I haven't said it's an injustice. It's only a problem if you know who your guy is and you're not committing to him when you know he's your guy.
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seems to me you chuckled at my Sadio Mane comment last week.Actually, if you know soccer then Ketch's posts on the topic are quite entertaining
Liverpool battling ManU for the title
Ask Arsenal fans if they think my thought about him is entertaining.
not what I was speaking of. Talking about the entirety of section nine each week.
I still believe Buechele should be the starter.
I'm telling you that all these months later, it matters less and less with each passing day.
Good piece by Ketch for an overreacting fan base.
Having played the position, I disagree that one QB needs absolutely needs to be taking every first-team rep possible.
The key is how many reps a guy gets, not necessarily that he gets them entirely with first-teamers. (BTW, all the first-teamers are yet to be determined.) From what the staff is saying, the offense runs 100-120 plays per practice, which should give both QB candidates 50-60 plays, on top of other drills. That's a lot of reps.
Longhorn history is full of QBs who were successful stepping into the starting role without exclusive pre-season reps with the first team: James Street in 1968; Randy McEachern in 1977; Major Applewhite in 1998; and Chance Mock in 2004.
Getting exclusive first-team reps may be even less essential in Gilbert's spread offense with so many people rotating in and out. In light of the rotation, it may be more important for each QB to get practice with all of the first and second teamers.
Having played the position, I disagree that one QB needs absolutely needs to be taking every first-team rep possible.
The key is how many reps a guy gets, not necessarily that he gets them entirely with first-teamers. (BTW, all the first-teamers are yet to be determined.) From what the staff is saying, the offense runs 100-120 plays per practice, which should give both QB candidates 50-60 plays, on top of other drills. That's a lot of reps.
Longhorn history is full of QBs who were successful stepping into the starting role without exclusive pre-season reps with the first team: James Street in 1968; Randy McEachern in 1977; Major Applewhite in 1998; and Chance Mock in 2004.
Getting exclusive first-team reps may be even less essential in Gilbert's spread offense with so many people rotating in and out. In light of the rotation, it may be more important for each QB to get practice with all of the first and second teamers.
why is it perplexing? You understand that there's a second-team offense that he could be taking just as many reps with if Buechele is going to be the starter, right?
You also had a source saying swoopes has blown Shane out of the water in camp...
I'm just saying even from a common sense perspective that if there was a legit battle for QB expecting one guy to not get any reps with the 1s the first week or two of camp makes no sense. If that were the case you would basically be appointing a starter in advance and rigging the competition. There are also people that disagree the reps have been equal recently. Conflicting sources leaves one to guess at best
I don't believe the team has a sire-fire starter, so you're absolutely wrong to suggest I'm trying to shove something down your throat outside of a little logic.
You know there's a second-team offense for the loser of the quarterback to take reps with, right?
Tons of reps.
If I were CS and was planning on starting Buechele, who ran this offense in HS, and wanted a well-prepared backup QB with no prior experience with the hurry up spread, I might well decide it prudent to have the backup share snaps. CS would be roasted by the fans and media if Swoopes was not ready to perform in a backup role.
Less reps with the first-team offense. In general, if he's not going to be the starter, give Shane all of the reps with the 1s.
Some of you are making this harder than it is.
Ok, I will buy that. However, is it just me or does it seem odd or at least confusing that everything seen by everyone else, including you, demonstrates Shane as the more fluid, with quicker decision making, better thrown balls- hitting receivers on wide receiver screens and such where they can catch the ball in stride, only to be told by the source that Swoopes is so far ahead that it "isn't even close."? Seriously, is this weird, am I missing something or are we in a different universe than the coaches?
You aren't missing anything as it has been weird to me also....I've gone back and watched the spring game and games from the last two years....lets just hope it is what's best for the team
Sorry I missed it, but I had to do some research. I'll post it here and look for your question in my previous column.
Rosen was taking all of the first-team reps early in camp. In fact, he took all the first-team reps in his article on August 13
http://www.ocregister.com/ucla/first-677432-team-rosen.html
If you're using Rosen as the example, a team committed to started a true freshman usually doesn't split his reps so close to the start of the regular season.
If Shane is named the starter in the next couple weeks, what would you say was Strong/Gilbert's rationale for giving Swoopes 1st team reps? Are you implying the coaches don't know what they're doing?
Great post. Not a big difference between first and second team at this point, and may not be a big difference between which QB gives you the best chance to win the opener.
Wait till the preparation week to freak out if the QB you prefer isn't getting the lion's share of first team work.
True, but there's a pretty big body of statistical and visual evidence on Mr. Swoopes. Unless he spent some serious time with a sports psychologist (which I think is his biggest problem - mental) and that psychologist did the Vulcan Mind Meld on him, I think we're all going to see that the same tiger just has new stripes. We didn't get a new tiger along with the stripes.
If I'm wrong and we now have a guy who looks like Goff, rock the F on. The chances of that are somewhere between .01% and 1%.
Making it to the professional level is making it to the professional level.Yeah, riding the pine without playing any meaningful time. But OK.
You can get the second-team guy ready with the second-team offense. That's how it works.
2nd team offense. If you know who your starter is, he deserves to get all the reps with the 1s.
My larger point is the evidence suggests they don't know who their starter is.
Too much focus is being put on the wrong thing.
it feels like we're inventing a way of treating the quarterback position that is different than any way the position is handled in 99-percent of the college and pro situations we have to learn from.
Suddenly, the starting quarterback position isn't the most important position on the field and the starter isn't the most important player.
