Felipe Franks - "I'm going there to start."

[alcoholica]

We will also be upgrading from a RB that didn't have the ceiling we hoped for (KT) and a pair of freshman up to next year having a solid JUCO, two sophmores with a year of the program under their belt, and another freshman or two rated as high as last year's duo. Offense overall should be better than this past year.

KT has 985 yds with an avg of 4.0 yds/carry and 13 tds. So he will in all likelihood have a 1,000 yard season behind a **** line. I'm extremely proud of the young man

 

[alcoholica]

I hope we don't go after Haskins. I get the feeling the recruits are making him a Jacoby situation.

Besides, I think Allen coming in 2017 will be the answer

 

[Alagator]

You never know. Spring Practice, summer workouts, and fall practice is a LONG time.

High school coaching is hit or miss. You are usually going to get a raw talent especially at QB.

Yup. I read an article stating that he doesn't have a QB coach at his high school (which many don't) but he also doesn't have a private QB coach like Eason and many of the other top talent HS QB's have these days. The article stated that Franks, in many ways, has been self taught. Pretty impressive kid.

 

[soflagator]

I hope we don't go after Haskins. I get the feeling the recruits are making him a Jacoby situation.

Besides, I think Allen coming in 2017 will be the answer

I agree. I was ok with targeting Eason because he is almost a slam dunk to be a great QB, not to mention the zero sum game element of stealing him from uga. But I don't feel that way with any of these other '16 QBs that we're in the running for. And at some point, you do start to create a log jam at QB based on years. I say stick with what we have and put full focus on keeping Allen. He and/or Franks are the future for us. We're in a jam, no doubt. But outside of a Juco/transfer, there's no short term solution, and loading up in one year's class isn't the answer imo.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I hope we don't go after Haskins. I get the feeling the recruits are making him a Jacoby situation.

Besides, I think Allen coming in 2017 will be the answer

Agree. I know we need a great qb, but I have never been a huge fan of two top ranked qbs in the same class. Too much revolves around the entire offense getting around and becoming comfortable with one player. From reps, to leadership, to continuity, we just need to get our one top qb per class and have the other guys behind him develop and learn the offense. I would much rather take my chances with starting one guy who has the offense down, even if he has a lower ceiling. Give him almost all of the reps with the ones in the spring and fall (obviously talking about Del Rio here), and letting him focus on the nuances of the offense, rather than working with the twos half the time and worrying about the depth chart.

Position battles are much more effective for every other position because they are a lot less cerebral and push the other players at their position to play with more effort. QB is far less about effort on the field than it is about repetition and recognition. Effort for them is in the film room and playbook study. For example, D Rob was outdone by a true freshman this year. I would say overall their talent level is pretty close, but Callaway always brought the right attitude and wanted to turn every play into a score. D Rob would catch, see if his first juke worked, and ran out of bounds if it didn't. Tabor made it a point this year to be recognized as at least an equal of VH3. He joked about him being better because if he gets the ball he is looking to score every time (and damn near did).

The big thing is the competing players above can still see the field at the same time, whereas only one qb does. Where it does show up though, is the attitude and overall performance from the position guys if their favored qb is on the bench. A lot of that is the remaining WM stank on some of these guys and the difference in mentality that Mac brings. After Grier was suspended, I never saw the same effort from D Rob that I did from him in the Ole Miss game. Callaway produced for both qbs. Outside of maybe the UK game two years back, we all noticed how all the players appeared to play harder for Treon ( Westbrook) than they did for Driskel. I understood their frustration, but handling it how they did played into our current qb situation.

From what I hear, Del Rio will be more than capable of leading this offense next year. Assuming he can make it through the year without getting injured or doing something stupid off of the field, I don't want to see Franks at any point in the season. With our current state at QB, if Del Rio misses time at qb, we may as well throw an under developed Trask in or even Guy in there and see if they can pull a win or two off. Franks needs to be left out of it and groomed for the future, and likewise with Allen and any future star qb, until they are fully ready. Once we have a few years of this rotation going, we will be in really good shape. Until then, we get to deal with the hand we have, hope for the best, and look forward to once again being able to reload rather than rebuild.

That is all.

 

[WobbleGator]

Just ask Sumlin what it is like pulling in two top QB's in the same class.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Just ask Sumlin what it is like pulling in two top QB's in the same class.

Or WM. Idiot did it twice

 

[WobbleGator]

Or WM. Idiot did it twice

I was just trying to give an example of an offensive HC. It doesn't work for them either.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I was just trying to give an example of a successful HC. It doesn't work for them either.

Sumlin has been successful?

 

[WobbleGator]

Sumlin has been successful?

I will change it to offensive HC instead of successful.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I will change it to offensive HC instead of successful.

I don't even think those two were the same class tho bro

 

[ThreatMatrix]

I subscribe to the Spurrier method of QB development. Whoever slings it around best in pre-game warmups, starts.

 

[WobbleGator]

I don't even think those two were the same class tho bro

I already admitted that I mistyped. Move it along bro.

 

[Tunaboat]

I think Mac will let Treon go out as starter by playing him against MeatChicken the whole game as he's done the whole year. He will suck again for 4 qtrs and torpedo any chance we have, as usual, but at least then the Harris experiment will be over with. If there is a God.
The definition of insanity...

Welcome aboard Mr. Franks!!!

 

[t-gator]

I hope we don't go after Haskins. I get the feeling the recruits are making him a Jacoby situation.

Besides, I think Allen coming in 2017 will be the answer

We need all we can get

 

[Gator98MD]

I hope the experiment does end but i worry
Mac seems to have a perverse loyalty to treon at least in public. This better be his last game as qb

I think Mac will let Treon go out as starter by playing him against MeatChicken the whole game as he's done the whole year. He will suck again for 4 qtrs and torpedo any chance we have, as usual, but at least then the Harris experiment will be over with. If there is a God.
The definition of insanity...

Welcome aboard Mr. Franks!!!

 

[Gatorphan]

I hope the experiment does end but i worry
Mac seems to have a perverse loyalty to treon at least in public. This better be his last game as qb

Are you paying attention? Mac started Treon in game 1 for a reason. It's not because he thought TH was remotely better than WG. It was obvious to all of us that this was not the case. I'm sure Mac knew better. But he obviously trusted Treon over Grier. TH is a guy that had been arrested, accused and implicated in wrongdoing since he's been in Hogtown. However, Mac realizes that Grier was on a worse path. They'll both be gone next year and the Gators will better for it

 

[Swamp Donkey]

This better be his last game as qb

Or?

 

[alcoholica]

Or?

 

[GatorTAG]

Franks will be rooming with Tyler Jordan. I guess they want their future QB to get close to their future center.