Actually Grier has much better pocket presence than Harris and is better than Harris at avoiding the rush and sacks and is more decisive with the ball. I think Grier is a better runner than Harris. You wouldn't have gotten more sacks with Grier at QB. That is incorrect.
of course it wouldn't have been an ideal situation but still much better than the predicament we are in now. Having Grier would be much better than not having Grier. Mac was dealt a crappy hand by Muschamp and it got crappier due to a very poor decision by Grier. He has to patch something together quickly at the QB spot much like the staff had to do in the offseason with the oline.
and I would have greatly appreciated being proven wrong instead. Didn't happen.... --- Otherwise, the significant COST of having them on the roster is totally unjustified imo. Say it ain't so.... ther options i.e. guy was a walk on at Vandy and he can't play. Marshall was a DB at GA before Malzahn ran out of options. Unless the next guy keeps throwing the ball over the fence in practice or lisps so badly that he cannot be understood in huddle, you try him out. We see what current QB can do, and with that, who believes the next few weeks will be any fun? Welcome back Space.
You keep on repeating same mantra re
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When I originally (last year) said that Treon was 'not good enough' to be the Gator QB, many claimed that I was a racist instead of just a knowledgeable football fan (ignoring the fact that I continued to support Leak after TT arrived). TH's 'off the field' behavior was imo, bad enough to make him a liability for UF, with no saving grace as a player. Being 'proven correct' is at this point, not a positive item for me,,,
I was also attacked by some for asking why they have 5 other eligible QB's on the roster, if none of them is good enough to even play in a game. If we have 2 GREAT QB coaches (Mc-Nuss) then we should be able to coach up at least one other (of those 5) to at least play some in the games, especially when the starter is not getting it done on game days.
I have some concern that 'the inmates might still be running the asylum' on 'who gets to play' and who doesn't. That's very bad for everyone if so. If certain players will only play if Treon is the QB, then Mc has much bigger problems than just who plays QB on game days....
PS
Next season's possible roster QB's will include:
QB-PP Jacob Guy 6-5 222 rsSr SQ P-WO *** (FL 5A Playoff Final Four)
#17 QB-PP/TE Anderson Proctor 6-3 209 rsJr **** (ESPN) P-WO - Vero Beach.
#27 QB-PP Luke Del Rio 6-1 216 rsJr *** WO - UA/OreSt xfer - Colo 5A Champ (2012 Elite 11) - Sr - 2,275 yds, 28 TD's, 4 Ints, (7.0 to 1)
#7 QB-DT/RB Treon Harris 5-11 195 Jr 1L **** (49.5% - 4.5 ypc) - 2x 4A State Champs
UF- P - 55 of 111, 49.5%, 1,019 yds, 9 TD's, 4 Ints, (2.3 to 1) -- R - 75, 338 yds, 4.5 ypc 3 TD's.
#2 QB-DT Will Grier 6-2 215 rsSo SQ ***** (Parade HS PoY, #2 QB-DT at Elite 11)
Passing - 14,565 yds, 195 TD's, 27 Ints. (7.2 to 1)
Rushing - 2,955 yds, 31 TD's, 7 LPF's.
3 Year HS Career Offense: 17,520 yards, 226 TD's, 34 Turnovers (6.65 to 1 TD/Turnover Ratio).
QB-PP Brian Fallace 6-4 206 4.57/40 rsSo *** WO - Melbourne (5A) Satellite Beach - SPARQ 69.78
QB Harry Gornto IV 6-2 195 rsFr *** P-WO - Fort Walton Beach (FL 6A Playoff Final Four)
Nike Sparq score 102.6. (New Orleans, March 2014). #1 QB through 6 Sparq combines and #38 overall (over 7000 athletes) Nike Combine (N.O.) All Combine Team (at QB) March 2014. He's also in the International Baccalaureate (IB) college prep program, maintains a 4.2 GPA, and made a 33 on the ACT. (should be able to quickly learn the playbook)
Newbee recruit:
#90 QB-PP Kyle Trask 6-6 211 Fr *** - Manvel, TX (Nuss say's he's a 5 Star)
Possible:
#3 QB-PP Feleipe Franks 6-6 219 Fr **** 6.0 Early Enrollee (r- 39/100) - Crawfordville, FL
And anyone who claims that all true freshmen are not able to be effective playing QB are clueless/ignorant of football history at UF. Here's a shining example of it.
QB Chris Leak 6-0 200 Fr beat 3 consecutive Top 11 Teams, on the road in 2003.
UF 19 - 7 @ LSU (their only loss while winning the BCS-NC)
UF 33 - 28 @ Ark
UF 16 - 13 UGA @ WLOCP
Size ain't shit. Joe Montana? Russell Wilson and so many more. Treon doesn't have IT. IT is hitting an open receiver. IT is what Grier did vs U.T. on 4th down or against Mississippi. He doesn't have IT. Bad teams had big yards vs FAU but, we couldn't? Treon got sacked how many times? How many of you have yelled THROW IT the past 4-5 weeks when he starts running around? He's AWFUL and what the hell do we have to lose with Grady?
A player has to step up and perform. It may not be fair, but Driskel got it, Dan Werner got it.
Driskel is succeeding. It may be time to lay off Driskel a little as it appears more and more like his failure was, at least in significant part, a product of coaching.
And he is dropping back 45 times a game behind an SEC-caliber OL and throwing 45 times a game to SEC-caliber receivers. So yeah, I get it now. Of course he's going to complete a lot of passes, at a good % and play well.
Excuse me but was FAU a good or bad defense? They suck and we got under 300 yards vs them? Treon was awful vs them. Look at what shitty teams put up agai.st them. Grier would have ate them up. If it's on again, watch the Ole Miss game. No way Treon makes some of those plays.
The way to beat Bama is throw it on them by spreading the field and making their LBs get out in space to try and cover people. Bama's D is very good but generally they are suspect against the pass. With Grier I would at least give us a chance to hit some passes and at least pick up some first downs. If we had Dan Marino we sure as hell would have a great chance to beat Bama. Our defense can keep us in any game against anybody in the country. They need some support from the offense.
