Im thinking Flood will be much more willing to go to Rettig then he was to Dodd.
Again, we saw Dodd at the end of 2013, he was pretty dreadful vs UConn and ND.
Why Flood made the right decision
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Again, we saw Dodd at the end of 2013, he was pretty dreadful vs UConn and ND.
I am hoping for some confirmation from the posters who are claiming you are 100% sure the choice should have been Rettig - or Laviano for that matter. Is it because of your vast experience as a football coach or is because it became so obvious to you from observing every practice or is it because you have all kinds of inside information from the players concerning locker room interactions or is it because you are simply blowing smoke out your you-know-what or some combination of these? I am trying to figure out how credible these opinions are.
I have been respecting the coaches' decision, because they had more experience and a greater body of information to work with. Is this an unreasonable expectation?
I have been respecting the coaches' decision, because they had more experience and a greater body of information to work with. Is this an unreasonable expectation?
Coaches can make bad decisions, so I don't just roll with the "Flood is a coach and knows more then me so I can't judge him" line of thought.
But I do wonder, as you do, why people are so adament that this was the wrong or right choice. To me it look's really darn close, and the way Flood handled it makes me thing he thought that too. And because of that I think this will not be a situation like 2012 where Flood will lock in on Laviano and not look towards Rettig at all. 2 differences from then make me believe that, 1)In 2013 Flood did turn to the backup when Nova struggled, thus I think he has moved off of the stringent 1 QB philosophy, at least a little, and 2)Rettig is better then Dodd, maybe much better.
Pure speculation on my part, but I think Flood likely looks at the next 2-3 games and thinks that the margin of error between winning and losing is likely to be one or two plays by our QB. If Flood thinks that Laviano is less likely to make mistakes (i.e. Rettig needs to play AND make errors...your words), and that the absence of those one or two errors can help us beat Washington State and Penn State, then we are better off with Laviano.
Now...when we get to Michigan State and Ohio State, maybe you look at it differently and think that the best chance at winning those games is with someone who can make big plays (and you take your chances with negative plays), and that favors Rettig.
I have. I have seen practices, both scrimmages, have inside info, have played QB and coach football. The kid can play Qb and has been doing it very well since HS. He is a true QB and even has a bit of swagger to him that I think our offense needs.
Ive seen people for months now mention Rettig's upside and still haven't received a clear answer on what that means and how his upside is different than any other player's.. Maybe we can judge upside as how much improvement a player shows over a period of time? I agree that Hayden has improved quite a lot, which is a credit to our coaches. But so has Chris, evidenced by the fact that there are some posters who say they can't get past what they saw out of him last year as a freshman. Apparently Laviano improved quite a lot too... sounds like he has a higher upside.
Whether I prefer the upside or game manager is irrelevant. The point I was making is that flood favored the upside in choosing nova previously and now is moving the goalposts by favoring the better game manager at this time rather one with higher upside.
Pretty sure it's this disingenuous position from flood that is rubbing people the wrong way. Don't come out and say that you want to view the game to see if you going to pick a starter hen you knew you had one chose all along. The handling of the quarterbacks has certainly not Made lood look like a straight shooter
Pretty sure it's this disingenuous position from flood that is rubbing people the wrong way. Don't come out and say that you want to view the game to see if you going to pick a starter hen you knew you had one chose all along. The handling of the quarterbacks has certainly not Made lood look like a straight shooter
I would say this I prefer rettig . But flood and staff are going to start who they think gives them the best chance to win. To think otherwise is foolish .
My feeling is flood and staff like that Laviano is more of a conservative game manager and won't make many mistakes.
My feeling is flood and staff like that Laviano is more of a conservative game manager and won't make many mistakes.
This is a fan board where fans debate coaching decisions. I dont have to be a former coach or star quarterback to have or voice my opinion. I have opinions on lots of stuff -- politics -- and I have never been president; religion -- I am not a pastor-- cars companies -- I am not Henry Ford -- books -- I am not an author -- restaurants -- I am not a chef ....
So in this case I agree that Flood, whom I support and admire in many ways, chose a qb who he thinks gives the team the best chance to win. I disagree with his choice. This seems an appropriate forum for fans to debate such matters -- kills time until game day and it amuses me/us to read alternate and like opinions.
Flood lost me with respect to qb handling when he left Nova in the Kent State game and mishandled the qb situation since that time. He has not gained my confidence in handling qbs yet. I am rooting for him and the team and hope he proves me wrong.
Again, I don't know why people keep talking about Hayden's upside as if that means anything at all. What in the world does upside mean? Laviano has improved so much from last year, doesn't that mean he has a higher ceiling than we thought? Why do we assume laviano will stop getting better and Hayden will continue to ? That doesn't make sense. So far laviano has taken better to coaching... Stop disregarding that.
Any good QB is a game manager. That term has become so misused in football. I know the way people try to use it, like as if that qb can't do anything but hand off the ball, and let me tell you- neither laviano or rettig are "game managers"
excellent point...upside is the most overused word in this thread...how does the average schlub on the board know this.Most people just picking Rettig because of the LSU connection, if he transferred in from Minnesota I think the board would let it play out more
Rettig's upside is he has an NFL arm. You can teach the playbook. You can't teach NFL arm.
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