Passion can be blinding I guess. I'd take passion over indifference but the inability to acknowledge weakness borders on fantacism which I suppose is what being a fan is about one way or the other.
He isn't really the best to play here just this year. Simon is a better qb than GW by most qb related metrics.
Still a project after 24 games and over 425 passes?
That was a fair point for Laviano. And Sit. Even Resigno.
And then the guy breaks off 5 NFL worthy throws in a row. That is what is the most frustrating.
This season it was proven that Gavin is not a duel threat. Time to let the S&S guys get some real game reps.
You just wrote a lengthy essay and failed to mention why we won games.
I don't disagree with you there man. I do however disagree with the notion that wimsatt has nothing to do with the victories. I can't say anything to change your mind if that's what you believe. It's a valid opinion, I just have a different one. I think an improved wimsatt as a player and a leader is one of the main reasons why Rutgers was able to win the games that they won. Will he improve enough to be the best option next year? Idk it'll be interesting to see how he develops.
yeah that was a headscratcher for sure
I wasn't completely serious on the number...just trying to make a point. We have seen him have 8 of 10 good throws with 2-3 of them being outstanding. And the rest of them game- mostly crap.
lol I get it
I understood the post to mean, realistically, Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin and Maryland were not teams the current roster can handle. Some seem to think Rutgers would have won 3 or 4 more games with Simon at Qb. This is not realistic, Rutgers is never that type of team. NEVER, Rutgers is actually a laughing stock, a team mentioned as an easy win on a big ten contenders schedule. The way some posters speak about wimsatt with such vitriol despite the team winning more games than it has in ten years is interesting. People are emotional and pissed. It seems like too much, I saw the games Simon started last year. Left much to be desired, but if you read this board you'd think the staff was playing wimsatt over Tom Brady and Rutgers would be a top ten team in the big ten championship with him at Qb. It's time to bring people back to reality. Let's see what happens next year hopefully the team can take another step and be that 8-10 win team next year. Schedule is easier..
We most likely lose 2 more games with someone else. But I no longer feel GW will take the next step, which is needed.
Wimsatt had 488 rushing yards, roughly 48% of our great backs output, and 9 touchdowns. The idea that we would have won more with a different quarterback is a fallacy, because the WR and TE rooms are weak and lack the ability to get separation and pull down 50/50 balls.
I never said we would have won more games with another QB, my post was about why we won the games we did.
Listen, I hear you, however Rutgers won every game it was supposed to win.. Fell short in the games against teams with superior talent. By any metric you want to use Rutgers lost the games it was supposed to lose and won the games they were supposed to win. I understand having a favorite and wanting your guy to be the won playing, you may feel that Evan Simon could have won the same amount of games as wimsatt. Maybe, but we know that he wouldn't have 500 yards rushing and 9 rush tds. This why Wimsatt started, again let's put the drinks down and let go of the emotions. Rutgers had a good season by its standard and now will look to have an even better one. Whether that's with an improved wimsatt or a different qb...what would be ironic is if wimsatt transfers to another school with dynamic receivers and wimsatt shows his sophomore to junior year improvement for another fan base. Anything can happen from now until next year. Evan Simon could be the starter next year. You never know, this year is over though, best year the team has had in some time. Watch the bowl game and enjoy or don't, idk what to tell you.
you think Iowa and Wisconsin are teams we can't handle? what games did you watch? We should have beaten both of them with a competent qb
Definitely could have beaten both of those teams. As we all saw when they lined up, I actually think the team could have beaten Michigan and Ohio State as well. But Rutgers didn't have the play makers or the type of quarterback to see that through this year. Again, you may think that with Evan Simon Rutgers wins those games. Idk but there is also the chance that you don't win the games that you did win. This is the struggle with decision making.
fair enough
careful, no one on this board or rather the cultists don't think Iowa was a blowout. You lose any game by 3 scores and it's a blowout
It's funny- we had 3 score losses against Mich/OSU/Iowa/PSU/Maryland- and it really only felt like 3 of them were blowouts.
I agree with you on that cause we watched the games and saw how they unfolded. We're a small passionate subset of the entire fanbase. The casual fan looks at the score and sees ass kicking
