and personnel. How much is that weighted against his ability to break off a long run?
And, I think those are also valid points. AM gives you the most experience by far, and I agree that his passing wasn't as good as we have seen in the past. I don't know the right answer either, and for all I know playing Smothers/Haarberg would have led to us getting blown out. But the QB run game, and AM's elusiveness to get away from poor pass protection, have been the source of a lot of production and big plays. Frost had to know that his Offense would be hampered, and it would be nice if another QB would have been given at least a shot when Frost could see that AM wasn't accurate in the passing game vs Minnesota. Hopefully the backup QBs can make some strides, because I think AM is probably going to take some shots vs the teams coming up on the schedule. I will be surprised if AM doesn't get knocked out of the game in the next couple weeks, especially since his escapability is hampered.
This is what I don't quite follow. There are those saying that the Offense is going to better next year, because everyone returning (OL especially) will have more experience. The only way that makes any sense is if AM comes back, and I haven't heard him make that announcement yet. I am assuming AM graduates unless we are told different. So, I guess many are counting AM's return as a given. Other wise, you have a new QB. Which, at this point, will be one of two guys that aren't even close to AM and aren't ready to even get on the field this year unless the game is out of hand. Next year, is one of these backups going to be better than AM at running a spread based Offense?
