re: Anyone else see the irony here?

Les's problem was not that he didnt know or understand the importance of throwing the ball that is

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just another rant myth.

Les's problem was he loved to run the ball and couldn't recruit and/or develop a qb that he trusted to throw the ball so he relied too much on that running game.

Russell
Flynn
Mettenberger

All three guys that threw the ball a ton because Les trusted them to throw the ball.

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would you please stop with this? les never trusted his qb to throw the ball. he let them throw when they had to. Russell was a really excellent sandlot qb. his big plays (see esp. SEC championship vs Ga) when he was forced to throw on 3rd and he could move around and knock defenders off him and sling it downfield.

Flynn was extraordinarily efficient on 3rd and short to medium.

he took the ball out of mett's hands too often. I remember the Alabama game where we had the ball and the lead and just needed to run the time off the clock. mett was unstoppable that day but when we needed a first down we ran ALL 3 downs! les never trusted a QB in his life. He was faced with situations where he had to let them throw.