Our receiving corps is a huge issue

[mildone]

Sorry Mildone, but as the QB part of the leadership qualities, is to get the team to play better, as well as support his own mediocrity. Laviano did neither.

I don't are how good the QB is or how great a leader he might be, the entire offense was really, really bad on Saturday. It requires severe tunnel vision to lay the blame entirely on Laviano's shoulders.

His game was no worse, and was in some ways better, than much of the rest of the offense.

Applause, as well as critics come with the position. Anyone who has ever played the position knows that.

Anybody that has watched the game at all knows that. Doesn't take a former QB. Not sure what the relevance is.

I saw a QB that was tentative, did not pull the trigger, and often had more than enough time to throw the ball, but looked for a landing spot, instead. He just might be one of these players that look great in practice, but melts away when the lights come on.

No doubt he had a bad game. Along with almost everybody else on the team. The play-calling may not have been very good too. I guess maybe we should bench all the starters and fire the coaching staff, eh?

 

[willisneverrana43]

. . . . He just might be one of these players that look great in practice . . . .

Great in practice? Is that how he looks? Are you sure?

Think back now to the statements from Ash since the spring on the QBs. At times you did not even have to read between the lines to understand that it was less than an impressive group. When he picked Laviano later than he wanted to pick his QB, even then his praise was lukewarm, saying that Laviano had "become a pretty good decision-maker with the ball — at least the best decision maker of the group." RU simply has a weak stable of QBs. And no amount of fan grumbling and advice on how to free up receivers, throw better and just be better is going to fix it. Maybe Odin will develop and, we hope, Ash brings in better talent over time. Until then, hope we steal a game or two we shouldn't and--most important--Ash is able to keep his recruiting classes together as the losses mount.

 

[RU Husky]

They can't get separation and when they do Laviano can't get them the ball.

and then they can't catch it

 

[RU Husky]

Funny, the UW equivalent of Jellyman was complaining that the UW receivers couldn't get separation against RU, except, of course, for John Ross. He had oceans of separation .

Not one of the RU receivers could start for another B1G team and maybe not even on New Mexico.

 

[AshCatchEm]

When you have 4 Senior WR and not one of them can gain separation (not just every once in a while, I mean like...ever) and you have relatively nothing behind them, it shows a gross negligence in recruiting. How Flood was able to look at what we had for four years behind carroo and not correctly identify "hey, this is a big problem" and go get one difference maker on offense is beyond me.

We have 4 senior wr and its by far our weakest position. That is pathetic recruiting. Between WR and LB it's easy to tell why I'm disgusted by the thought of flood. What in the hell was he planning for the future of these two positions? It's not like he had difference makers lined up for them before he was fired. Our current linebackers had to gain about 20 pounds during the offseason to avoid being labeled a train wreck..that probably does not happen under flood and his craptastic strength and conditioning program..