Shane Matthews: AR can’t throw the ball

[MidwestChomp]

So Shane addresses this. He says coaches do not game plan quarterbacks to run the ball. They game plan them to throw the ball. They may put in a couple plays here and there to take advantage of their legs but the point of a quarterback is to throw the ball. And he can’t throw the ball.

He said that no coach anywhere game plans around a quarterback running the ball as their main weapon. He said that fans that are saying that he is not using him properly, don’t really understand the quarterback position or how coaches even manage quarterbacks.

Shane must not be familiar with the flexbone.

 

[Daryl]

Not many Bone guys in the pros.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

So Shane addresses this. He says coaches do not game plan quarterbacks to run the ball. They game plan them to throw the ball. They may put in a couple plays here and there to take advantage of their legs but the point of a quarterback is to throw the ball. And he can’t throw the ball.

He said that no coach anywhere game plans around a quarterback running the ball as their main weapon. He said that fans that are saying that he is not using him properly, don’t really understand the quarterback position or how coaches even manage quarterbacks.

That's about the most annoying podcast I've listen to the entire season.

JC is awful.

 

[Slug]

Do we still have a chance at the Playoffs?

Just need a couple teams in front of us to lose and we're a lock.

 

[Bait'n Gator]

So Shane addresses this. He says coaches do not game plan quarterbacks to run the ball. They game plan them to throw the ball. They may put in a couple plays here and there to take advantage of their legs but the point of a quarterback is to throw the ball. And he can’t throw the ball.

He said that no coach anywhere game plans around a quarterback running the ball as their main weapon. He said that fans that are saying that he is not using him properly, don’t really understand the quarterback position or how coaches even manage quarterbacks.

Yeah..... I'm not expert but Shane is completely full of **** with this take.

 

[GatorJ]

That's about the most annoying podcast I've listen to the entire season.

JC is awful.

Yeah. He’s terrible.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

He needs to run and run hard at least 15-20 times per game.

He would end in the hospital. AR is a paper tiger.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

If AR is not a running threat, he is not a threat.

 

[GatorJ]

Yeah..... I'm not expert but Shane is completely full of **** with this take.

I think it’s pretty accurate. I don’t think you put an entire game plan around somebody’s legs. I think the majority of the game plan is on throwing down field. But you can scheme some things to do with his legs.

Problem is that it’s not going to work in the SEC. It just isn’t. At least not on a consistent basis. If you were a head coach and you’re trying to implement your offense, would you change everything for AR? I think if we had a competent back up, there’s a good chance that AR would’ve already been benched.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Yeah. He’s terrible.

Who is he?

 

[Daryl]

No HC who values his career in the pros is gonna base his offense around running his high paid QB

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Great if you're running RPO. What do you do if you're not?

I think we’re witnessing the answer to your question.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Shane must not be familiar with the flexbone.

There’s a mom joke here, but it’s too easy.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Not many Bone guys in the pros.

There’s another follow-up mom joke here, but it’s even easier.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Shane must not be familiar with the flexbone.

your mom is though

 

[Durty South Swamp]

its stays above the fray. i do not

 

[soflagator]

your mom is though

You know the scene in Legends of the Fall where the youngest brother gets tangled up in the barbwire in front of the German machine gun and Brad Pitt‘s character knows what’s about to happen but is helpless to stop it? That was my immediate feeling when I saw that post from Midwest.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Seems like every other team we play now is looking to hit Richardson in the legs in hopes of nicking him up and throwing off his entire game. It seems to be working.

And it will continue to work as long as Napier goes all “Mike White” in response. That is, he says nothing and does nothing opting to let the conference deal with it which is actually the same thing as doing nothing.

All I hear from everyone is that the number one fear is AR suffering a serious injury yet the coaching staff sits back and watches UGA take a cheap shot which could, I don’t know maybe, cause a serious injury.
Maybe if AR wasn’t running out of bounds versus putting his head down, he wouldn’t have suffered the cheap shot.

In summary, all of AR’s actions seem to be motivated by a concern for getting injured yet everything we are doing or not doing can directly result in AR getting injured.

 

[GatorJ]

Who is he?

JC

 

[gatorev12]

There is a massive difference between running a spread option and running a spread passing attack with the QB as the "runner" in a RPO passing scheme.

Mullen's offense was predicated on a mobile rusher who could be a threat to pull the handoff once the DE committed to the RB and rush around the edge for several yards.

RPO-based offenses rely on a mobile QB who can roll out of the pocket and throw from there...or pull it down and take what the defense gives you. Many, many teams run versions of that--including Bama, Clemson, and tennessee. The QB isn't designed to run 10+ times a game..but if that's what the defense gives him--they're encouraged to take it & quickly get out of bounds or slide to avoid a hit.

Frankly, it's shocking why Napier isn't trying to use AR's legs more. When he's scrambling for yards in the open field, he's incredibly dangerous...and forcing teams to spy him opens up other areas of the field that we can attack (especially via crossing route patterns).