Mertz was our first choice or all that was left? So he isn't expected as a starting QB in the strongest D5 conference to hit open WR down the seam or in the post? He doesn't even make a read before he is checking down. He has better WR here than he had a Wisky and certainly better backs. He should be able make those plays.
Love the post. Not because I want to see us fail to have something to gripe about, but because we see thing occur, or not, and eventually arrive at, The Staff. We might not be professionals, but this is not rocket medicine. Staff is paid a lot of money, to train our players and execute competent game plans while building the program. Players play about as well as they are trained. Yes, there will be bad games. Spurrier had a few. It happens. But never should a competent staff put a poor product on the field consistently and intimate that it's the players, or when not indicting the players, without conviction tell us it's going to be fixed and "we look at everything". Fix it or fuche off. We all want BN to succeed but sometimes, he and his staff look silly. Put some fuchen headphones on, stop smiling as if "shucks, it's not us, these guys just aren't gettin it", get involved in the games, look like a prepared staff, show us you know what you're doing, and motivate your fuchen team. A program cannot have fans excited and elated about wins but not disappointed and disheartened by the poor performances.
I would guess that Mr. Checkdown has been coached to throw only completions. That is only throw the ball if he knows it will be caught. Don't lose any games by making risky throws. If you don't make risky throws you aren't going to win any games with your arm. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
I find these stats interesting. You see it?
It appears Mertz is a man after his own heartI find these stats interesting. You see it?
Twenty year old stats from Furman? I can safely say I haven't seen it.I find these stats interesting. You see it?
He played in a total of three games in his career.I find these stats interesting. You see it?
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Florida | SEC | QB | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 123.5 | |
| 1995 | Florida | SEC | QB | 7 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 61 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 122.8 | |
| 1996 | Florida | SEC | QB | 9 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 194 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 155.2 | |
| Career | Florida | 25 | 40 | 62.5 | 290 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 |
I don't even remember him. Games were well in hand (and I was sloshed) by the time he got in.
Tater said for the record that was his guy after looking at 20 different QBs. So this is 100% on him.
As oppose to "We wanted about 19 others we looked at but we missed on all of them so, it is what it is".
Or...you could say things about happy to have Mertz and similar without going to the point of saying that he's their guy and the one they wanted #1. It's easy to make this an either or without thinking of the possibilities in between.
I know it was said that WE were interested in him (so was Auburn and Alabama), not sure if we seriously pursued him or him us, but getting Sam Hartman from WF instead of him going to ND woulda prolly been really good. It would seem that his moving from Wake to ND meant he was only interested in good schools, not necessarily where he'd have the greatest success as a QB.
FOLEY! DUH!!!!
FOLEY! DUH!!!!
We need a Seinfeld gif that says "FOLEY!" instead of "NEWMAN!"
No... just, no. Again, too cerebral. Know your audience. When we want to blame someone/something, keep it simple... FOLEY!
