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The solution is you play the best QB. It's pretty simple. I don't know who that is or will be at this point but that will be determined later. I highly doubt anyone is a slam dunk right now- Key or Shrader or even a grad transfer.
The biggest thing to do right now is for Joe to try to bring in and develop players that fit his system. If he does that we will be fine.
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Originally Posted by
chef dixon
Not sure where the Mayden confidence is coming from. I?m not sure he threw 3 passes this year and all I can recall is fumbling snaps etc. If we are going to knock KT for his limited time on the field (which has not been terrible) then not sure we can know anything about Mayden.
Thank you... This could have been squashed along time ago. Hardheaded Jo should have given KT and May real time snaps. There was plenty of times, Fitz probably would have benefited from sitting a few series so him and Joe could get on the same page. KT did mostly what he was asked in his limited snaps. All I saw mainly with KT was mechanics, not knowing where to go.
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Originally Posted by
bluelightstar
Moorhead is going to lose this fanbase and his job
This all day. If he trots a true Freshman out there and he doesn't produce it will be Men's basketball attendance until a new coach is hired. What I sense coming is both Mississippi schools hiring a new head coach at the same time. I honestly don't know if we can win that PR game after returning to Croom and Felker days.
Last edited by bulldawg28; 01-10-2019 at 06:27 AM.
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Originally Posted by
bluelightstar
Moorhead is going to lose this fanbase and his job
Ha! We are only ahead of Missouri and Vandy in attendance in the SEC.... only 2 dropped passes from 10 wins....I set thru every home game during Tech and 10....we will win 7-9 games in 2019....
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We finally get a 4* QB from Nola and another from Dallas and people think an academy league true freshman from Charlotte will start? Just bc he is a Joe recruit?
JOE RECRUITED MAYDEN AT PSU and got him to sign with us.
If he doesn't like KT then I bet Mayden gets a shot first. I would hate to see KT transfer...
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If you somehow by miracle manage to pull Hurts, then he gets the job. Otherwise it's an open QB competition. And if it's an open competition Mayden and Schrader have the best chance to win. It's not a knock on KT I just don't believe he can run the offense at the level we need to be at to be successful on that side of the ball.
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Originally Posted by
bluelightstar
Moorhead is going to lose this fanbase and his job
Sadly he?s already lost a bunch of the fan base. If he turns it around and starts winning more than Mullen he will still never win the fan base. That?s the MSU way.
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Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
Sadly he?s already lost a bunch of the fan base. If he turns it around and starts winning more than Mullen he will still never win the fan base. That?s the MSU way.
If we're being honest, he should have pulled out all the stops to beat Florida. Short of an SEC championship, people are going to hold it against him forever that he lost to Dan Mullen in Starkville even if he does make it past Year 3.
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KT and it shouldn't be a debate. All this hype on Mayden passing the ball when we have never seen it except in high school. Hell KT threw for 5k yards and 50 TDs at Landry-Walker it all matters how it translates. He is more physically mature and a better runner he should get first crack give Mayden reps in the early games if need be.
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Originally Posted by
Cary Hudson's little bro
We finally get a 4* QB from Nola and another from Dallas and people think an academy league true freshman from Charlotte will start? Just bc he is a Joe recruit?
JOE RECRUITED MAYDEN AT PSU and got him to sign with us.
If he doesn't like KT then I bet Mayden gets a shot first. I would hate to see KT transfer...
Correction, Jo dropped Mayden at PSU. He recruited him early and then moved on. People at practice say Mayden throws the best ball but is the worst runner.
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Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
Sadly he?s already lost a bunch of the fan base. If he turns it around and starts winning more than Mullen he will still never win the fan base. That?s the MSU way.
This is why nobody likes to follow a successful coach. And it's the first time in 50+ years State fans have had the chance.
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I just have a feeling that Jalen Mayden is going to push for time. He has much more touch on his pass and was a beast in HS. I know HS isn't comparable to college but still.
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If we see Joe pursue some of these other transfer QBs then the writing is on the wall
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Why do we have to lay off Joe? He's getting paid $3+ mill. He can handle it and if he can't he can walk. Learn how to adapt an offense to the 4* QB Keytaon. Make him and our offense successful. Keytaon is plenty talented enough. If Joe can't do that I don't want him coaching us and I'll go as far as to say if he starts Schraeder at any point barring an injury to both Key or Mayden next year I want Joe gone at the end of the 2019 season. I will know all I need to know by that point.
I know we also gave Mullen hell about it but these coaches have an ego the size of Texas so adapting something that they think should work isn't their strong suit. I still have nightmares about Holloway up the gut. I am surprised the guy lived through it, just shows how much of a tough SOB he is.
Mullen also didn't adapt too well with Fitz in 2016 until late. We tried the Dak offense for most of 2016 before Mullen realized in games that Fitz could't make the decisions. 2017 was a lot more closer to the 2010 Relf offense of 1 WR option or run.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Why do we have to lay off Joe? He's getting paid $3+ mill. He can handle it and if he can't he can walk. Learn how to adapt an offense to the 4* QB Keytaon. Make him and our offense successful. Keytaon is plenty talented enough. If Joe can't do that I don't want him coaching us and I'll go as far as to say if he starts Schraeder at any point barring an injury to both Key or Mayden next year I want Joe gone at the end of the 2019 season. I will know all I need to know by that point.
What if Schraeder comes in and throws for 65% and 250 yards per game with a 2/1 TD/int ratio? I am not saying I think it is very likely but making a hard line of if he comes in Joe should be fired is not realistic in today's college football world. You see a lot of freshman QBs actually doing well. 7 v 7 is making QBs a lot more polished coming out of high school.
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Originally Posted by
Tbonewannabe
I know we also gave Mullen hell about it but these coaches have an ego the size of Texas so adapting something that they think should work isn't their strong suit. I still have nightmares about Holloway up the gut. I am surprised the guy lived through it, just shows how much of a tough SOB he is.
Mullen also didn't adapt too well with Fitz in 2016 until late. We tried the Dak offense for most of 2016 before Mullen realized in games that Fitz could't make the decisions. 2017 was a lot more closer to the 2010 Relf offense of 1 WR option or run.
And Tyler Russell trying to run ******* run-spread didn't work very well either, square peg,round hole. He also tried to bulk up Perkins and turn him into a up the middle power back, he was the first before Holloway.
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I want whomever gives us the best chance to win for the long term. Can KT get to where he needs to in the next two years to give us a shot at winning the West? If not, at some point you have to look at whether Mayden can get us there in the next 3-4 years. If we do not think he can, then we have to look at if Shrader can get us there in the next 4 years. This is about winning the SEC West. If none of these players can get there, then we need to recruit someone that can within their eligibility.
Now, if we are looking at sustained success over the next decade, then you would think KT for two years, Mayden or Shrader to follow up. That gives us the most experience at the helm. But as you see this and last year, experience can be trumped by talent. Tua and TLawrence both came in, with less experience, and made their teams better from the get go. Now if Shrader can do that, fantastic. Neither KT or Mayden could beat out a fastball thrower that couldn't anticipate people getting open.
This is football. We do not have the luxury in playing people cause they earned it. WE have to play the best option for their related eligibility. I could see KT getting the nod, running the offense for two years, not competing for winning the West but putting solid win totals together to help us continue to build. Then Shrader as a RS sophomore coming in and taking over for the long haul. Same with Mayden and Shrader as a RS Junior. I could also see Shrader starting all four years and only winning 6 next year to gain the experience to be a killer his sophomore season on.
I do not see these guys in practice, so who is to know.
All I do know is that Joe has to show we are moving in the right direction, regardless of who he chooses. The fanbase can buy into building for next year, what we cannot stand is watching a team perform like UK, LSU, UF, and Iowa games.
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Originally Posted by
Dawgology
I just have a feeling that Jalen Mayden is going to push for time. He has much more touch on his pass and was a beast in HS. I know HS isn't comparable to college but still.
Coming from high level Texas football, you would think Mayden probably has the best experience throwing the ball.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
And Tyler Russell trying to run ******* run-spread didn't work very well either, square peg,round hole. He also tried to bulk up Perkins and turn him into a up the middle power back, he was the first before Holloway.
Everyone seems to forget everything but killing an injury depleted LSU and competing with the Bama team last year. They don't want to remember the 38-7 in Tuscaloosa during We Believe or crapping the bed every year in the Egg Bowl when we had a good season.
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1. Joe is not getting 3+ Million. He is getting 2.5 million (Lowest in SEC)
2. His staff is getting paid Lowest in SEC.
3. We were two pass completions from 10 wins.
4. Most of MSU fans don’t read MSU message boards
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