Final Canes Camp Report

[TheMatador]

IMO Heaps experience is actually a negative for me. I mean yeah hes been in a game before, but none of them ended wrll, clearly, or else he wouldnt be on his 3rd team. Having experience is a positive when someone had to play as a freshman and is looking to make the next step. Not when he is a senior whos been on 2 other teams and lost his job at each place because of the way he played (bad). I really dont think Heaps experience is good. RW has good experience, he was forced to start as a freshman, then tranfered to his dream school. Then he got solid game reps as a backup to Morris when he was hurt/we were dominating. That is good experience.
Saying someone whos done it but failed many times has an advantage because at least theyve done it before is a bad argument. Kaaya won this competition and should start the first 2-3 games until RW is back and finishes us off with 10 wins.

Some decent points, but the bottom line is, we have a coaching staff that is under fire to produce now. And under those circumstances, they are going to go with who they believe gives them the best chance to do so.

If Golden wasn't under pressure from the administration or the fan base, I believe Kaaya would be the starter, because it's a move with long-term implications. He's a big time talent, but will almost certainly make mistakes early as he acclimates himself to college ball. As it is, we might still see BK at some point, but only if the Heaps experiment is such a colossal failure that there's no other choice.

Hold onto yer butts, fellas.

I won't judge Heaps on what happened on two other teams, at least one of which he had a poor supporting cast. It's a new ball game for him, we'll find out with UL. If he withers under fire, he gets pulled for the freshman.

 

[moldycheese432]

the only thing we really need from a quarterback is the ability to transfer the ball from the center to #8.

 

[TheMatador]

The one thing I'd wish they'd shut up about is this "point system". Ain't no chart in Coley's or Golden's office with gold stars on it and a bunch of different columns that include things like "punctuality" and "academics". Anyone that doesn't believe this is an all eye-test evaluation is of less intelligence than your average Champagnat "graduate".

You don't think they don't also grade every player based upon their performance in a scrimmage? I would think they do both. I don't know that for sure, though.

 

[AllbouttheU]

IMO Heaps experience is actually a negative for me. I mean yeah hes been in a game before, but none of them ended wrll, clearly, or else he wouldnt be on his 3rd team. Having experience is a positive when someone had to play as a freshman and is looking to make the next step. Not when he is a senior whos been on 2 other teams and lost his job at each place because of the way he played (bad). I really dont think Heaps experience is good. RW has good experience, he was forced to start as a freshman, then tranfered to his dream school. Then he got solid game reps as a backup to Morris when he was hurt/we were dominating. That is good experience.
Saying someone whos done it but failed many times has an advantage because at least theyve done it before is a bad argument. Kaaya won this competition and should start the first 2-3 games until RW is back and finishes us off with 10 wins.

Start Kaaya two games then bench him? Thank **** some of y'all aren't Head Coaches. One of the dumbest things I've read.

 

[ncncanes]

Do you think Petrino or Strong is a better game day coach?

 

[Calinative]

IMO Heaps experience is actually a negative for me. I mean yeah hes been in a game before, but none of them ended wrll, clearly, or else he wouldnt be on his 3rd team. Having experience is a positive when someone had to play as a freshman and is looking to make the next step. Not when he is a senior whos been on 2 other teams and lost his job at each place because of the way he played (bad). I really dont think Heaps experience is good. RW has good experience, he was forced to start as a freshman, then tranfered to his dream school. Then he got solid game reps as a backup to Morris when he was hurt/we were dominating. That is good experience.
Saying someone whos done it but failed many times has an advantage because at least theyve done it before is a bad argument. Kaaya won this competition and should start the first 2-3 games until RW is back and finishes us off with 10 wins.

Start Kaaya two games then bench him? Thank **** some of y'all aren't Head Coaches. One of the dumbest things I've read.

Our starting QB is injured. When your starter returns he starts. I really can't believe some of you guys actually think you will be screing with his confidence if he starts 2 games and then bench him. That is so ridiculous. If he couldn't handle that, how could he handle throwing an interception and being relied upon to shake it off? That is just too ridiculous.
And Matador, how can you not judge Heaps for something he did at 2 other schools. I get you think he should start fresh. But that film is what he has done. We saw what Heaps has done the past 3 years. Its not like he only had a few games to base it on. He started 3 years worth of games, and the last 2 seasons he started combined he threw 17 TDs and 18 Ints. If one of Heaps' biggest advantage in this QB race is that he has experience, why wouldn't his performance in that experience also be a factor?