O'B can't solve or AJ can't execute?

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O\'B can\'t solve or AJ can\'t execute?

I'm so disappointed. Is it that Coach O'B can't solve the Wake Forest defense? We needed to keep the ball from their O, as we couldn't stop them, & we just fizzled keeping the ball. 2 beautiful drives in 1st half, no 1st downs on other 3 possessions. Nothing to help our D at all in 2nd half. Only drive at all was the last one. 1st down calls were wonderful, getting 6,7,8 yds, & then we struggled mightily to try to come up with a 1st dn on 2nd & 3rd dn. WHY? Bad play calls? The call on 3 & 1, just short of the 50, when we ran a counter trap & handed off to the back 5 yds deep was ATROCIOUS. 3 man line with a LB stepping in, WHY NOT RUN A SNEAK for 1 yd rather than handing off 5 yds deep?
Was it Suggs' execution? The interception was a terrible pass into double coverage & he led receiver way too far. Can't execute a snap with 3+ mins to go? Final drive looking good until he crosses line & then throws. Next, way overthrows the very open receiver & finally, throws into triple coverage with a high pass. Should've been looking other side where 3 WRs were.
If anyone is keeping up with votes, I now say let Damarius start & let's see what happens.
 
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i agree.

bilbo will get lots of rep the next 10 days. he prolly will start. i will be disappointed if he doesnt. but that doesnt mean much.
 
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O'B's system just is not working with AJ. Whether it's the play calling or AJ's reads or whatever, it just ain't working. Let's see how O'Brien does with Bilbo. Let's see if Damarious makes as many mistakes. Maybe O'B's system won't work with anyone we have. Maybe O'B hasn't adjusted since he lost Godsey.
Btw, I know the game plan was to throw, but we had such huge holes on 1st down & then fizzled. WF had no fear of running the same play a coupla dozen times.
 
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You know...before the season, there were two schools in Ga with quarterback battles going on. At UGA, we kept hearing about a "QB controversy". I wondered why we didn't hear the same thing at Tech. Now I think I know why.

At UGA, they have two very talented QBs. Both of which can operate very well.

At Tech, while we thought we had two great QBs, the truth is we had two mediocre QBs. We didn't have a controversy because we had an unproven vet and a wild rookie. It was just the lesser of two evils.

I really hope this isn't construed as athlete bashing, but AJ has simply not progressed like he should have. I saw absolutely horrible decision-making today. Open receivers were not hit, and double covered receivers were thrown to. Timing routes were underthrown, or thrown behind.

I think it's time Gailey looks to the future, and concentrate on developing Bilbo. I really wish AJ could have lived up to the hype. I just don't think he's ready for big-time college ball.
 
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I'm sorry Culb, I just thought you called Bilbo a mediocre quarterback...?
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We really don't know how well Bilbo would do if he was handed the reins but we do know that AJ strangles on his on puke when the game is on the line. Against Clemson we had the ball on the Tigers 28 yard line 1st and ten with about two minutes to go and we all saw AJ throw into triple
coverage for an interception with out looking at
two open receivers. Results was that he gave the game away. Yesterday mr. Bilbo had the ball on our 31 yard line with 3rd and long and he looked
off the wake safety Caron Bracy and then turned to throw a strike to Watkins for a 69 yard TD.
AJ hasn't looked off a DB at any point this season. It is either his receiver is open or it is a wasted down or worse. We will not beat a good team with AJ under center. His brain seems to freeze when the pressure is on. Fullmer didn't
bench him for no reason.Remember, Tenn. turned to a freshman QB and used the rest of the season developing that young man. Now we see Tenn. with this same QB as one of the premier QB's in the nation. I think that we should do likewise with
young Bilbo.
 
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Big Buck, I agree. We've got to give the ball to Bilbo. He's the future of this team, and the future has to be now. The present starter can't get the job done. He overthrows, he chokes, and he makes stupid decisions. At least Bilbo can make big plays happen with his feet if he has to. Bilbo has to get the start at Maryland.
 
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We now know that the game cannot be put in A.J.s hands in the 4th qtr. He comes apart. We cannot afford to wait for A.J. to mature. He's a redshirt JR.

AT best it's a longshot that we make a bowl this season. The time has come to play Bilbo and develop him.
 
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I did say that Bilbo was mediocre...but that refers to his all-around game. He is by far the most talented we have, and has a great arm. But he's not as accurate as he needs to be(aka Vick) and his decision making skills need a lot of improvement. There's only one way that will happen, and that's to play him. He will become a Mike Vick type player given the opportunity.
 
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Culb

How in the world can you say that about Bilbo ?
I mean, how many snaps has he gotten, and you call him average (or whatever).....Come on....

Are you basing it on one interception ?

At least Bilbo seems able to correct his mistakes.

He has unlimited potential, and for all we know, he is there now...But he is FAR from average IMO
 
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I stand by my statement. He is an all around average QB. Godsey was a MUCH better QB, IMO. Godsey didn't have Bilbo's arm, speed, or talent. But he knew hos offense, and he knew the other team's defenses. He hit timing routes with perfection every time. He could zip it when he needed to, and touch it when needed.

Bilbo COULD be all those things...but he's not ready for superstardom yet.

-He hasn't thrown a touch pass yet. Even on 5 yarders, he's throwing fastballs.
-His reads are inconsistent.
-He panics under pressure, and has made a few quite bad decisions.

That said, I still think he's better than AJ at this point. AJ is all of the above, without the talent upside. And I will say that Bilbo has improved dramatically since his first game this season. But if you take the good with the bad, I think they begin to cancel each other out a bit, that's all.
 
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I agree.

We cannot call Bilbo better than mediocre at this time when he can't beat out Suggs.
 
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AJ is a non-playmaker and has been since pre-season(Vandy/Uconn).My biggest disappointment with CG has been his inflexibility to let Bilbo play and adjusting to the game conditions.WE were lucky against BYU without Bilbo playing.There has been only one insired play call this YEAR,that was the 3rd and 2 pass vs UNC and Suggs almost screwed that up.
 
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