How we got here
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:59 pmI think Bo is talented. He really does have good arm and throws a nice ball. I don't happen to think he has the size or athleticism needed for D-1, but whatever. The real thing is, Bo didn't earn the job. Not really. It was given to him. The real competition was inexplicably cleared out the way and the kid was given the job long before he was ready or earned it. Its like that kid who works for daddy and is made president of the company at 25. Daddy does a disservice to his kid when he hands him something legit that he obviously hasn't earned. The other people at the company are looking around going, wtf? And the kid knows it and lacks that confidence deep down, and it really impairs his leadership ability.
This is not hindsight, many of us were saying it at the time. Why not let BLM come off the bench and be the hero last year instead of the goat? If the veteran qb really couldn't run the offense, he would have certainly proven it after 5 or 6 bad games, and BLM could have taken over with the pressure off, still gotten good experience, AND had more respect from the team. Had it gone that way instead of the way it did, I don't think Bo implodes today when it counts.
As to the "system"...isn't a true system characterized by being such that you can plug different players into it and the system makes them look and perform better? I really do think thats what JJ is implying when he talks about his system being great. If you can't take all-conference caliber players with experience and plug them into your system because its so special or unique or whatever, then its not really much of a system at all is it?
This is not hindsight, many of us were saying it at the time. Why not let BLM come off the bench and be the hero last year instead of the goat? If the veteran qb really couldn't run the offense, he would have certainly proven it after 5 or 6 bad games, and BLM could have taken over with the pressure off, still gotten good experience, AND had more respect from the team. Had it gone that way instead of the way it did, I don't think Bo implodes today when it counts.
As to the "system"...isn't a true system characterized by being such that you can plug different players into it and the system makes them look and perform better? I really do think thats what JJ is implying when he talks about his system being great. If you can't take all-conference caliber players with experience and plug them into your system because its so special or unique or whatever, then its not really much of a system at all is it?