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re: LSU vs. Alabama in the QB department, Nick Saban holds the key!
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:01 am to reauxl tigers7
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:01 am to reauxl tigers7
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Saban has the key, veteran QB's with experience.
AJ McCarron won the national title in his first year as a starter.
Blake Sims took Alabama to the playoffs last year in his first year as a starter.
Jake Coker is taking Alabama to the playoffs this year in his first year as a starter.
All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:10 am to Cs
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All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
Game experience-yes
But time in the program, time with the offense-no
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:12 am to Cs
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All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
Yes, and there's a big difference between a true freshman/sophomore starter with no experience and a redshirt soph/junior/senior starting with no experience.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:13 am to Cs
quote:Like so many other fans, you place too big of a limitation on the word "experience."
AJ McCarron won the national title in his first year as a starter.
Blake Sims took Alabama to the playoffs last year in his first year as a starter.
Jake Coker is taking Alabama to the playoffs this year in his first year as a starter.
All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
You think QBs can only gain experience and learn in games. bullshite.
You think QBs can only gain experience and develop as passers if they pass in games. bullshite.
QBs, like every other position, learn and develop their skills in practice, the film room, and the coach's classroom.
Mechanics are honed and fixed in practice, the film room, and the coach's classroom.
Decision making is taught and crafted in practice, the film room, and the coach's classroom.
In practice, the film room, and the coach's classroom, the coach can focus on and correct problems: mental, physical, and mechanical.
QBs acquire experience through practice, the film room, and the coach's classroom. The more years a QB has on campus, the more time the QB spends in practice, the film room, and coach's classroom. Thus, more years in college equals better developed QB.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:16 am to Cs
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AJ McCarron won the national title in his first year as a starter. Blake Sims took Alabama to the playoffs last year in his first year as a starter. Jake Coker is taking Alabama to the playoffs this year in his first year as a starter. All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
You're using a different definition of "experience" than the OP. Years in college matter when talking about a QBs ability to succeed. Whether they were playing or not, and in LSUs case it seems that early playing time is actually what is most harmful to a QB.
McCarron was in his third year on campus, Sims his fifth, and Coker is also five years out of HS, though it's only his second at Bama.
But sitting for two years to watch and learn is a very good thing for a QB most of the time, and the inability of LSU to bring QBs along slowly has likely been a major factor in many of them being shellshocked that limits their overall ability to improve.
We saw the benefits of a slow progression with Flynn and even as the previous posting pointed out, Mett.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 8:17 am to Cs
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All of these quarterbacks had less experience than both Jennings and Harris coming into this year.
Less game experience yes. But they've been learning in practice and in film rooms. Also more physically ready after more years in their S and C program.
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