BLAINE GABBERT SUXXX!!!!111ONEONE
by CapnCribbs on Nov 11, 2010 10:52 AM CST
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Yes, we've all heard a MILLION times after these past two weeks. When we go back to class, or work, or wherever else people go these days, there's always that group of people there talking about how "Blaine Gabbert sucks man. I can't believe he's still starting when we have James Franklin! He overthrows everyone, he's scared, and he has no idea what he's doing out there." Man, these guys are dead on... Right? Wait, what about those games a few weeks ago? You remember, the A&M and OU games? Let's see if I can remember what was said when I went back onto campus after those games... "Man, Blaine Gabbert is AWESOME! After beating OU, I can't believe he's not on the Heisman watch list! He's gonna be awesome in the NFL, I hope (insert speaker's favorite NFL team here) drafts him!"
Missouri fans are great. We live life to the fullest. When things are going well, Faurot is BOOMING, and everyone is having a grand old time. Mizzou Arena can be one of the loudest venues in the country when the Tigers are in a groove. We know a good time when we see one. But... When things aren't going well, we start calling for heads to roll. Pinkel is usually the first victim, because he's an absolute IDIOT when a receiver drops a pass or a player gets tackled on the goal line... Then Blaine, then Yost, then whatever receiver drops that egg he was just thrown. Now, this complaining is a sign of something good, that Missouri fans EXPECT excellence. But the one thing we lack as a whole is CONSISTENCY. Fanbases that expect excellence expect their players to play excellent. Smart fanbases also know that their players are human and make mistakes. Our fanbase expects excellence, but any mistake is the end of our season. Let me ask you this after two disappointing losses. At the beginning of the season, if someone told you "Hey, after the Texas Tech game, you guys are gonna be 7-2, I GUARANTEE it." would you have been happy? I know most of us would have been.
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So maybe all I'm saying is we take some time to stop and think, we have the opportunity to do something great. We are a program on the rise in both major sports, and we have a fanbase with an opportunity to show we are the best in sports. I'm not saying to quit screaming, yelling, being loud and intense... I'm just saying an educated fanbase is the best fanbase, and even though Blaine had a bad (terrible) game, he's still our QB, and the QB behind him still isn't ready. Let the coaches make the educated decisions, and let's suffer a losing season before we call for their heads.
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Amen.
That is basically all I have heard on campus the week. What annoys me more is how I generally hear it from the students who got football tickets because thats what everybody does, and therefore they know a ton about football and how to play QB and coach, and be an OC.
"Blaine Gabbert sucks at life, bring in little gabbert, he will do better."
-Girl behind me at a game
Blaine had probably his worst game as a Tiger ...
… but he is FAR from the only person that deserves blame for the TT loss. His receivers weren’t doing him any favors. His coaching staff wasn’t exactly calling a gem of a game. And truthfully, his defense let TT run up and down the field for half the game (obviously, giving up only 24 to that offense is a great end result, but it was far from a perfect performance from the defense).
It’s a cliche’, but it’s true: Blaine probably got too much praise after aTm and OU and definitely gets too much blame this week.
All that said, Blaine needs to play better the final three weeks for Mizzou to get to 10 wins. No doubt about that.
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The answer as always lies in the middle
Gabbert is a big tough guy who can make some throws, especially deep ins and post routes that very few people can make. He also is a fast straight line runner and is a respectable college QB. He is not a very accurate thrower, has little touch on deep passes, has a pretty pedestrian receiving corps which doesn’t help things, and despite his size is not a tough or physical runner. Lack of accuracy is not a very fixable thing, and Gabbert’s inability to stay in the pocket or at least look downfield as he starts to move around makes him less of a QB than his tools say he should be. IMO the offense that the Tigers insist on running needs to have a QB that can be a very good runner and an accurate short to medium passer. If the goal is a national title contender said QB must have the ability to make plays when things break down when you face a tough and big defensive line that manhandles you OL, such as Nebraska. I don’t call for Pinkel to bench Gabbert, but I do look forward to seeing if Franklin has the ability to mesh the run and pass in a way that Smith, Daniel (the best a meshing both) and Gabbert have never quite done. Of course it would help if Franklin actually got to throw the ball when he came into the game, but that’s a whole other issue.
The same people yelling "Blaine Sucks!!!"
will be the same people singing his praises when this offense is better next year, since they only have one senior and nobody is going to the NFL this year.
by TN_Tiger on Nov 14, 2010 10:22 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
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by ratherfantastic on Nov 17, 2010 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
The coaches are responsible for the Texas Tech loss.
When the pass isn’t working it simply isn’t working so don’t do it the majority of the plays and don’t blaim the loss on poor execution. That’s a cheap excuse for bad playcalling. Our coaches never come right out and take personal responsibility for the losses like they do at universities which have won tons of national championships. They always say it was poor execution and fail to acknowledge that maybe it was pretty hard to execute the worst play for that situation.
If you ask me if I’m happy the Tigers are 8-2 at this point, I am most certainly not.. Yes I realize that is a much better mark than we would be at compared to the old days; however, it is not good enough. After beating OU and being 7-0 many fans had very high expectations. The Nebraska loss, no matter how frustrating, was an acceptable loss but we can not simply be happy with being “better than we used to be.” We have to demand more, we have to demand excellence.
Um.
Our coaches never come right out and take personal responsibility for the losses like they do at universities which have won tons of national championships.
I take it you haven’t watched Pinkel’s Monday press conferences this year when he answered almost every question, relevant or not, with the phrases “and that’s my fault” or “and I’m responsible for that.”
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Yes I have watched his press conferences.
He admits fault for certain things which the team wasn’t prepared for but not the loss in itself.
Do you nitpick everything in your own life this much?
Have you bought your 2010 Missouri Football Preview yet??
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He's right, though.
That's actually really hard to watch...
I have all the respect in the world for Mack Brown, but even if he IS being completely honest, that just looks so awful on the program…
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