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It’s weird to me too everyone is blaming the passing game purely on Fromm. The receivers aren’t doing as well as they did last year either. Mecole is at least as bad as he was at the beginning of last year with dropping balls. Ridley is probably as solid. But they’re not really throwing him the ball as much as they should be, this year or last. So we don’t really know. Godwin has been hurt. Nauta has had a couple of big drops this year. I remember some drop’s Swift has made that have been disappointing. Kirby has complained in press conferences about receivers running the wrong routes.
And when it’s a team wide problem, you looking at the coaching.
Now, WCDawg’s theory about the problem being them switching QB coaches on Jake does fit in with that observation, So I’ll insert it here so maybe he doesn’t feel like he has to do it himself, again.
I personally prefer Griff’s idea that there are just so many receivers on the Bulldog roster getting practice reps, that Jake hasn’t developed as good of chemistry with any of them.
You guys who are always running to the stat sheet, is there a stat kept on the number of times a receiver has dropped a ball he should have caught? Kind of like fielding errors in baseball. I can’t imagine there’s a stat on running the wrong route. No way for the scorekeeper to know what the route should have been.
excellent point. No way to know who's messing up - running the wrong route would cause a QB to hesitate...sound familiar? Also, there should be a stat like ERA in baseball where drops wouldn't count against a QB"s rating just like unearned runs don't count against a pitchers ERA. To me, those would be useful stats. Maybe we can get Kirby to hire one more "analyst" to do this kind of thing for the forum?
so he doesn't feel like he has to do it himself.....again. a bit of spacing before a word can drive the point home, you're welcome.
@Kasey Thank you SIR!!! This IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST POST OF THE WEEK in the DawgNation Forum!!!
So you say having him competing for the Heisman this year and he certainly is not how can that not be "regression"
You may be confusing a lack of a level of progression with regression, at least your post suggests as much.
I do see specific regression, but some progress as well. He has used his playmakers in space better in most games this year for one thing.
He needs to play more fluid/relaxed, he needs do make some decisions quicker and he needs to be more on time and accurate downfield. I think everything ties into not being relaxed and maybe not as confident, which I think has a lot to do with coaching changes and having to compete for a job every practice.
Think of other jobs where you train, you get a position, then you try to relax, focus and improve from day to day.
A certain amount of trust and security is important at the position.
I think you are the one confused...........
Not at all, not becoming a Heisman candidate isn't a regression, that much should be obvious, even to Auburn fans.
You're confusing expectations with the baseline, which is where Jake was at the end of last season. He was trending in the right direction, but he wasn't at that level yet, he didn't have to regress to not be at a level he hadn't obtained.
let me rephrase that........I think you are dazed and confused
I think your reading comprehension is suspect.
Try going back to the post I responded to that led to this point.
Try REAL hard now.
Who decided he was a Heisman candidate? Once again, unrealistic expectations rear their **** heads.. Talk about setting someone up for failure or "regression". That's just nuts in my view. He needs to work on getting better with what he has available...not what Bama or any other school has available. I think
For all that is Holy @WCDawg please stop with the Chaney needs to be moved back to QB coach. You’re starting to turn into @nycdawg. I’m willing to bet you’ve said it several hundred times in the last 2 weeks, CKS isn’t going to listen to you. You wanna talk about performance expectations or the reason why Fromm has regressed or isn’t comfortable, fine. But stop with the Chaney needs to be QB coach, you have one season of play that you’re basing that on and it’s not enough.
I expected him to progress to the point of competing for the heisman this year. He did not progress to that point but has not regressed
Again he may have not progressed as much as some of us thought he would have but calling what he has done this year a regresssion is laughable (other than LSU, that was a regression) so if you want to base the entire point on the LSU game and not his season thus far then yes he regressed
Fromm was ready to take the Field against ND his 2nd game his freshman year
It was obvious that even after Fromms horrible performance against LSU that the coaches did not think that Fields was ready to come in and lead the team or we would have seen that
Now if Fields is not ready mid way though a season then why not? Who is the person preparing him?
You don’t make coaching changes this far into the season. It will only make things worse
Not saying to make a coaching change mid season
The OP was asking for a reason for regression. Regardless of agreeing if it’s a regression or lack of optimal progression my answer stays the same.... that the person preparing and coaching that player may be be the answer to the OP
Holy Cow! Did someone finally just buy into WCDawg’s QB coaching switcheroo being the problem??!
Well done, WC! You fought hard to start getting some traction.
How long until the dam breaks?
It was obvious Fields was not ready to lead the team or the coaches would have put him in against LSU as bad as Fromm was doing
Some think Fromm was regressed, stalled, or not progressed very much from last year
With those two things the only logical answer is that the person in charge of coaching and developing that player may be at fault
Senior talent surrounded Fromm last year made it easy for him......Now is the time to make this team HIS team......if he doesn't this Saturday it will be time for a change