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I have concerns about ZM talent level.

Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:28 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:28 pm
And I think they are legit concerns.

Why do we assume that Zach will be able to lead the Tiger offense any better than how JJ or JL did this year? If he was really better why did he ride the pine all year? Or, is it just that he did not know the playbook as much as JJ and JL?

If it's the latter, good gawd, I really have no confidence in Zach. That would be a serious indictment of his cognitive abilities (if you know what I mean).

Is it possibly his physical skill set where the coaches thought his strength was not up to JJ and JL's level and with time and Tommy Moffitt, Zach could bring his physical stature up to SEC levels?

I'm just trying figure out why Zach rode the pine if he is really supposed to the answer a QB next year. Because if he could not beat out JJ or JL this year, wow, we are really in trouble at that position next year.

I reserve my excitement for Zach (and/or Randall) until I see some skins put on the wall. Practice and the spring game does not count IMO.
Posted by joebiggin1102
GA
Member since Oct 2008
567 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:29 pm to
get a grip...he wasnt the asnwer this year. We had a great year with him learning our system...maybe you should learn something about player development!
Posted by demint53
Member since Jan 2012
179 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:30 pm to
Spring game might not count but he did a hell of a lot better than JL and JJ in the spring game. That is a fact.
Posted by rosiebean
Member since Nov 2007
2093 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:32 pm to
After '08 and '09, CLM isn't going to allow a young QB to start with less than a year (at the very least) in the system under his belt unless forced by injury. Not gonna happen, no matter how talented the QB in question is. Just accept it and move on if you can.
This post was edited on 1/10/12 at 9:35 pm
Posted by ZTiger87
Member since Nov 2009
11536 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:33 pm to
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Why do we assume that Zach will be able to lead the Tiger offense any better than how JJ or JL did this year?


People assume it can't be worse. He also had great success at Blinn and was challenging Murray for Georgia's starting QB spot.

quote:

If he was really better why did he ride the pine all year? Or, is it just that he did not know the playbook as much as JJ and JL?


I don't think he was ever given a chance. It was all JJ, then all Lee, then all JJ again.

quote:

Is it possibly his physical skill set where the coaches thought his strength was not up to JJ and JL's level and with time and Tommy Moffitt, Zach could bring his physical stature up to SEC levels?


No.

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reserve my excitement for Zach (and/or Randall) until I see some skins put on the wall. Practice and the spring game does not count IMO.


This is the rational thing to do. I think Mett will be good, but I just don't know if he can ever be what LSU fans think he is.
This post was edited on 1/10/12 at 9:34 pm
Posted by Born to be a Tiger
Somewhere lost in Texas
Member since Jan 2008
2741 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:33 pm to
I thought JJ said he had the better spring game.

But from what I saw Mett and JL both had a better spring game. JL ran the hurry up Offense pretty good also.
Posted by mt1
LV
Member since Nov 2006
7660 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:34 pm to
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get a grip...he wasnt the asnwer this year. We had a great year with him learning our system...maybe you should learn something about player development!


says Cam Newton
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

We had a great year with him learning our system...maybe you should learn something about player development!


So you are saying that Zach is underdeveloped relative to JJ and JL?

If so, I have major concerns next year at the QB positon, again.
Posted by Maurice tiger fan
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2005
852 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:34 pm to
If you can't figure out by now how loyal Les is to his seniors then your just a moron. Tom Brady could have transferred to Lsu and would not start b4 his boy.
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37167 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:35 pm to
He wasn't just challenging Murray, he was destroying Murray
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:35 pm to
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why did he ride the pine all year


You serious?
Posted by ChinoisBandit
Member since Oct 2011
76 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:35 pm to
GumboPot. You are correct to have reservations about Z M. There is no way he will be able to live up to the passing legacy of the once in a lifetime QB, Jordan Jefferson.
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:36 pm to
I can remember a UGA journalist coming on Moscona's show and telling him that Mettenburger had the big arm that you want in a QB. But, that he had average accuracy
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

If you can't figure out by now how loyal Les is to his seniors then your just a moron.


Les plays no underclassmen at other postions, right?
Posted by LakerTiger
Member since Nov 2008
148 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:39 pm to
If Jarrett Lee (a senior) didn't get playing time in place of JJ when our season was on the line and JJ was playing arguably the worst we've ever seen him play, and after Lee performed very well and helped lead our team to an undefeated record with arguably the most difficult schedule in college football.....what makes you think Mettenberger would even get considered to play ahead of JJ?
Posted by bayoubreeze
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2005
1038 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:39 pm to
Bama used Lacy more last night because Trent is gone, they were already thinking about 2012, all the reps with Lacy are as good as gold. It would have been good to use ZM over JL just as prep for next year. So maybe the z man is not ready? We will find out soon enough.
Posted by Alatgr
Mobeezy, Alabizzle
Member since Sep 2005
18083 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

average accuracy


That will be a huge improvement over JJ.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

.what makes you think Mettenberger would even get considered to play ahead of JJ?


Talent and the future of the program.

Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:44 pm to
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Bama used Lacy more last night because Trent is gone, they were already thinking about 2012, all the reps with Lacy are as good as gold. It would have been good to use ZM over JL just as prep for next year.


BOOM!

quote:

So maybe the z man is not ready?


Or some other illogical reason that I still trying to figure out.

Posted by bayoubreeze
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2005
1038 posts
Posted on 1/10/12 at 9:49 pm to
no logic to all this, that is the problem...
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