(08-05-2018 11:13 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 07:57 PM)Ourland Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:59 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:56 PM)Ourland Wrote:  So if he has to, Bloomgren will handle the QB battle in the same way Bailiff did.

Year 1 and year 11 are different. You can inherit no QB in year one and have to deal. Year 11 if you have no QBs, then it's your fault.

The other difference is Bloomgren is saying this up front vs acting like we have a #1 and then pulling the "lightning in a bottle" crap.

So yes, same potential result of QB shuffling but one had a decade to recruit one and therefore should get cut no slack.

But yes, even if we dont have a QB I expect whoever we have to not have chronic meltdowns like years past. There is no excuse for poor preparation and sloppy play - year 1, 11 or 111.

I remember Bailiff choosing Glaesman early, but he was injured in the second game. The shuffling of QB's then ensued, and none of them were effective, especially Tyner. I agree that the team was never adequately prepared to play, but I think the QB nightmare of last season developed under it's own momentum, not by indecisiveness on Bailiffs part IMO. Granato's transfer out compounded the problem .

Glaesman and Tyner being ineffective last year - we should have known that going in. it wasn't like either tore it up in the spring game or anything else we saw. Next, Smalls was clearly not planned - he wasn't even remotely ready to play. He looked like we picked a dude out of the stands and threw him in the game; being even less prepared than the average Bailiff team was pretty impressive and that seems to indicate he wasn't even being considered to see field time last year.

This was not a situation where we lost Peyton Manning and had a useless backup like Curtis Painter, which resulted in a bad season. We had nothing but Curtis Painter on our roster. Glaesman, Tyner and Smalls in year 11 as the top 3.. thats the problem to begin with, less so who gets the nod.

FTR- Bill Polian got canned after the Colts went 2-14 after losing Manning. Because again, there is no excuse to have Curtis Painter on your roster as your best option.

I doubt that any of our quarterbacks can be described as "good." I agree with that. Some of that is a result of poor recruiting, and the rest is a result of poor coaching. Neither of our top two quarterbacks last year were prepared to play. Glaesman was so scared that he couldn't hold onto the ball, but Tyner was an even bigger disappointment if you ask me. He started against FIU and Pitt and couldn't spark the offense. He didn't turn the ball over like the other two did, but he wasn't effective at all. That's when things got ridiculous. Smalls was thrown into the mix, and it didn't work. At least the coaches tried everything they could. I don't blame them for trying. I do blame them for poor coaching.