re: Jarrett Lee with another funny tweet

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And before you complain about the low gross passing yards, remember that Lee was playing in Miles' Stone Age offensive scheme.

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AJ McCarron put up better numbers at a time when Nick Saban was still conservative offensively.

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AJ McCarron put up better numbers at a time when Nick Saban was still conservative offensively.

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wonderful, but I never said Jarrett Lee was as good as McCarron.

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Typo. Regardless, those are still shite numbers & you should be embarrassed for even trying argue that those are good numbers for a QB.

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I never said his numbers for the Oregon game were good, I was talking about the entire 2011 season.

And you continued to fail to acknowledge Lee's numbers for the rest of the year. They were very good numbers.

But keep suppressing those facts. You must work for Twitter (pre-Musk, of course).

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Jefferson=trash Lee=just ok

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If 62%, a 14-3 TD/INT ratio, and 152 rating are just ok, then I'll take just ok all day, every day.

I'll never understand the hate for Jarrett Lee in 2011. Yes, he had a bad freshman year, and played poorly against Bama in the 2011 Game of the Century. But I think that cloud's everyone's judgment for the rest of 2011.

He was very good in the 2011 season as a whole.

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But I think that cloud's everyone's judgment for the rest of 2011.

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Yeah ok

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But keep suppressing those facts. You must work for Twitter (pre-Musk, of course).

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Maybe you should ask Musk to buy the entire internet so he could delete all of Lee's stats from 2011. That would make it easier for you tell everyone that Lee put up great numbers that season.

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So you think that Mett was more mobile than Lee??

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No, he just had more natural talent. Mett was probably our best chance to be competitive in that game. It wouldn't have mattered, though.

Lee did indeed put up great numbers that year. He was named the All-SEC Sr QB by ESPN (over Jefferson, btw)

He only played in 9 games, and Mett or JJ was the QB for what amounts to two of those games. Lee played only half the NSU game, and was subbed 54 times for Jefferson (from the KY to the Bama game). So his 2011 stats are essentially half the opportunities a normal starting QB would have gotten

So instead of denigrating Lee's:

104/167 62.3% 1,306 yds 14 tds 3 int 152.0 rat

You would have seen stats more like:

208/334 62.3% 2,612 yds 28 tds 6 int 152.0 rat

He had great stats for the half season that dick Miles actually allowed him to play

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Give us his numbers from the other games that season

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Around 35% vs UK iirc.

Miles should have spent December practicing an entirely different offensive game plan going into that game.

He didn’t. Nor did anyone really expect him to. Miles was terrified of Bama’s defense. And in Miles’ defense, he had reason to be.

He went with Jefferson because he probably felt he could prevent sacks by scrambling when no one was open. Because no one was going to be open A LOT against that Bama defense. His plan was never to try for big chunks of yardage going against those Bama athletes, except maybe a non risky attempt here or there. The plan was to prevent turnovers, control some clock, and rely on an athlete to make a big play if the opportunity presented itself. Both on offense and defense. That opportunity never came because that Bama team was a fricking monster.

The game was close enough that miles continued this philosophy never trying to take chances. Thinking one of his freak athletes would make a play. And all he needed was one big play to get back into the game. Until the 4th quarter.

So Miles putting Lee in would have done nothing most likely. Because there was zero chance Miles was going to risk anything in a game that close regardless of who he had at QB. We all saw a complete shite show of an offense that couldn’t get past the 50. Miles saw a close game and a big play away from being in it.

What Miles should have done was changed his plan completely before that game whether going with Lee or Jefferson. But we all know Miles was never going to do that. And I don’t think he really knew how. In a perfect world though, Miles realizes that his only chance to win the game is a better offensive passing game plan. But I doubt Miles even considered that. Especially since he won the regular season game doing the same thing.

Was starting Jefferson the right move? For Miles’ game plan, yes. Should he have tried Lee? Yes. Even with the game plan he had, there should have been a plan to try Lee at some point. Seems like after the 3rdQ would have been a good time. Maybe Lee could have tried something a little different or maybe he could have seen an opportunity somewhere Jefferson couldn’t and made a big play. I don’t know. But yes, he should have tried him after that last field goal in the 3rd if nothing else.