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I think this has been touched on in various threads, so I apologize for the redundancy. HOWEVER...I think talking about Brad Kaaya as the 2014 starter will continue until Labor Day. I decided to start my own thread/discussion on the topic.

I am on the Kaaya bandwagon. If Pete is driving the hype train, I'm at least shot gun. I loved this kid the moment I watched his film. I played in his district in California and I watched him beat a Serra team in the CIF Championship that was way more talented than his own. He came back on led his team to victory...it was very impressive. I love his footwork, his pocket presence, his measurables, his anticipation and his mental make up. He stuck with us when his home town school came calling and it was obvious that his teammates at Chaminade loved him. I think Kaaya is the future.

I say all that to say this: Brad Kaaya starting as a TRUE freshman this year will severely change my expectations. If anyone is expecting us to compete for a Coastal championship with a true freshman at quarterback, you're sadly mistaken. I cannot remember in my 20 years of watching college football a TRUE freshman guiding his team to that much success. If the staff is going with Kaaya as the #1 on Labor Day, my expectations will be to have a pretty up and down season. We will see flashes of greatness, amazing throws and some plays where we see the future of our program. On the flip side, we will also see stupid mistakes, inopportune turnovers and our most important position being an 18 year old freshman. There is also the chance of totally ruining a kids confidence, but I'm not touching that.

So what will it be Canes fans? I think the Brad is the most talented quarterback we have. I also think that if we want to win now, we cannot go with Kaaya. If we want to win now we will have to go with experience. What do y'all think? Will it change your expectations? Do you think we can win the Coastal with him. I'm just trying to start some good, football dialogue here.
 
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We (I) give **** to Pete bc he is constantly spitting out Kaaya DNA, but the more and more I see this kid work, the more I think he's the goods. I will gladly eat crow if Kaaya starts day one. I wouln't mind if he started as a true frosh bc A.) it means that he will have beat out two seniors and a highly recruited RS freshman, and B.) it would show that our gutless head coach may actually have some guts.
 
jmccomber5 said:
I think this has been touched on in various threads, so I apologize for the redundancy. HOWEVER...I think talking about Brad Kaaya as the 2014 starter will continue until Labor Day. I decided to start my own thread/discussion on the topic.

I am on the Kaaya bandwagon. If Pete is driving the hype train, I'm at least shot gun. I loved this kid the moment I watched his film. I played in his district in California and I watched him beat a Serra team in the CIF Championship that was way more talented than his own. He came back on led his team to victory...it was very impressive. I love his footwork, his length, his anticipation and his mental make up. He stuck with us when his home town school came calling and it was obvious that his teammates at Chaminade loved him. I think Kaaya is the future.

I say all that to say this: Brad Kaaya starting as a TRUE freshman this year will severely change my expectations. If anyone is expecting us to compete for a Coastal championship with a true freshman at quarterback, you're sadly mistaken. I cannot remember in my 20 years of watching college football a TRUE freshman guiding his team to that much success. If the staff is going with Kaaya as the #1 on Labor Day, my expectations will be to have a pretty up and down season. We will see flashes of greatness, amazing throws and some plays where we see the future of our program. On the flip side, we will also see stupid mistakes, inopportune turnovers and our most important position being an 18 year old freshman. There is also the chance of totally ruining a kids confidence, but I'm not touching that.

So what will it be Canes fans? I think the Brad is the most talented quarterback we have. I also think that if we want to win now, we cannot go with Kaaya. If we want to win now we will have to go with experience. What do y'all think? Will it change your expectations? Do you think we can win the Coastal with him. I'm just trying to start some good, football dialogue here.
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Ken Dorsey's first three games starting as a true freshman led to the highest point total over a three game period in UM history. He can have success--the cast around him will support that effort. If he does indeed start, there will be growing pains, especially on the road. That said, I'd love to see a young guy come in and give us hope for the future.
 
I can't remember a true Freshman having a lot of success either, so Kaaya can be the first.
 
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jmccomber5 said:
I think this has been touched on in various threads, so I apologize for the redundancy. HOWEVER...I think talking about Brad Kaaya as the 2014 starter will continue until Labor Day. I decided to start my own thread/discussion on the topic.

I am on the Kaaya bandwagon. If Pete is driving the hype train, I'm at least shot gun. I loved this kid the moment I watched his film. I played in his district in California and I watched him beat a Serra team in the CIF Championship that was way more talented than his own. He came back on led his team to victory...it was very impressive. I love his footwork, his pocket presence, his measurables, his anticipation and his mental make up. He stuck with us when his home town school came calling and it was obvious that his teammates at Chaminade loved him. I think Kaaya is the future.

I say all that to say this: Brad Kaaya starting as a TRUE freshman this year will severely change my expectations. If anyone is expecting us to compete for a Coastal championship with a true freshman at quarterback, you're sadly mistaken. I cannot remember in my 20 years of watching college football a TRUE freshman guiding his team to that much success. If the staff is going with Kaaya as the #1 on Labor Day, my expectations will be to have a pretty up and down season. We will see flashes of greatness, amazing throws and some plays where we see the future of our program. On the flip side, we will also see stupid mistakes, inopportune turnovers and our most important position being an 18 year old freshman. There is also the chance of totally ruining a kids confidence, but I'm not touching that.

So what will it be Canes fans? I think the Brad is the most talented quarterback we have. I also think that if we want to win now, we cannot go with Kaaya. If we want to win now we will have to go with experience. What do y'all think? Will it change your expectations? Do you think we can win the Coastal with him. I'm just trying to start some good, football dialogue here.
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I think he will start, and will be asked to do 15-20 play action passes a game.
Whoever our qb is, will benefit greatly with Duke scaring the crap out of every defensive coordinator, and Dorsett, Coley, Waters and Lewis forcing Safeties to play deep.
 
If Miami had a great defense I would say it's not bad but, their offense will have to score points to win games. Unless the defense steps up tremendously

I've seen LSU go to National championship with a bad QB
 
The only truly EPIC freshman I ever remember starting is Jamelle Holieway for Oklahoma. However, they ran a wishbone. He was a glorified RB imho. In our offense it is unlikely someone at his position could have sustained success over the entire season. I guess we'll see? The world is changing. Just ten years ago a rookie QB wasn't a starter day one in the NFL. Today first round QB's almost always start.
 
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If a true freshman is our starting quarterback, he better be the next Great One or else this is going to be a frustrating season. There is too much to overcome as a true freshman reading defenses and just experiencing different and new situations. I would love to be the D coordinator against a true freshman quarterback who is a pocket passer.
 
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I say start him and let's build for the future. There will be growing pains but at least it will set us up well for the future.

Do it Al.
 
If Kaaya is within 10% as good as Heaps or Williams, I hope he starts. Heaps is garbage, Williams is whatever, but I do like his experience in the system and I think he could be okay for a year. Still, I'd rather just get on with a new QB, as long as the new QB can earn it. My HOPE is that Olsen gets it together and fends off everybody and becomes the guy, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
 
LA'Cane818 said:
We (I) give **** to Pete bc he is constantly spitting out Kaaya DNA, but the more and more I see this kid work, the more I think he's the goods. I will gladly eat crow if Kaaya starts day one. I wouln't mind if he started as a true frosh bc A.) it means that he will have beat out two seniors and a highly recruited RS freshman, and B.) it would show that our gutless head coach may actually have some guts.
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agree..still think 99% says heaps starts...kaaya/olsen battle hard for 2a 2b..williams sitting there is a huge policy...
 
Didn't Philip Rivers start as a true fr and put up nice numbers?
 
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If Kaaya is within 10% as good as Heaps or Williams, I hope he starts. Heaps is garbage, Williams is whatever, but I do like his experience in the system and I think he could be okay for a year. Still, I'd rather just get on with a new QB, as long as the new QB can earn it. My HOPE is that Olsen gets it together and fends off everybody and becomes the guy, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
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This right here.
 
Thing is, we don't need Kaaya to be great. We don't need a QB to be great. Now of course it would be a **** of a bonus, but what we need is a solid season from a QB, any QB. We need good decisions and distribution and we need a guy that can make a play or two when it breaks down. Not asking for the world. No reason a talented true freshman can't accomplish that. I don't know if Kaaya is that guy but we don't need Manziel or Winston to walk through that door. We just need something steady at this point.
 
I know typically true freshman QB's don't have success but football has change with players playing year round, with 7 on 7 leagues, players enrolling early, etc...

John o'korn at Houson started as a true freshman last year out of St. Thomas, threw for over 3,000 yards with 28 TD's.

Teddy Bridgewater started as a true freshman from game 4 on, threw for over 2,000 yards and 14 TD's was named big east rookie of year.

To poster below hackenburg did prep a year, then enrolled for spring ball.
 
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jmccomber5 said:
I think this has been touched on in various threads, so I apologize for the redundancy. HOWEVER...I think talking about Brad Kaaya as the 2014 starter will continue until Labor Day. I decided to start my own thread/discussion on the topic.

I am on the Kaaya bandwagon. If Pete is driving the hype train, I'm at least shot gun. I loved this kid the moment I watched his film. I played in his district in California and I watched him beat a Serra team in the CIF Championship that was way more talented than his own. He came back on led his team to victory...it was very impressive. I love his footwork, his pocket presence, his measurables, his anticipation and his mental make up. He stuck with us when his home town school came calling and it was obvious that his teammates at Chaminade loved him. I think Kaaya is the future.

I say all that to say this: Brad Kaaya starting as a TRUE freshman this year will severely change my expectations. If anyone is expecting us to compete for a Coastal championship with a true freshman at quarterback, you're sadly mistaken. I cannot remember in my 20 years of watching college football a TRUE freshman guiding his team to that much success. If the staff is going with Kaaya as the #1 on Labor Day, my expectations will be to have a pretty up and down season. We will see flashes of greatness, amazing throws and some plays where we see the future of our program. On the flip side, we will also see stupid mistakes, inopportune turnovers and our most important position being an 18 year old freshman. There is also the chance of totally ruining a kids confidence, but I'm not touching that.

So what will it be Canes fans? I think the Brad is the most talented quarterback we have. I also think that if we want to win now, we cannot go with Kaaya. If we want to win now we will have to go with experience. What do y'all think? Will it change your expectations? Do you think we can win the Coastal with him. I'm just trying to start some good, football dialogue here.
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Who cares what you think?
 
True Frosh QB who played okay for us


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