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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I get where you are coming from. But last year at this time we had an injury prone starter and a true freshman as our QB depth chart. We had to have another QB. So I get it from our perspective too.

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A good evaluator would have known KT was capable of handling the backup spot. The money that went to LK could have gotten us the OL we lost to Texas tech.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

Exactly. We had Plastic Man returning and a true freshman. We had to get a guy with playing experience.

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Not if we could evaluate properly and know KT was capable of being the backup.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

A good evaluator would have known KT was capable of handling the backup spot. The money that went to LK could have gotten us the OL we lost to Texas tech.

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There are HS big time guys that take a while to develop or straight up bust all the time. It’s the hardest position to evaluate and the kid was still in Hs when they signed Krome. They had never even seen him against a college defense. They could not just go into the year hoping he would be what his recruiting ranking said he was before he even got on campus.

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Originally Posted by Jarius

There are HS big time guys that take a while to develop or straight up bust all the time. It?s the hardest position to evaluate and the kid was still in Hs when they signed Krome. They had never even seen him against a college defense. They could not just go into the year hoping he would be what his recruiting ranking said he was before he even got on campus.

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Others did and said it from day 1.
LK was a waste of money.

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

For our roster the price was not low. I didn't like the signing when it happened, i thought it was a waste of money.

It was the worst signing we have made and that is saying a lot, because we have spent a good bit of money on two rosters that have gone 1-15 and honestly, this signing pisses me off the most.

We should have known that this was a third string signing. We paid retail for this signing. I doubt he makes 30% of what he made this year anywhere else the rest of his career.

man this one pissed me off.

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I can understand this thinking. But we didn't KNOW kt would beat him out. And kt didn't get a lot so it's all the same.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I get where you are coming from. But last year at this time we had an injury prone starter and a true freshman as our QB depth chart. We had to have another QB. So I get it from our perspective too.

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This is the correct take

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Not if we could evaluate properly and know KT was capable of being the backup.

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I don't care who you are. Evaluating a hs qb is hard. Evaluating a hs qb from noxubee county is a crap shoot. Be real

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Originally Posted by Jarius

There are HS big time guys that take a while to develop or straight up bust all the time. It’s the hardest position to evaluate and the kid was still in Hs when they signed Krome. They had never even seen him against a college defense. They could not just go into the year hoping he would be what his recruiting ranking said he was before he even got on campus.

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Amen

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Others did and said it from day 1.
LK was a waste of money.

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Others? You mean like the idiots that post on message boards??

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Not if we could evaluate properly and know KT was capable of being the backup.

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We eval fairly well. We still lack money and had to hedge. It's not like we paid Chicken Hawk alot. As far as QB's go- we paid shit.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Not if we could evaluate properly and know KT was capable of being the backup.

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Kt was evaluated properly.

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

I don't care who you are. Evaluating a hs qb is hard. Evaluating a hs qb from noxubee county is a crap shoot. Be real

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And the reality is we don't know that he will do GREAT or Horrible still. 48% passing is not where I think he will be, but that % has got to 60+% in order for his legs to even begin to matter.

We could have signed a juco QB for a fraction of the price.

Let?s not act like Kro showed anything at FSU.

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

I don't care who you are. Evaluating a hs qb is hard. Evaluating a hs qb from noxubee county is a crap shoot. Be real

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Yea you have to be good to do it. Part of what makes lane so good.

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

Others? You mean like the idiots that post on message boards??

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Im sure some, yes.
But also guys who coach for a living and played at that level.
We're not talking about a random 3 star. We're talking about a generational talent. A great evaluator should see that and trust it.
LK was a waste of money. It sucks, but he was.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

We eval fairly well. We still lack money and had to hedge. It's not like we paid Chicken Hawk alot. As far as QB's go- we paid shit.

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How much did we play LK?

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

We could have signed a juco QB for a fraction of the price.

Let?s not act like Kro showed anything at FSU.

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Correct. It was a bad sign and a waste.

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

We could have signed a juco QB for a fraction of the price.

Let?s not act like Kro showed anything at FSU.

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We signed a QB that was a four star and had started a couple of games at Florida State as a true freshman.

No coach is going to take a QB from East Central CC over that.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Im sure some, yes.
But also guys who coach for a living and played at that level.
We're not talking about a random 3 star. We're talking about a generational talent. A great evaluator should see that and trust it.
LK was a waste of money. It sucks, but he was.

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Generational talent who completed 48% of his passes his last game.

There is no way to know how quickly KT would have picked up the playbook at this time last year. He was running an offense that was literally 8-10 plays which is about half of the size of Leach's playbook. And he is still a work in progress and hasn't mastered the offense yet. And he has made some really rapid progress. And STILL isn't completely ready.

Regardless we HAD TO have a third QB. Both Shapen and KT got hurt during the season- albeit KT got hurt on the last play. But coaches can not predict injuries. Shapen who everyone expected to make it through maybe four games actually made it through the season.

NFL teams carry three QB's for a reason.

How bad would you and our fans have railed the coaches if Shapen and KT got hurt and we had to play with Billy Puckett at QB? See the 1998 Egg Bowl if you want to know the result which is what essentially happened to Ole Miss when Romaro Miller got hurt because they didn't have a legit back up because they were on probation.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

How much did we play LK?

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You may not realize it but you are basically saying that having depth is a waste and a bad thing.