(09-16-2014 06:29 AM)gobaseline Wrote: Go figure.
Cleveland Smith is too short.
He doesnt weigh enough to be an effective DT
Is from outside the 6 hour recruiting radius
And hasnt had the label "elite" attached to him.
Does anyone know his ceiling?
Does the term serviceable apply to his performance?
Smith has a motor, had one last year, but couldn't shed blocks. He looked very good vs. Idaho. I watched some of the replay last night. How good was Idaho's Oline? Not very good.
In contrast, don't be fooled by Terrells numbers. One pass was a bubble screen to Davis that went for 80 yards. The other was a busted coverage on Braverman. To quote the announcer, "I could have made that pass." He had two very nice passes and two that had pick 6 written all over them but the DB missed it. The rest were short check offs.
If you watched the RS freshmen Linihan he saw the field, and made several checkdowns, often while rolling out. He had touch on his passes. He led receivers. His sideline routes were timed well.
In two years of watching Terrell I have yet to see him connect on a timing route to the sideline. This was a bread and butter pass for Hiller, Carder, and TVT. When he rolls out he doesn't square up when he throws as Linihan did. HE ALWAYS MISSES on rollouts.
Linihan wasn't as efficient as Terrell, but he was a playmaker. A QB who could put you on his back and win games. Terrell is getting better at playing within a system, but doesn't have the innate skills to exploit the opponent. He doesn't have the arm to exploit Davis's size and strength advantage deep or over the middle, and he lacks a pocket presence to know when to move, scramble, or run the ball. Some of this stuff simply isn't teachable. It's either in your DNA or it isn't. Linihan has it, Terrell, not so much. Go back and watch the replays of the Purdue and Idaho game, it's just not there. Yes, he's servicable, and for what he brings to the table he's been well coached, but you won't win a game or two on his arm or legs.
With that said, I'd take a look at Thomas in the Murray and see what he brings to the table under game conditions. Furthermore, I'd bet real money that another QB will be running the show by the first of October in 2015. Unless Terrell magically leads us to 7 wins I don't think he's in Fleck's master plan for building a program.
Don't look at his 10 for 15, 210 yard numbers, almost all of which came on 2 plays by the receivers legs or busted coverage. Go back and look at the replays. Compare the two QB's and their skill sets. Then tell me honestly, that Terrell is the future, and that his performance was anything more than servicable.
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