Bingo. People going after Athan on social media are idiots. Engaging with idiots online makes you an idiot. It’s the height of insecurity to constantly feel the need to set people straight and make people like you online.
Somebody forgot something at North Carolina when the defensive staff gave NC a free TD.
Me, too. A huge aspect of Social Media is opening the gates for people seeking self-promotion or self-affirmation. Along with that comes the dreaded opposite, whether deserved or not.
We gave Athan the keys to the car and 17 starts, he should have been yanked in several games this year. We lost Knuth, Clark, and Annexstad because coaches were all in on AK, now they’re insinuating he wasn’t nurtured by coaches? I don’t think so, they gave him more than enough chances to improve. If you can’t complete a 5 yard pop pass to win a game maybe you’re not Big material.
When I point a finger, there’s four pointing back at me, lol
Good post which sums up not only what I’m thinking, but probably the reality of the situation. Athan has started what, 17-18 games now? He just didn’t improve. Part of that could be the coaches who stifle his ability to grow and learn with the way they (PJ) wants the offense run. But Athan has to bear the responsibility for continually throwing balls 8 feet into the ground in front of receivers and 200 miles an hour to receivers 5 yards from him. I think is just wasn’t going to work.
Yeah. I pulled a muscle last time I played Twister.
Posting on Bookface can also be painful.
How do you know Altmyer will not transfer to try and get some additional NIL money? Everyone rhink's they are worth something or more money than reality these day's.
Well, getting a new QB is a big change...we'll have to wait and see whether that results in progress. PJ made a big QB change because he's trying not to be the big change made next year!
Reading between the lines…Dad K is protecting his son, who tried hard but didn’t succeed…Dad K is unhappy that the program appears to place a decent portion of blame for a failed season on the main player on the team, who, if he’s honest with himself, did not have a good year. Dad K deserves his say, and he can even blame coaches for not developing his son properly, or mismanaging the gameplan or practices or something. But bottom line is that AK clearly did not play well enough this season to avoid criticism, and maybe that’s a shame, but it’s the life of a person who decided to try to be the starting QB on a proud D1 football program.
he also needed to be able to run the ball in this system, and he either couldn’t or wouldn’t. The Gophers don’t need a pocket passer, they need someone who can read the read-option. One of the most frustrating aspects of watching AK over the past two seasons was that he so rarely made the right call on read options.
Yeah. Hard for me to feel bad for a guy who has a full ride and was trusted with keys to the car who frankly doesn’t get the ball out on time or to the right spots with accuracy.
We rarely run the read option
Why friendly? Put your money where your mouth is if you're so sure. AK stunk, and I fucking hate PJs offense more than the US Congress. But his problems have zero to do with play calling. He has horrid footwork. No pocket presence. Zero touch. An uncanny ability to consistently stare directly at his target. Makes some of the worst reads I've ever seen a QB running rpo make. His throwing mechanics are in serious need of an overhaul, that 3/4 arm angle worked for Rich Gannon because he had all the things listed above that Athan doesn't. We would be seriously hard pressed to be worse at QB next year.
That's why the rating for recruits means nothing.
Sounds good. 25 bucks whomever we get out of the portal has worse numbers next season than AK did this year.
My condolences....how'd you break your thumb that bad?
The most important rating right now in the Gopher QB room is attendance. Pretty lonely in there.
MIAC?