Gailey Doesn't Need To Explain Anything to Me.

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I know he screwed up. He knows he screwed up. Anyone with any modicum of football knowledge knows the qb fiasco for what it was.. a major screw up that cost us most importantly the ACC Championship, an Orange Bowl, and the game with the athens school...

Nothing that spews out of that orifice Gailey calls his piehole could ever rationalize his utter imcompentence in this matter.. So I don't really want to hear anything else about it from him.
 
There are no gaurantees we would've won anything with TB. Better chance? Possibly.
 
texstinger said:
What makes you think he knows he screwed up?
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Exactly. So far Gailey has not admitted he has screwed up. In fact just the opposite. He went National by saying he would have handled the QB situation EXACTLY the same way. So either:
a.) He's stubborn and arrogant
b.) He's terribly incompetent
c.) He's trying to protect Reggie Ball, which isn't necessarily a bad thing from the coach but he definately needs to give more of an explanation.
d.) Both a and b

Personally, I think its D. There is no reason to protect Ball on this. How does it hurt Reggie by saying Taylor should have seen more snaps? It doesn't. We already know Ball's performance was piss poor, what does he need protection from?

Gailey needs to pull his head out of his ass and start doing what he is paid to do.
 
ASimPerson said:
There are no gaurantees we would've won anything with TB. Better chance? Possibly.
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I don't think anybody is looking for a guarantee, but there is no way he could have given us a much worse chance that 15-51, 0 TD's, 4 INT's and it at least would have been trying something to see if you can't right the ship.
 
JacketDan said:
I don't think anybody is looking for a guarantee, but there is no way he could have given us a much worse chance that 15-51, 0 TD's, 4 INT's and it at least would have been trying something to see if you can't right the ship.
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You know what, Gailey could've taken Ball out and played Bennett in the second half of the UGA and ACCG games. Then if we had lost (which is just as likely in both games) people here would be jumping down Gailey's throat about how Reggie had improved the second half of the NCS and Miami games and that he didn't have the patience to stay with someone who had proven he could right himself when it counted.
 
cyclejacket said:
You know what, Gailey could've taken Ball out and played Bennett in the second half of the UGA and ACCG games. Then if we had lost (which is just as likely in both games) people here would be jumping down Gailey's throat about how Reggie had improved the second half of the NCS and Miami games and that he didn't have the patience to stay with someone who had proven he could right himself when it counted.
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Great and those people are idiots. It still doesn't make giving Bennett a few series to see what happens a bad idea.
 
I assumed that you watched the Gator Bowl. Who would be the better QB in WVU's offense, Reggie or Taylor? I'd take Reggie. White was MVP, and he is no better at throwing than Reggie.

The major difference in Nix's offense this year and Gailey's offense of the past 4 years was the attempt to stretch the field with the vertical passing game. Gailey is a more run oriented coach and had a more run oriented offense with PJ. The passing game was more ball control, not a vertical game.

Nix must be the only coach on the planet who believes that Reggie can throw the long ball consistently. He did at VT, did not against WF.

I agree that in Nix's offense, particularly as it emerged late in the season, Taylor should have been starting.

Under Gailey's offense, maybe not (although I will grant you that Gailey does not understand Div. 1-A offenses enough to install a WVU type offense).

Gailey's comments about Reggie are not as absurd as they seem if he is talking about his preference for the running game as opposed to what Nix was trying to do. If Nix was in control of the scheme and personnel selection, then this is a Nix issue, not a Gailey issue. Some HC's stay out of the way and let the assistants coach. I can't say if that was the case here or not.
 
1. White is a better passer than Reggie.
2. White is a crapload faster than Reggie.
 
3. White was pulled in games where injuries to his legs made it difficult for him to run.
 
Just one comment, I think Nix feels that the long ball was our best bet with Reggie because he couldn't move us down the field in small chunks. Not that he can throw it consistently, but that he can't throw the short/intermediate consistently either. So if you're going to be erratic, you're better off doing it on long passes as it's at worst more like a punt.
 
Nix apparently thought that the long ball was the best bet with Taylor too, and it worked in the first half. WVU had no idea what to expect, and did not take away the long pass in the first half.

At half time, WVU adjusted and took away the long pass. Taylor could not move the team in small chunks, either, as WVU shut us out. So if Reggie could not move the team in small chunks and Tayor can't either, it must not be a QB issue, which is what I have said all year.

We have passing game issues, and the list of reasons is long. Blaming them on Reggie is a vast over simplification. Reggie was far from the only problem, and Taylor--or any other QB--is far from the solution.
 
jacketup said:
Reggie could not move the team in small chunks
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Or big chunks. Or anywhere. With wee man in the lineup 60% of the valid passing lanes are not even available from the playbook because he can't throw over the middle. And his running is overrated, he is the slowest "running QB" I've ever seen and he wouldn't have to run if he could throw to a (gasp) tight end over the middle. Anyway, he's gone now no sense wasting bytes on him.
 
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