One of the hallmarks of the Muschamp era was QB mismanagement. Not building depth. Not getting starters out of the game and letting backup's play the few times we were well ahead. Not pulling starters that were playing really badly and giving them a chance to reset and watch and learn. Just leaving them out there to get crushed and their confidence shattered. Starting true freshman instead of seniors (Scar for example). We are still reaping the rewards from that. We have a barely older than a true freshman QB that everyone is acting like is the savior that we don't even know if he is going to meet those expectations as he has yet to actually show that on the field. He has yet to actually win a game. I'm not knocking the kid but at least have some measure of reality and realize that he is not yet matured into what everyone wants him to be. Give him a chance and some time. We went through this with Bentley and Ryan even DK. Let the coaches manage him and not ruin him like our previous coaches did with our previous QB's.
Realize we are most likely to lose this game if Tom Brady came in to start. It really doesn't matter. We are outmanned and outgunned from an athletic standpoint. We prepair, gameplan and do what we can but you don't sacrifice your future and start your QB that isn't back to full speed yet, missed all of fall camp, hasn't been able to get on the field in a game situation in 9 months and you want to start him against the #2 ranked team in the country that has likely the best defense in the country? The kid is strong but how about we take a more realistic approach and practice him and get him ready for a team we have a better chance against and a team that he stands a better chance at not getting murdered playing. Right now Kentucky is better than us. Sad, to say, but we have a heck of a better chance against KY then we do against GA. You give Doty another week to get ready, healthy his timing back and you put him in against a defense that isn't quite as likely to kill him. Let's see if Zeb can use his experience to read the defense to get the team into the right protections so everyone doesn't get killed. Hope, that he can be effective enough to make some plays and see what happens. No, he is not as mobile as a healthy Doty. No, he is not as talented. But he does have the experience and that matters against a team like GA. If Doty started you can expect several INT's for miscommunication with receivers, wrong reads and several painful sacks because of the wrong calls or wrong protections and possibly getting another injury and or losing him for more time or the rest of the year. Let him play against the fighting KY Jellies. Maybe give him some mop up time once GA puts in their 3rd string at the end of the game. Ease Doty in, don't throw him to the dogs.
Realize we are most likely to lose this game if Tom Brady came in to start. It really doesn't matter. We are outmanned and outgunned from an athletic standpoint. We prepair, gameplan and do what we can but you don't sacrifice your future and start your QB that isn't back to full speed yet, missed all of fall camp, hasn't been able to get on the field in a game situation in 9 months and you want to start him against the #2 ranked team in the country that has likely the best defense in the country? The kid is strong but how about we take a more realistic approach and practice him and get him ready for a team we have a better chance against and a team that he stands a better chance at not getting murdered playing. Right now Kentucky is better than us. Sad, to say, but we have a heck of a better chance against KY then we do against GA. You give Doty another week to get ready, healthy his timing back and you put him in against a defense that isn't quite as likely to kill him. Let's see if Zeb can use his experience to read the defense to get the team into the right protections so everyone doesn't get killed. Hope, that he can be effective enough to make some plays and see what happens. No, he is not as mobile as a healthy Doty. No, he is not as talented. But he does have the experience and that matters against a team like GA. If Doty started you can expect several INT's for miscommunication with receivers, wrong reads and several painful sacks because of the wrong calls or wrong protections and possibly getting another injury and or losing him for more time or the rest of the year. Let him play against the fighting KY Jellies. Maybe give him some mop up time once GA puts in their 3rd string at the end of the game. Ease Doty in, don't throw him to the dogs.
