Let's look at the number of games where he has completed 20+ yd passes and how many. Last year vs SMU our WRs were open all day, caught a ton of passes but didn't happen to score on some of those plays because, let's be honest, our WRs lack the breakaway speed after the catch. Watching Pearson in HS and you've got a kid who can create the separation on the slant routes and the middle routes and Smith is more than capable of hitting him. Instead we're running out the coach's son as the 4th or 5th WR in sets and who couldn't create separation from Fat Albert
Maybe. He's not faster than some of the other WRs on the roster....he's also not faster than Kyler Pearson who would play the same position, who does have the hands, and in the right offense in college, could be a Cole Beasley, Danny Amendola, Wes Welker type of WR.
So much this. We’ve had the same formula for decades and it works. Overloading with local kids would plunge the program, unless we’ve had the success to retain kids with multiple Bog 12 offers.
That’s what I was ultimately referring to and agreeing with you about. It makes no difference how fast or quick he is or how well he knows the offense. There are plenty of other skills and abilities lacking. If they were there, you would have seen courtesy offers from colleagues at other schools.
Catching a bunch of 6 yard passes when it’s 3rd and 7 looks great in the stat book a year later, but its how you lose games. Which they did. Giving up huge leads. Because we could not hold the ball or score when it counted.
I don't think it's just cuz his dad's a legend here. I'm upset because I know what his dad/family's like, which leads me to believe he will turn out better than he looks coming out of HS. He's one you figure will surprise a few coaches that passed on him by his junior year.
The point is you had to go look it up when our previous QBs would have 3 before halftime of the first game of the season.
So did he. Sometimes you miss the point, or ignore it due to a stubborn desire not to admit someone else's point is valid. Just because you've taken a mild slight, doesn't mean you have to turn it into defensive situation. His point was that if you had to look it up, then it's not been a place where receivers will flock to. He was right. Admit it and move on, instead of trying to get the last word in an argument you've already lost. Three games of +3 is not going to draw in receivers.
He'll likely be gone next season anyway. We had two 1000 yard receivers in 16 and it got us pretty much nothing besides keevan's under-recruited brother. I understood Huffy's point fine. You apparently both missed mine: If you build it, they will come. If we are actually nationally relevant (Conference Title, ranked, big bowl game victory, etc...) we will draw better recruits. Tulsa didn't get Graham's big-time recruits until after Krag had already laid a winning foundation. That's exactly what we need and it doesn't matter if its done with Defense winning games and the offense performing just OK. Eventually you'll be able to sell kids on coming to a winning program.
2 1000 Yard Receivers in 15 and 2 in 16 would lead me to believe differently. The problem isn't that the offense isn't good for receivers. It's that the receivers that we currently have aren't necessarily impressive in terms of size or speed (they are good route runners with good hands) If our receivers were better at beating people vertically, you would probably see them have higher average yardage / TD's. Right now, we have 3 guys averaging 14+ YPC. Memphis has a couple guys averaging 15 and 17... but they're also speedsters that beat people deep.
I was waiting for someone to bring up Smith's performances this season. We don't need him to throw 4-5 TDs a game...we need him to keep the chains moving when the running game is struggling. Whatever drive it was the other day, Smith kept drives going with 3rd and long passes and they weren't the dink and see what the WR could do types of passes. These were 10-15 yds downfield strikes. That's the WRs getting open and Smith delivering the ball on time. A couple of the throws were into tight windows.
