Gonadballbarian

OK, I'm starting to think that this guy isn't a good basketball coach....

He had an MCL sprain in November. And before that, yes he was being mentioned for rookie of the year. You can look it up if you want.. He was playing decisively better

Where it is he was a lot better before a little injury he had during the season. I'm more worried about him getting pushed straight back

I don't think the OP believes that that team could literally beat 2019 LSU.
But they were the most dominant team in history is what he's saying. The era is what it is. They can't help that

Not trying to defend it, but If all those people weren't injured all the time and actually played, we could be on the bubble of the playoffs. With good coaching. I think that's the point. Trey isn't injury prone. Poole it is not injury prone. Murray is a little bit. He was an All-Star. Obviously Zion is.
I guess they live in a pretend world where they think all of these people will be healthy and playing to their potential simultaneously with great coaching
They must have high hopes

I agree with all of it except I believe we have to get rid of Ruiz. There's no reason to purposely have the right guard handicap us. A mid round pick would be fine. Almost anything would be better than him.
Not only is the line the most important thing on a team besides a quarterback, but especially for a rookie or second year guy. Use one of our fourth rounders

All of the criticism? Granted last year yes. He took too many chances and did not run enough. He made up for it however with big plays because he actually had decent protection and was not injured. This year, he still warrants that same criticism.
However a lot of of the criticism this year was more than just his decision making and not running. It was his accuracy. And criticism for lame ducks that he was throwing occasionally. When he was clearly injured. Not to mention a horrible offensive coordinator. Zero protection and running for his life from three lineman while eight defenders drop back.
Combining his chance taking with his injuries, the line, and the o. coordinator, ..it was a shite show . But the only warranted criticism is still... him taking too many chances,.., and not running enough.

Yeah he's always had the same decision-making. We didn't criticize him except for two things. He took too many chances and he didn't run enough. But he made up for it with big plays and he was a pretty damn solid quarterback with great arm talent. We didn't beat him down and call for our backup quarterback. We were all excited for this year. But when you add in him getting hurt, which has affected his decision-making,...and took away from this confidence. Affected his velocity. Affected his accuracy. Affected everything. When you take that into account, plus a horrible offensive line that gets pressure from a three man rush with eight people dropping back, and a horrible offensive coordinator, and all of a sudden people think he's a different quarterback.

He's still the same quarterback. He doesn't deserve less or more criticism than he did last year. Whatever you thought about him last year should be exactly the same this year.

If you've always criticized him for decision-making, then you're still correct.

But with a real offensive coordinator and a real offensive line and his injury healed, and him growing and learning, he will be a solid quarterback in the NFL.
And our season would have been different this year also.

I could've sworn I read this exact statement on Grok

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Poor foul shooting late in the game hurt us

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And Arkansas was 7 for 18