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Also, when did a close game become the time to "develop" players? :rolleyes:

This isn't '07 where we were playing young guns out of necessity.
 

Gopher Nation said:
Oh, what? Playing like crap? I thought you weren't allowed to bring all those negative comments to this message board???
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You can be critical all you what. But "the coaches don't know what they're doing" backed up by complaints that Gray isn't being developed in a close game where the traditional safety valve of a young QB (solid run game) isn't present is just silly.
 

Gopher Nation said:
I'm sorry if you can't handle someone questioning the coaching acumen of a guy who doesn't exactly have the greatest track record in the world.
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Problem is, that's all you seem to do. You made your point with your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd posts on this thread. There's making a valid point (Brew's cred leaves a little to be desired and Gray wasn't used to the extent promised throughout the offseason) and then there's repeating said point ad nauseum.

We get it. You're not a big fan of Brewster, you're skeptical of his abilities, and are expecting to see more this week. I'd counter with one week does not a season make and if things aren't clicking in the NW game, then we have some potentially major issues. I just don't believe we can call our offense inept after a tricky, week 1, road game against our 3rd non-con BCS school in ten years.

All I'm saying is, perhaps defer some of the negativity on Brew, Fisch, and the overall offensive philosophy until there's actually a track record for this season. Then we can all scream about the falling sky together.
 

I don't understand how anyone who has ever played actual football before could think that substituting one player would have a positive impact in a game where the entire offense is struggling. Especially when that one player is a freshman quarterback who hasn't played a single college football play, and has not played in an actual game in two years. There's a name for that: it's called quitting. If Brewester had pulled Weber and put MG in at QB it would have been an obvious, sybolic, self-serving move ... but of no use in actually winning the game. And that's the whole point of playing, afterall. The Gophers are 1-0.

I have no doubt that MG will get "worked into the system" this year. He will see more time than the average blue-chip Freshman. And that will be a story in itself when you consider he's been kept off the field for two seasons.
 

No one that I've seen on here - and certainly not me - in any post has ever said Weber should've been pulled and replaced by Gray. No one. Not once.
 


Gopher Nation said:
No one that I've seen on here - and certainly not me - in any post has ever said Weber should've been pulled and replaced by Gray. No one. Not once.
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Indeed you haven't and I'll apologize for mentioning the "savior" line of thought while quoting you (since you never brought that up). But that doesn't change the fact that your main point, that Gray was underutilized, doesn't stand up well. Brew and Fisch did say they'd make extensive use of Gray. And the 2 plays he lined up in don't count as extensive use. But you're ignoring all the other factors (poor line play, no run game, no offensive rhythm established, etc) that would suggest that playing Gray more would have been a bad idea at worst or ineffective at best.

The packages Gray will be running are the kind of plays you use to switch things up. You don't run these packages when you haven't even established the basics of your gameplan unless you are giving up completely on that gameplan. And nothing you've said refutes this. All you've done is harp on about how we didn't get to see Gray as much as promised.
 






If one needs to get drunk to watch a football game then I don't know if one can understand that coaches make decisions that even nondrunks can comprehend.
 

forestlaker said:
If one needs to get drunk to watch a football game then I don't know if one can understand that coaches make decisions that even nondrunks can comprehend.
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I don't think I've had enought to drink to figure this out. I'll come back to it later.
 


At some point the U of M 2009 Football season will give us something to complain about but for now I smell roses!
 




I always laugh when people criticize coaches about who plays and who doesn't. Unless you're at practice every day, how can you tell me someone should play over someone else. I think we all would have liked to see him.

With the offense struggling, the last thing we needed was a QB controversy. Maybe that was a factor. Maybe it was being that he's a freshman and was in a loud, hostile environment. Maybe he just wasn't ready. Who knows, but I'm not going to worry about it. He'll get his chances and I have a feeling he'll do well when he gets them.
 

Gray did not play because he would have outshined Weber and then we'd have a qb controversy
 

The WildGopher got us a 1st Down & a 3 yard loss...that's hardly "failed miserably".......
 

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