Wednesday, October 05, 2011

I tried to copy and paste, then tried to link it. Obviously it didnt work, but.....

the gist of it was about about Garcia and Connor Shaw. The fans need to get over their lovefest or bromance or whatever the hell it is that they have with Garcia and rally around Shaw. He is the future of this team and imo is the better qb of the two. I have been saying this for a year and a half. Garcia has(had) the intangibles that you couldnt coach such as his "warrior" spirit, toughness, and "swagger". But more often than not you actually have to be able to go through your progressions and play the postion of qb. No one can knock him about his toughness, but his play at qb has never been what i consider stellar. He showed glimpes of what he was capable of last year against Bama but outside of that he has made CONSTANT bonehaed mistakes that have hurt this team. Is it all completely his fault, no, but he should be held accountable for missing so many springs and staying in trouble. Sure, Spurrier has been extremely hard and critical of him but this isnt little league. This is major college football where millions of dollars are invested in these guys and if you let a coach or a crowd affect your performance, then youre in the wrong sport and especially the wrong position. If you dont have thick skin and cant take critisism, shouldnt you bust your ass to keep the critics off your back. He never has committed himself to becoming the qb that this team or the fans deserve and its finally showing up.

Connor Shaw on the other hand has studied the playbook, put in the extra hours and kept his nose clean. He has done more than enough to be a leader of this football team and he fully deserves his chance. He is the son of a coach so im sure no one gave him more hell than his dad. Anyone that has ever played a sport, knows that no one is more critical of your play than a parent. When given the chances, he hasnt performed that bad. He had passes dropped in the ECU game that were perfectly thrown balls. He never really had much of a chance after the 1st drive because Latt fumbled, we fumbled a kickoff and one of his drives we had back to back penalties and started in a hole. The score was actually 7-0 when he left the game, but it was 17-0 before Garcia took the field. He was thrown to the wolves at auburn and put us in postion not once, but twice to tie the game. He threw 2 picks, but we have to realize that he was a true freshman in one of the most hostile environments in college football with as much pressure as he is ever gonna have in his collegiate life and performed more than adequately in my opinion. He wasnt named the starter at the beginning of the season for no reason. This team and the fanbase need to rally around him because i truly believe he is the best qb we have on our depth chart. I think he may struggle for a couple of series but i really believe he will move this offense better than Garcia has been able to all year. He doesnt have to play at an elite level, but just manage the game and not do anything to hurt us. All he has to do is show other teams an ability for a vertical passing threat and the whole offense opens up. I believe we will see that happen saturday.

Yall are probably wondering, "well why didnt Spurrier go to him earlier". Well you had a qb that was 4-0, albeit we looked like shit, but still undefeated and ranked in the top 10. You cant pull him because if you start Shaw in that game and we lose then you would have mass chaos. I really believe, as my old man said, this could be a blessing in disguise for this team. I guess we are about to find out, but i stick by guns that Shaw is the qb to lead this team, not Garcia!

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