(08-09-2017 06:40 PM)owl40 Wrote:  

(08-09-2017 02:55 PM)McHargue Wrote:  Well yes we do not have Deshaun Watson or Johnny Manziel on the roster, but every QB is coached like they are going to be a game manager. Go according to the script, run the play that is called, and go through your progressions. Especially when you have a young QB you're not going to let them make too many checks at the line or audible out of bad looks because they don't know what they're looking at yet. However, every offense in the country rely's on broken plays that turn in to big plays regardless of how well they function according to the system. I don't think any of us know quite yet which of our QB's is best at making broken plays big plays, but I know coach Lynch is not going to handicap them by saying they need to stay in a box. They'll have the liberty to scramble and try and make plays, and they have their rules (like every QB in the country) that keep them from making a bad play worse. So sure, they're young and we'll have to limit what they call and what we take in to a game week but that does not make them a game manager. Take care of the ball, hit your big plays when they're there, and if one of them is clearly good at making big plays happen off script then we'll see it pretty quickly.

McHargue..gotta push back and disagree with you on this one. You and Chase were not game managers.

Both of you made plays with your mind, your feet, and your arm (and your heart when hurt)....and the results may have been more W's than all the other QB's in the DB era combined.

Unfortunately, we have not seen Glaesman or Smalls yet but what we have seen of the other two is that they are game managers who have not shown that ability to go beyond what they are coached to do which is run the play called and not make it through progressions, on-the-line checks, making positive things happen from broken plays, etc.

In Australia, I hope DB has the same confidence in one of the new Freshman that he had in you before that Texas game many years ago. That was one of his best coaching decisions.

Owl40 I appreciate the kind words. Freshman get labeled game managers because coaches are trying to protect them. Get through your progressions, if you can run, run, and don't be careless with the football. A freshman QB knows they have a short leash so they are much less likely to try and make things happen off script because if it goes poorly they don't have the body of work to keep them in the game if they make another mistake.

Our staff is not dumb. They know they cannot afford another 3-8 season so do not expect zone read on first and second down and a prayer on 3&9. The offense will be opened up and the QB (whoever he is) will be expected to make plays off script. How that happens I'm not sure, I don't have the secrets to the playbook and if I did I wouldn't be sharing them on a public forum. But I can say energy at practice is night and day from last season, and if we get past UTEP and FIU through the first 5 games we are in good shape to have a decent year.