re: Are the fans to blame for Brandon Harris not getting PT

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But the obvious answer is NO, Brandon Harris is the reason for Brandon Harris not getting more playing time.



The OP is agreeing with this if you actually read it. All accounts close to the locker room say Harris isn't some cancer but he is acting a little too big for his britches. It's not a stretch to assume that at least partially comes from half a fanbase telling him he's a finished product and doesn't need to put in the extra work.

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it really isn't that far-fetched of a notion to think that Les, a man who has shown he has no tolerance for massive egos, would have no tolerance for an 18 year old acting like an 18 year old.

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WildTchoupitoulas

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and how many of those QBs have the #1 RB from 2014, and #1 WR from 2014 lining up on the offensive side of the ball?

people who are critical of statistics say that you can always tweak the numbers such that you can get them to prove your point. there is literally no metric created that can put a positive spin on jennings' 2014 season.

yet here you are, still posting in it after making your disapproval abundantly clear by your first post in this thread.

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yet here you are, still posting in it after making your disapproval abundantly clear by your first post in this thread.

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Because this thread is like watching the Three Stooges.
It's funny without any sliver of intelligence or reality.

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Jennings is our best bet at QB.

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based on what?

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The poster I was responding to said that Harris didn't have to be Joe Montana, but only had to be as good as any other starting QB in FBS.

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hyperbole, how does it work? although he's not too far off.

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Why doesn't that criterion apply to Jennings?

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it does. Jennings finished 119th out of 121 in completion percentage. thats not dead last so, I will concede that one, he is not literally "the worst QB".

side note, jennings efficency rating is actually 100th, not 83rd.

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He's not even the worst QB in the post-season, as some of those I listed will be playing in bowl games.

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1) its sad how much we as a fanbase have lowered our expectations for QB play.
2) jennings could not even clear that very low bar.
3) a team's win loss record is not reflective of QB play, as evidenced by LSU. also, there are 83 bowl eligible teams, so being a bowl eligible team is by no means an indication of being a good football team.

That would mean he actually listens or cares about fans input, which he clearly doesn't.

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The only person responsible for Brandon Harris not getting playing time is Brandon Harris

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Occams Razor kiddies. The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

BH doesn't play because he doesn't put in enough film room study and mentally prepare to learn the play book. That's it. He doesn't know the plays well enough and can'r process information fast enough in game situations to satisfy either Miles or Cameron. Doesn't matter how physically talented he is.

This was supposed to be his RS year, but since Miles ran off the R&R brothers because they couldn't run fast enough, they had no choice but to play him before he was mentally ready.

Miles/Cameron don't look like that they're going after one of the JUCO QB's either, (It's ludicrous not to have a back-up insurance plan in place) so he better be ready in the Spring to take the QB job from AJJ. If he's not, LSU is in a heap of trouble next season.

Kelly Gone. (To Ole Miss) Fitzwater and Hubenak still available..........

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so then he should have been let go the wednesday before the auburn game?

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Good Lord, this thread keeps spinning into insanity. It is like the little dog that chased its tail faster and faster going in ever decreasing circles until it ran up its own butt.

I'm flattered that you are stalking me.
I never refuse a prayer no matter the source.
And I assure you that my friends each have more intelligence than to believe that they know more about football than the LSU coaching staff.


Newbies are so much fun.

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based on what?

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Based on the professional opinions of experts in the field that LSU pays millions of dollars to every year thereby giving those experts 'skin in the game' - as opposed to the casual LSU fan watching from the stands or the comfort of their living room or local bar.

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side note, jennings efficency rating is actually 100th, not 83rd.

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Actually 89th, but still ahead of all those I listed...
LINK

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1) its sad how much we as a fanbase have lowered our expectations for QB play.
2) jennings could not even clear that very low bar.

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My whole point is NOT to tout Jennings' success, only to point out that he's better than Harris, and that the standard LSU fans are holding Jennings to should be the same standard Harris is held to.

Let me re-phrase this over and over and over again...

Jennings is not a good QB at this point in time. BUT, just because Jennings is not good does NOT mean that Harris is necessarily better.

Just because you don't like the performance of the starting QB does NOT mean that you'll like the performance of the backup QB.

Just because the starting QB is performing poorly does NOT (necessarily) mean that the head coach either 1. has a hard on for the starter, 2. is just stubborn, or 3. doesn't know what he's doing.

It is quite possible, at this point in time, that Anthony Jennings is our best option at QB. And since the coaching staff, to whom LSU pays millions of dollars to, and who have won many, many football games in various ways, with various levels of quality of play at the QB position, and whose livelihoods depend on their personnel decisions in large part, and who see many, many more hours of play of BOTH QBs than any fan, keeps going with Jennings leads me to believe that he's our best option at this time.