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BroncoBotbyutx wrote:byutx wrote:byutx wrote:
People need to realize that Heaps is far behind where he would be now had the coaches not bungled the QB indecision. If stubborn Anae had given up the notion that Riley could be the guy, even in a 2-QB system, thus giving Heaps a full fall camp to get ready, then he would be far ahead of where he is now.
Don't underestimate the value of 50-60 hour weeks in fall camp with all the reps and the opporrunity for the offense gel. As it is, we basically hit the reset button on offense right around the FSU game, but it wasn't possible to have a full reset with a full fall camp. Nobody can know how our record would be different if Jake was rightly given a full chance starting out the gate, but I don't think we would have lost to USU, at least.
We are still a couple weeks away from where Jake should be ready for WEEK 1 of the regular season. I don't foresee him being really ready to go until, at the earliest, the last 2 weeks of the season.
I will become less willing to give him a pass on the whole "he didn't get enough reps in fall camp" if he doesn't carve up the dregs of the MWC with his passing. Like I posted in an earlier post in this thread. Matt Berry joined fall camp right after his mission, took over as starting qb half way through the year and had a 121 PER in 2002 with IMO the smallest and slowest recievers BYU has ever had. If Jake Heaps struggles against teams like UNLV, I am going to have a hard time giving him a pass anymore.
Did these smaller, slower receivers drop as many passes as our receivers?
Was Matt Berry barely 19 years old in the middle of a crap storm of unprecedented coaching debacles?
Cherry picking variables is really lame.
Matt Marshall has a better PER this season, so should he be the guy right now?
Let me think.....Crowton vs Bronco. Hmmmm. I would think that 2002 and 2003 are looked at as the worst coaching years in recent BYU history so I would think that this year Heaps is in a better situation, coaching wise, then Berry. I don't know off the top of my head how many balls were dropped by Berry's recievers but if you look at the talent pool, once again, Heaps has the upper hand there. If Heaps can't get it done against NM, CSU, UNLV, and Wyoming, then IMO he is not the answer at QB. You can blame the recievers and coaching all you want but the bottom line is these same recievers didn't have trouble holding onto the ball when it was being thrown by Max hall last year. And all of you all that are telling me that I can't compare Heaps to Max Hall because Max Hall is now in the NFL are proving my point for me.
While overall, you are correct, I think the 2-guy system was worse than any football-related decision Crowton ever made. Also, you can be sure that the 02 DC didn't give up.
But you're right. Maybe Popke from Necessary Roughness has some elegibility yet. Or the nerdy kid from Little Giants-or even Icebox.
I'm done with this topic. Anyone that thinks that the single biggest factor in our offensive struggles isn't the 2 QB decision doesn't have the mental capacity to understand much.
Who do you guys think Bronco is talking about when he says "uneducated fans"?
Sorry, we all forgot you are the ultimate educated fan.
And whether he admits it or not Bronco was part of that decision, so maybe he part of this uneducated fans circle that obviously doesn't include yourself. I still don't think that the 2QB thing would have been an issue if the rest of the issues BYU is dealing with weren't crippling the team this year.

