http://www.alligator.org/sports/columns/article_31e8ba46-87c9-11e7-be24-836666ece2e5.html
Quarterback Luke Del Rio took first-team reps in front of reporters Tuesday. And as soon as the news hit Twitter, some fans went ballistic.
“Luke Del Rio should have looked at the eclipse yesterday with no glasses.”
“Just for the love of god please no Luke Del Rio.”
The funny thing about this sort of hostility is that most of it has nothing to do with his performance.
As a starter in 2016, Del Rio had a 5-1 record. I’m no mathematician, but that means the Gators were 4-3 without him. The one loss staining his record — a 31-10 drubbing in Arkansas — wasn’t his fault. And that’s not me saying that, that’s the internal monologue of Jim McElwain.
But a lot of fans don’t care about that. They pick quarterbacks like they pick politicians.
“Does he have experience? Sure. A solid arm? I guess. But does he give me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside, like I’m a 10-year-old watching Tim Tebow in my Gators jam-jams? No. So he sucks.”
Why say things like, “Starting Luke Del Rio doesn’t feel right,” when most coaches would kill for a guy like him?
Probably because feeling is easy, and thinking is hard....
Quarterback Luke Del Rio took first-team reps in front of reporters Tuesday. And as soon as the news hit Twitter, some fans went ballistic.
“Luke Del Rio should have looked at the eclipse yesterday with no glasses.”
“Just for the love of god please no Luke Del Rio.”
The funny thing about this sort of hostility is that most of it has nothing to do with his performance.
As a starter in 2016, Del Rio had a 5-1 record. I’m no mathematician, but that means the Gators were 4-3 without him. The one loss staining his record — a 31-10 drubbing in Arkansas — wasn’t his fault. And that’s not me saying that, that’s the internal monologue of Jim McElwain.
But a lot of fans don’t care about that. They pick quarterbacks like they pick politicians.
“Does he have experience? Sure. A solid arm? I guess. But does he give me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside, like I’m a 10-year-old watching Tim Tebow in my Gators jam-jams? No. So he sucks.”
Why say things like, “Starting Luke Del Rio doesn’t feel right,” when most coaches would kill for a guy like him?
Probably because feeling is easy, and thinking is hard....
