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It won't take long to gauge improvement, as both of those SEC teams are pretty good. LSU under Miles, has a tendency to slack off in some games.........hope that is the case when we go down there!

So we move Powell back to WR ,and Nolen back to TE interesting. Still sucks not to have 15 be apart of this offense.

(08-13-2013 08:28 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  Do you lay the most blame on the OL, or the QB holding the ball too long/poor awareness, possibly RB's missing blocking assignments?? Who was the most to blame IYO?

The QB has to call the audible and set up his protections. And on 1st and second downs, throwing it to the coach, way over a covered recievers head is still an option.

Austin made freshman QB mistakes. The coach left him to take his beating when they led to us being down big.

This results in a wiser young QB who better understands that he better have that clock in his head, and when he's held the ball long enough he better get rid of it.

He held on to the ball a looooooooooooooooooong time.

(08-14-2013 07:38 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Austin made freshman QB mistakes.

Absolutely, and that was to be expected. But some would wonder why a freshman was starting in the first place.

As a coach, you figure the future is now. This is the best guy I've got for the long term (unless I get somebody better), so I might as well take my lumps with him now, so he'll be better prepared next year.

(08-14-2013 03:24 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(08-14-2013 07:38 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Austin made freshman QB mistakes.

Absolutely, and that was to be expected. But some would wonder why a freshman was starting in the first place.

I wondered that, and still do.

Starting a freshman QB says something about your program, and it's not good.

A lot of guys worked their tails off while the freshman QB was learning the ropes.

I don't think it's always that bad to start a freshman. You are in essence largely sacrificing that season but on the other hand getting a freshman with potential a trial by fire. McGee I suspect saw that the season was not destined for greatness anyway under Perry, so why focus on elevating the game of a guy who will be gone in a year or two.

In addition, it's possible he just made that call based on talent. It's hard to say right now whether it was a mistake because an argument could certainly be made that our record would have been no different under Perry. We won't know about whether McGees decision will pay off until this year or maybe even the next.

Would the decision not have been considered a waste if Perry earns the starting job back?

Perry has been outperforming so far in the off-season.

(08-14-2013 03:58 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  A lot of guys worked their tails off while the freshman QB was learning the ropes.

So was the freshman QB. We all witnessed the same hellacious beating the kid took.

(08-14-2013 04:17 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  Would the decision not have been considered a waste if Perry earns the starting job back?

Perry has been outperforming so far in the off-season.

You could make that argument.

I'm still giving McGee the benefit of the doubt, though. He was a first-ever head coach last hear, while the rest of us are seasoned veterans.

(08-13-2013 07:24 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  [quote='USAFBlazerFan' pid='9588953' dateline='1376433356']
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"kibbutz" is a collective community in Israel. Kibitz is the word your looking for.

Thank autocorrect for that one.

(08-14-2013 04:36 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(08-14-2013 04:17 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  Would the decision not have been considered a waste if Perry earns the starting job back?

Perry has been outperforming so far in the off-season.

You could make that argument.

I'm still giving McGee the benefit of the doubt, though. He was a first-ever head coach last hear, while the rest of us are seasoned veterans.

I don't mean that as arguing with his decision or not (though I personally think Perry gave us the best chance to have success last season), I mean it more as...

If Perry at some point ends up starting, does it actually hurt Austin Brown worse than had he never started at all? Sure, he gained experience last year, but if Perry is the better guy this year...it would surely be worse that Austin Brown started last year and lost the starting job than had never started at all. Could this be one of the reasons why Perry might not start over Austin even if he's the better choice right now?

Just hypothetical.

im not so sure perry would have done a better job

(08-14-2013 06:28 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  im not so sure perry would have done a better job

Nobody can know, but he probably wouldn't have taken as many sacks.

(08-13-2013 08:41 PM)Blazer85 Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 08:37 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 08:28 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  Do you lay the most blame on the OL, or the QB holding the ball too long/poor awareness, possibly RB's missing blocking assignments?? Who was the most to blame IYO?

QB but it certainly wasn't all his fault. I heard a Franklin interview from practice the other day and he mentioned the work that is being done on pass blocking by the RBs.

Brown has even said that much of last year he was just looking around to see who was open, meaning he was more focused on scanning the field than sensing the defensive pressure. Now he is trying to read the defense more and going through a more organized check down at specific targets. I suspect those factors will lead to increased awareness on his part this year. Factor in improved blocking by the OL and RBs, and I suspect we won't see nearly the number of sacks we had a year ago.

he better hope so. For his own sake.

I don't think either Brown or Perry should have exclusive rights to the job. Perry is the better runner, but Brown isn't exactly a statue back there. Brown is the better thrower, but Perry has at least an adequate passing game. IMO, the series should be divided up and even to a situational manner. If Perry is in the game and it is 3rd and 15, then sub in Brown. If the opponent is flooding the field with DBs to slow down Brown, then sub in Perry. Keep the opponent guessing and give them one more thing to prepare for.

(08-15-2013 08:38 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  If Perry is in the game and it is 3rd and 15, then sub in Brown.

Ehh... Hard to convert a 3rd and 15 right off the bench.

I agree that a two-quarterback look could work for UAB in particular (mainly because we have a consistent running back), but swapping for individual plays of that magnitude probably wouldn't be that effective.

If you want an example of how a 2 quarterback system has actually worked in the past for UAB, look at the UAB/Tennessee game from 2010.