QB Sliding

sboyer3

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I know it is the smart thing to do now but when is the last time you saw a GT QB slide? Especially when its 3rd down. Maybe I'm old (I'm 31) but I did not enjoy seeing this. CGC preaches a culture of grit and passion but having a QB pull up to go OB or slide doesn't reflect that tone to the rest of the team. Sometimes it takes a hard run or someone going above and beyond to get the team to believe.

On the other hand I may be too critical. It seems gaining an extra yard in the triple option was much more important than our new offense. The difference between 2nd & 7 vs 2nd & 6 was huge in the triple option but may not be under Patenaude.

Seems we have gone from a "punch them in the mouth/do your job" mentality to a "play hard and flash brilliance" tone. Both good concepts, just hard to adjust to.

iiwii
 

BigDanT

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I know it is the smart thing to do now but when is the last time you saw a GT QB slide? Especially when its 3rd down. Maybe I'm old (I'm 31) but I did not enjoy seeing this. CGC preaches a culture of grit and passion but having a QB pull up to go OB or slide doesn't reflect that tone to the rest of the team. Sometimes it takes a hard run or someone going above and beyond to get the team to believe.

On the other hand I may be too critical. It seems gaining an extra yard in the triple option was much more important than our new offense. The difference between 2nd & 7 vs 2nd & 6 was huge in the triple option but may not be under Patenaude.

Seems we have gone from a "punch them in the mouth/do your job" mentality to a "play hard and flash brilliance" tone. Both good concepts, just hard to adjust to.

iiwii
I think you have to also think about the fact that our QB will have responsibilities to throw. What happened a when a QB lowers his shoulder and takes a hit on the throwing arm? Being dead armed then having to pass isn’t beneficial. Nor is getting our best QB injured.
 

Diseqc

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31 year old man who most likely never played football criticizes 19 year old kid for not unnecessarily risking major injury
 

TampaBayJacket

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Not sliding is old school. It make no sense to take unnecessary hits. Risk to a QB is much greater than the reward. The exceptions, of course, are situational awareness where we need that yard.
 

LongforDodd

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I thought UNC should've been penalized for taking a shot at Graham when he was in his slide yesterday. Surprised there wasn't a flag.
It was a late slide in that graham was much closer to the defender and mostly upright compared to the slides we’re all most used to seeing. IDK, maybe.
 

johncu

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Unless it's 3rd down and he's close to the sticks, I want him sliding.
 

JJacket

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Not sliding is old school. It make no sense to take unnecessary hits. Risk to a QB is much greater than the reward. The exceptions, of course, are situational awareness where we need that yard.
It used to not be a rule that you couldn't hit a sliding QB so it didn't matter
 
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