Post by trojan2003 on Aug 26, 2018 16:30:08 GMT -6
I am sure we will see both, Barker and Smith, and the whole battle won't be decided in the first few weeks and maybe beyond.
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This scares me...
Clausen / Ainge comes to mind:
www.rockytoptalk.com/2007/6/28/73821/6052
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This scares me...
Clausen / Ainge comes to mind:
The Evaluation Period Exception. A 2QB system may be temporarily necessary to evaluate the available talent in game situations to determine which QB should be the long term starter. The evaluation period should be as short as possible and should under no circumstances last longer than four or five games.
Early Warning Signs
If your team exhibits any of the following symptoms, do like Chicken Little and sound the alarm:
The Rotation Scheme. Beware of pre-planned rotation schemes. Getting a backup reps in a game is all well and good, see e.g., D.J. Shockley, but pre-game plans to rotate QBs must be subject to change. Do not commit to any systematic rotation of QBs, whether every other play, every other series, or every X number of series. Never break game rhythm by pulling a QB when he’s hot. A team employing a rotation scheme is not only splitting game reps between two players, but is also surely splitting practice reps, which, instead of preparing both players for games, merely stunts the growth of both.
The Early Success. Beware of early success using multiple QBs. It only delays the inevitable.
If your team exhibits any of the following symptoms, do like Chicken Little and sound the alarm:
The Rotation Scheme. Beware of pre-planned rotation schemes. Getting a backup reps in a game is all well and good, see e.g., D.J. Shockley, but pre-game plans to rotate QBs must be subject to change. Do not commit to any systematic rotation of QBs, whether every other play, every other series, or every X number of series. Never break game rhythm by pulling a QB when he’s hot. A team employing a rotation scheme is not only splitting game reps between two players, but is also surely splitting practice reps, which, instead of preparing both players for games, merely stunts the growth of both.
The Early Success. Beware of early success using multiple QBs. It only delays the inevitable.
As you’ll see below, the 2005 Volunteers had all of the warning signs. Sophomore Erik Ainge started the first game while team captain Rick Clausen stood on the sideline. The coaching staff insisted on utilizing a Rotation Scheme "until one of them took the job," probably based on the Early Success they had with such a scheme during the Evaluation Period the prior season with Ainge and Brent Schaeffer.
In 2005, though, the Evaluation Period Exception was again instituted, but neither Ainge nor Clausen really "took" the job in either of the first two games. Still, the coaches initially did not allow the evaluation to drag on, and they named Ainge "the starter" in the third game of the season against LSU. Unfortunately, Ainge morphed into a mushroom cloud in LSU’s end zone, and Clausen gave the team a much-needed shot of epi. The team then made another mistake by over-waffling, and when Clausen struggled a bit, they went back to the ruined Ainge, ruining Clausen as well.
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So let’s recap. Game 1: Ainge started, Clausen rotated in as planned, Ainge lost his rhythm, and Clausen won the game.
Game 2: Clausen started, Ainge rotated in out of necessity, and Ainge lost the game.
Game 3: Ainge started, completely nuked out, and Clausen won the game.
"Rick is our quarterback," Fulmer said after the game. Good. No more waffles. And then he re-opened a can of maggots: "Until we decide otherwise."
In 2005, though, the Evaluation Period Exception was again instituted, but neither Ainge nor Clausen really "took" the job in either of the first two games. Still, the coaches initially did not allow the evaluation to drag on, and they named Ainge "the starter" in the third game of the season against LSU. Unfortunately, Ainge morphed into a mushroom cloud in LSU’s end zone, and Clausen gave the team a much-needed shot of epi. The team then made another mistake by over-waffling, and when Clausen struggled a bit, they went back to the ruined Ainge, ruining Clausen as well.
[...]
So let’s recap. Game 1: Ainge started, Clausen rotated in as planned, Ainge lost his rhythm, and Clausen won the game.
Game 2: Clausen started, Ainge rotated in out of necessity, and Ainge lost the game.
Game 3: Ainge started, completely nuked out, and Clausen won the game.
"Rick is our quarterback," Fulmer said after the game. Good. No more waffles. And then he re-opened a can of maggots: "Until we decide otherwise."
www.rockytoptalk.com/2007/6/28/73821/6052