Mertz looks like it’s about to be official
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I know we have some fans who will never be satisfied with anything Stoops does, but this initial reaction is difficult to understand. Here is a widely recruited 4 star QB with Power 5 experience and a strong, accurate throwing arm. He has a higher ceiling than he showed at WI, but better coaching will almost certainly help. Assuming that our new, unnamed OC (probably Coen, who also found and chose Levis) has approved this choice, I don't see the problem here. And there is no law keeping Stoops from taking a second QB.
Anybody in the portal has warts, otherwise they wouldn't be in the portal!
A lot of those qb "rankings" are guys with definitely 1 year left, or are on their 2nd & 3rd school. Don't think we should be JT Daniels 4th school.
A lot of those qb "rankings" are guys with definitely 1 year left, or are on their 2nd & 3rd school. Don't think we should be JT Daniels 4th school.
His numbers look terrible and those that have seen him some weren’t impressed. Wisconsin’s passing offense was ranked 112th. We don’t have to be excited and give blind faith to an OC that isn’t even officially hired. Maybe he’ll turn a corner and be great here. We’re all rooting for that, but don’t have to love the move on paper right now.
Pretty incredible really when you consider how tight they had the lid on this thing
He is who I would try for too. He is very good. Him and/or the kid from WKU
IF Coen is the OC and IF Coen did want Mertz, the first question I hope he is asked about is 'why Mertz?' Hopefully it is a lot more than just experience and a big arm. I would rather have little if any experience but great decision maker, decent arm, that has mobility. Would feel a lot better if it was more than the arm and experience.
How do you tell if a QB is a great decision maker if he has little to no experience?
Legit question.
We're blessed on this site by so many who can watch 2-3 minutes of film and tell everything we need to know about a player.
That record at UK gets you paid, plain and simple.
Stoops has been good and I am happy he is here and are satisfied with what he has done for the most part minus conservative play calling, and scangerallo. But mertz is not it and a lot of people have said so
Coming out of high school, no way. Watching games in college the ones with good pocket presence, knowing how to buy time. The ones that don't throw into double coverage. The ones where you see wide open WR's but they don't. The ones that can change plays late when they see 8 or 9 in the box on a called running play. Some of the best I have seen at that this season are people like Young, Bennett, Maye, Hartman, Hooker, Travis to name a few off the top of my head. Those types are the best at it then you have a whole bunch that is not quite as good at that but can throw it and run it equally well and makes good decisions a lot of the time.
Who will never be satisfied? He just wasn’t good at Wisconsin. I said he had some traits and we will see.
l like his quick feet and ability to move in the pocket. That is higher on my list that arm strength all day in todays game. You have to be able to avoid a rush and make back yard plays on occasion, cant just park in the pocket.
If Coen says so, I will trust him over "a lot of people" until proven otherwise.
Given Wisconsin’s reputation for 35 seasons as a ground and pound offense, I suspect Mertz did not have weapons at WR like Wan’ Dale Robinson, Barrion Brown and Dane Key.
If it means what I think you are saying, other SEC schools and coaches thought Gran was a great OC too. As a society we have to stop thinking we are calling someone trash because we critique them. Plus, as a fanbase we have to stop acting like those who are successful for us are the best and only options out there
Anonymous coaching comments in the SEC praised Coen for being difficult to defend.
What? His numbers look terrible? His QBR was not terrible. Fairly close to levis with 2 years left.
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it was compared to what we had ran. Anonymous coaches also praised Gran. You’re still missing the point. I at no point said Coen was bad, I said it is my belief he isn’t the best out there and isn’t as creative as we make him and I stand by that. I don’t need anonymous coaches to tell me that. I watched a year that out of 10 plays - Crod ran 6 times, wan Dale caught 3 and we ran a bubble screen to the other side. Wash, rinse, repeat and perhaps The tight ends caught a couple passes a game. Regardless, as I said, I am not against Coen- just my opinion and yes I would definitely want him over going back to the ground and pounds. Remember critiquing someone is how they get better, it’s not attacking them
There is? Both had 19 Td and 10 interceptions in 2022
Both are 6’3”
One was a 4* out of High School and had 3 year’s experience playing in a great conference
It ain’t Levis
Yeah until his youtube wingin it work out video came out Will was a big time Meh for most.
For some reason, I just have a bad feeling he ends up with the dirty birds and kills it there under Brohm.
I will make this really simple for you. In 2013, Mark Stoops inherited Joker Phillips' roster that had produced a 2-10 season for Phillips in 2012. Since our 2016 season, using Wildcat players he recruited himself, Stoops is 54-34 including 4-2 in postseason bowls. Stoops is the senior football coach in the SEC East and has won more football games than any other coach in UK history. He has already produced 7 All Americans including a national defensive player of the year. He broke decades-long UK losing streaks to TN and FL. UK currently holds the longest winning streak in the country against OOC teams. If you consider that mediocre, then I have to ask whether you know anything about coaching a college football team because your comments make it sound like you don't.
He can go to school wherever he wants. That will not close the gap. Our fans need to stop worrying about UL, whom we beat every year, and strictly think SEC.
Uavel is a mid major Brohm was .500 coach
At Purdue the weak division of the Big 10
Louisville does not attract great recruits and never will
Stoops in my opinion has done a great job
I agree with you.
If Leary is healthy and interested, he looks pretty damn legit. Killer Stats, with low INTC rate.
Look, coaches and schemes matter with how a QB looks and plays. Example Hendon Hooker. Hooker was not elite at VA Tech by a standards. At UT he was a Heisman candidate.
Fact is that decision making can be influenced by schemes, some schemes are too complex for kids.
Fact is that decision making can be influenced by schemes, some schemes are too complex for kids.
I doubt Mertz had many capable targets at Wisconsin.