re: i think blake is our guy

Yeah that was dumb. It just started raining and the ball clearly slipped out of his hands. Some folks are completely incapable of being impartial about this QB battle. I can't understand it.

god FAU is horrible.

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They will get burned.

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By what? Even the staff has admitted they don't trust him beyond 20 yards, or in the center of the field. He completed one pass of each today, and it was the same throw. A inside post by Coop. And it was roughly 22 yds past the line of scrimmage and just inside the hash where coop caught it.

And no, the staff hasn't verbally stated it, but play calling tells you everything. Against a team who Sims could work on his deep ball against. They called him ONE, count em, ONE potential deep ball.

Coker opens up the offense in a way Sims cannot. Bubble and WR screens will not work as 45% of our offense, and 90% of our passing offense, when we get into league play.

I like Sims, he throws a tight ball, and he is accurate within his range. Has beautifully quick feet and does a fantastic job scrambling to keep a play alive. However, he isn't the guy we need. He is the guy we night have to deal with though.

No reason to argue. He isn't completely right or wrong in anything he said. Respectable post.

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because when he slings it, the ball is inaccurate

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Coker hit at least three long bombs to perfection playing part time. McCarron would go through several games without having one connect.

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good lord.

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What exactly is your problem with that statement? If he was more than a stop gap measure(a guy we have to deal with but isn't what we need) then why did we bring Coker in for in the first place?

Coker needs work, for sure. If we played LSU in five minutes, and I had to pick a QB, it would be Sims. Right this second. Coker needs more snaps, he hasn't played a snap that mattered since high school. Still hasn't really.

However, we need Coker to get those reps and improve. By the time we hit the meat of our schedule either Coker has taken over, or we struggle mightily to beat aTm, LSU, UF, and AU.



























I really, really hope I'm wrong. That we dominate no matter what.

He can complete a regular screen pass pretty well. That one to Yeldon today reminded me of LSU 2012.

See the problem in this is perspective from both sides. Those who are pro-Sims act like Coker couldn't start for a Conference USA team, while a lot of those who support Coker are constantly trying to discredit Sims.

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I like Sims, he throws a tight ball, and he is accurate within his range. Has beautifully quick feet and does a fantastic job scrambling to keep a play alive. However, he isn't the guy we need. He is the guy we night have to deal with though

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Truth in this statement. Short passes against Florida and LSU will not keep their defense at bay. I stack the box against us and play tight on the corners. Sims had to get the ball down the field and the receivers need to stop dropping the few that he does throw. That doesn't help his confidence.

I just don't like all of the discrediting of Coker that is happening with a lot of our fans. He had a completion percentage of 62% today with 0 ints and that was with attempting several long passes. Coker also had to deal with a few longer down and distances from penalties.

I think Bama could win with Sims, but I still have some questions. I don't think UF is going to give him the underneath throws that he has had. Will VH3 play off man against Cooper? Doubt it.

Sims is benefitting from low expectations. Coker is suffering from high expectations. Sims has had more PT and it's more of a "what you see is what you get" situation. He has tremendous mobility and surprisingly very good pocket presence. He can step up, avoid the sack (what would be a sack with AJ or GM) and make a set throw without deferring to the run every time. Having a mobile qb who can still make that correct decision of when to run is a huge weapon. He is not very accurate, however he is very well-coached and has consistently erred on the side of the caution - putting it where either our guy gets it or no one does.

I think we can win big games with that. One of Kiffin's biggest philosophies, to me, seems to be if you keep getting your best athletes the ball quick in a one-on-one situation, they're bound to break a big play. Makes sense to me. I do think we can move the ball on anyone without added risk when you consider that is all what we're ultimately gonna ask of Sims, combined of course with our line and running game.


Since Coker is an unknown at best... And let's not kid ourselves - his first five passes or so were atrocious. At best he's a project, untapped potential. It has to be Sims.