Coaching style re QBs

[blion72]

I have noticed that some coaches who have been high level QBs in college (i.e. Jeff Brohm, Steve Spurrier, etc), are not afraid to replace a QB that is having struggles, and still come back to the same player later. That is they treat the QB like any other spot - if you dont perform we put someone in who can perform. JF has had a tendency to not do this, but with the one exception last year when Will Levis briefly replaced SC. I recall Trace playing very injured v Iowa, and Tommy came in and bailed us out.....but later Trace came back limping. Trace scored a TD (surprise run) and as JF said you could have timed him with a sun dial - that is Trace was NOT in good shape.

I am sure rotating QBs vs staying with starter each have pros/cons. Would PSU improve if we put more edge on the competition between QBs, and pulled QB when not performing? Personally, I am on the fence on this, but some good coaches do not hesitate to pull starters.

What would have happened in the Rutgers game if Sean had not fallen funny and had another injury that forced him to the tent? Would he have continued to play and would the coaches kept him in the game?

 

[BW Lion]

Jeff Brohm was an accomplished intelligent QB. Franklin was neither at Delaware Water Gap U.

 

[Bvillebaron]

I have noticed that some coaches who have been high level QBs in college (i.e. Jeff Brohm, Steve Spurrier, etc), are not afraid to replace a QB that is having struggles, and still come back to the same player later. That is they treat the QB like any other spot - if you dont perform we put someone in who can perform. JF has had a tendency to not do this, but with the one exception last year when Will Levis briefly replaced SC. I recall Trace playing very injured v Iowa, and Tommy came in and bailed us out.....but later Trace came back limping. Trace scored a TD (surprise run) and as JF said you could have timed him with a sun dial - that is Trace was NOT in good shape.

I am sure rotating QBs vs staying with starter each have pros/cons. Would PSU improve if we put more edge on the competition between QBs, and pulled QB when not performing? Personally, I am on the fence on this, but some good coaches do not hesitate to pull starters.

What would have happened in the Rutgers game if Sean had not fallen funny and had another injury that forced him to the tent? Would he have continued to play and would the coaches kept him in the game?

I remember a coach who won 409 games who didn’t play yo yo with his QBs but what did he know about football?

 

[ManxomeLion]

I remember a coach who won 409 games who didn’t play yo yo with his QBs but what did he know about football?

Paterno didn't have to deal with the transfer portal.
Times have changed. A program is either going to have to play them or lose them, just can't see competent players wanting to and capable of playing sitting out entire season(s).

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

Paterno didn't have to deal with the transfer portal.
Times have changed. A program is either going to have to play them or lose them, just can't see competent players wanting to and capable of playing sitting out entire season(s).

True. Remember when Jeff Hostetler transferred? That was considered a traitorous act at the time. The college football version of high treason.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Paterno didn't have to deal with the transfer portal.
Times have changed. A program is either going to have to play them or lose them, just can't see competent players wanting to and capable of playing sitting out entire season(s).

Then you play the best one and let the other guys leave. It’s still the same game.

 

[BW Lion]

True. Remember when Jeff Hostetler transferred? That was considered a traitorous act at the time. The college football version of high treason.

Did I ever share the story about the time I lost a contact lens while at PSU and needed an optometrist?

I found an elderly gentlemen out in Bellefonte or Boalsburg who arranged to get me a new lens, but during my examination he proudly insisted that he was the one who informed JoePa that Hostetler had "depth perception" issues; hence the transfer.

My new lens arrived a couple weeks later. I picked it up and that's all I know.

 

[tml132]

Paterno didn't have to deal with the transfer portal.
Times have changed. A program is either going to have to play them or lose them, just can't see competent players wanting to and capable of playing sitting out entire season(s).

That’s true. Even take Michigan this season. They’ll pick a few possessions each game and take out McNamara and out in the 5* freshman. Note though, that it was this freshman who fumbled away the Michigan game against Michigan State.

 

[Bvillebaron]

That’s true. Even take Michigan this season. They’ll pick a few possessions each game and take out McNamara and out in the 5* freshman. Note though, that it was this freshman who fumbled away the Michigan game against Michigan State.

I didn’t see Day rotating Stroud out for a few possessions to appease Ewers and McCord. I guess his places more emphasis on winning than trying to make sure kids don’t leave. Then again Georgia rotated Fields in periodically his freshman year to obviously appease him and he left any way.

 

[tml132]

I didn’t see Day rotating Stroud out for a few possessions to appease Ewers and McCord. I guess his places more emphasis on winning than trying to make sure kids don’t leave. Then again Georgia rotated Fields in periodically his freshman year to obviously appease him and he left any way.

Fair points.