Let's run through each game - how would you have used Mike Wright?

[dawgstudent]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

 

[columbiadawg2]

Look, we are saving this for the Egg Bowl. 3rd and 1 at midfield and we bring on Wright. He fakes the handoff and begins to take the ball around the right side then he pulls up and hits a streaking Tulu who has snuck behind the safety for a 50 yard TD. We cut the lead to 38-20 with 4 minutes left.

 

[NawlBennyDawg]

Come on y'all, we all know he will continue to have packages in place for him.***

 

[GloryDawg]

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[Trojanbulldog19]

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That's what message boards are for. People in media and ad office read these boards too to see where fans are.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I would definitely use him if will looks off after three series. I also wouldn't just use him one play. That gets will end him both out of rhythm. Leave him in four or five plays and hsve him pass. If we get positive yardage definitely leave him in or if we get a big play. Run tempo up to the line same personnel. If we break a big run let him pass it next play. Defense will not expect that.
Subbing him in one play a series is infuriating. The qb spot is not like receiver

 

[hatfieldms]

It’s hard to say because we have no clue what he can do outside of a few runs. It is criminal that we haven’t seen more of him though

 

[Rupert Jenkins]

Listen folks, Barbay molds his offense around the best 11. Once he figures that out its on like Donkey Kong. These guys can't even decide who the 5 best OL are. I don't know who is running this show but it must be somebody from the Gov't

 

[Jacknut]

I just think the offense would function better with a run threat at QB. And let me edit to say that although Mike is a "package" guy, he's also the backup QB so he has to know all the plays as well. He needs the #1 reps in practice.

 

[HailStout]

I will take this all day. I know it’s Missouri.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Look, we are saving this for the Egg Bowl. 3rd and 1 at midfield and we bring on Wright. He fakes the handoff and begins to take the ball around the right side then he pulls up and hits a streaking Tulu who has snuck behind the safety for a 50 yard TD. We cut the lead to 38-20 with 4 minutes left.

You could have just said Poor Man’s Chris Relf and be done with it…

 

[POTUS]

It's pretty simple. In goal to go situations and any time we are ahead of the sticks, i.e., 2nd or 3rd and 3 or less. He should never come out in those situations. Ever. On 1st down, 2nd and more than 3, sure use Will. But Will is no threat at all in the short running game and our stubborn commitment handicapping ourselves in those critical situations is astonishing.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I will take this all day. I know it’s Missouri.

Mizzou is currently undefeated and playing well. I know that was last year. Mizzou ain't a scrub

 

[Ibdancin]

I will take this all day. I know it’s Missouri.

He wasn't good enough to keep the starting job.

They see him everyday in practice and even against this horrible defense, he is not producing enough to move the needle.


Why don;t we fix the actual problem that is resulting in the BS we are seeing on the field.

 

[CoastDawg18]

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He wasn't good enough to keep the starting job.

They see him everyday in practice and even against this horrible defense, he is not producing enough to move the needle.


Why don;t we fix the actual problem that is resulting in the BS we are seeing on the field.

Sadly, I think this is the situation. I have a friend in the athletic department. He goes to practices regularly. He said Mike is the most athletic guy on the field but he flat out cannot pass the ball. I agree he needs more snaps to use his legs, but I don’t think he is able to replace Will. The staff needs to get him more touches but he’s not an every down QB for us.

 

[Ibdancin]

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Sadly, I think this is the situation. I have a friend in the athletic department. He goes to practices regularly. He said Mike is the most athletic guy on the field but he flat out cannot pass the ball. I agree he needs more snaps to use his legs, but I don’t think he is able to replace Will. The staff needs to get him more touches but he’s not an every down QB for us.

They are asking more out of Rogers in the run game. He ran it well against Bama.

The issue is the scheme. It's effecting every aspect of this team. Not just Rogers. The OL is still lost in blocking. We are converting people to position they can not play, TE.

Now common sense would be that if the OL can not block it and you do not have the TEs for what you are wanting to do, don't do it. Change it. At South Carolina, we ran ar mixed with this and it was beautiful. We even put the OL in wide splits on AR concepts. It didn;t solve everything, but it allowed us to get into a groove and keep them off balance.

Vs Bama.... horrible game plan.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

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Sadly, I think this is the situation. I have a friend in the athletic department. He goes to practices regularly. He said Mike is the most athletic guy on the field but he flat out cannot pass the ball. I agree he needs more snaps to use his legs, but I don’t think he is able to replace Will. The staff needs to get him more touches but he’s not an every down QB for us.

I don't believe that. His stats say he can at least throw 57%. What's will percentage against lsu and bama? Good ole will is sitting at 59% now that he isn't throwing 3 yard passes anymore. That's including his good game against South Carolina and an fcs school. Still early he might improve. But I will say lsu and bama defense is not what they used to be. Other qbs have done well against them this year.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

They are asking more out of Rogers in the run game. He ran it well against Bama.

The issue is the scheme. It's effecting every aspect of this team. Not just Rogers. The OL is still lost in blocking. We are converting people to position they can not play, TE.

Now common sense would be that if the OL can not block it and you do not have the TEs for what you are wanting to do, don't do it. Change it. At South Carolina, we ran ar mixed with this and it was beautiful. We even put the OL in wide splits on AR concepts. It didn;t solve everything, but it allowed us to get into a groove and keep them off balance.

Vs Bama.... horrible game plan.

Our blocking was fine against bama accept a few missed blitz pickups

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

They are asking more out of Rogers in the run game. He ran it well against Bama.

The issue is the scheme. It's effecting every aspect of this team. Not just Rogers. The OL is still lost in blocking. We are converting people to position they can not play, TE.

Now common sense would be that if the OL can not block it and you do not have the TEs for what you are wanting to do, don't do it. Change it. At South Carolina, we ran ar mixed with this and it was beautiful. We even put the OL in wide splits on AR concepts. It didn;t solve everything, but it allowed us to get into a groove and keep them off balance.

Vs Bama.... horrible game plan.

Because the air raid has worked so well against bama for three years? Did you not see Tennessee torch usc east Saturday? Their defense is just barely better than ours. We scored more points again bama Saturday than we have in a while. I know they aren't as good this year. Their defense was just bad last year too. Now their offense is at that level.

 

[BamaDawg17]

I will take this all day. I know it’s Missouri.

We wish

 

[8dog]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

Give him 4-5 series and quit acting like he has never thrown a pass in the sec.

 

[Simmer]

Just let the man throw the ball

 

[thekimmer]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

Unless he can play defense it doesn't matter.

 

[Ibdancin]

Because the air raid has worked so well against bama for three years? Did you not see Tennessee torch usc east Saturday? Their defense is just barely better than ours. We scored more points again bama Saturday than we have in a while. I know they aren't as good this year. Their defense was just bad last year too. Now their offense is at that level.

It has nothing to do with it working well vs 1 team. We actually put up better numbers on the road last year vs a better bama team. WRs dropped passes for TDs etc... But that's not the point. This is a collection of misery from day 1.

Their defense last year was ranked 11th in the nation. That's not bad. They are ranked 35th this year.

 

[knock him out john]

I will take this all day. I know it’s Missouri.

FREE MIKE WRIGHT!

 

[columbiadawg2]

You could have just said Poor Man’s Chris Relf and be done with it…

I look at it differently. I view him as Chris Relf with extreme speed. You'd think some easy throw similar to the Pittman TD play (which Will almost missed) or the occasional shot downfield just so the D can't pin their ears back and fully sell out on the run might help for future usage.

 

[DerHntr]

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Sadly, I think this is the situation. I have a friend in the athletic department. He goes to practices regularly. He said Mike is the most athletic guy on the field but he flat out cannot pass the ball. I agree he needs more snaps to use his legs, but I don’t think he is able to replace Will. The staff needs to get him more touches but he’s not an every down QB for us.

If he is the most athletic guy on the field but can’t pass, then we are dumber than I thought. Our most athletic guy should have a spot on the field somewhere. I don’t care if he is the back up QB. Put him in the game. He has one year with us and we need to use him (I think it’s only one year of eligibility at least).

I think our biggest problem is our offense has no identity whatsoever, unless being lost is the identity. If we are lost and confused, then having an athletic QB in the game who can scramble is much more preferable.

 

[615dawg]

Someone on the shuttle Saturday night said if we bench Will Rogers it will hurt us with high school recruiting. The other person said who cares, hit the transfer portal every year.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Email this address. Bitching on message board has limited reach. If enough bulldog club and season ticket holders ***** to this email you will get heard.

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If our AD listens to fans about who should be playing QB and takes any action, including even a conversation, with ZA because of it, he should be fired.

 

[LordMcBuckethead]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

I would have used him starting in the second quarter of the Arizona game and only took him out for a breather.
We would have still only won 2 games, but I would feel like we had a shot to do better.

 

[GloryDawg]

If our AD listens to fans about who should be playing QB and takes any action, including even a conversation, with ZA because of it, he should be fired.

He should listen because if he loses the fans and we stop buying season tickets he should be fired.. He needs to have the ears of the fans. Fans count just as much as the coaches even more.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

He should listen because if he loses the fans and we stop buying season tickets he should be fired.. He needs to have the ears of the fans. Fans count just as much as the coaches even more.

That's not how you lead. If he did that I would want him gone. Set achievable goals, hold people accountable to those goals. Adjust if circumstances dictate. That being said, AD is leadership and political and somewhat beholding to big money donors, so it has to suck as a job.

 

[GloryDawg]

That's not how you lead. If he did that I would want him gone. Set achievable goals, hold people accountable to those goals. Adjust if circumstances dictate. That being said, AD is leadership and political and somewhat beholding to big money donors, so it has to suck as a job.

You are correct it's a tough position, but he is being paid more than 99% of the people in Mississippi. It is his job and sometimes he needs to have a heart-to-heart prayer meeting with the coach and explain how it is. You can find a new coach but once you lose the fans it is tough to get them back.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

I wouldn’t have used Wright at all until
SEC play. What he has been doing is so very simple, he didn’t need game reps. Now, if he was actually allowed to run the offense I would’ve used him from game one.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

SELA - I thought the approach was good.
Arizona - he actually went down with touches and it made me think what was going on. Arizona had 4 turnovers in the first half and we scored 14 points. We moved the ball well in the first but had a few possessions with no points. 2nd half was the struggle bus.
LSU - This is the time when I start thinking when Will has 3-4 bad series - you have to give him a chance to play. Very limited action but led us on a scoring drive.
South Carolina - Offense wasn't the issue but we could use him a lot more and actually let him throw the ball some where it's not obvious what he is doing. Again - I am wondering his usage.
Alabama - 3 rushes for 19 yards. He maybe played 5-6 downs.

At least one series per half. More, if it sparked something that was otherwise unsparked, and needed sparking...

 

[Darryl Steight]

You could have just said Poor Man’s Chris Relf and be done with it…

He looks more like Nick Fitzgerald than Chris Relf on those runs. Speed to burn.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

He looks more like Nick Fitzgerald than Chris Relf on those runs. Speed to burn.

Yeah. I made the Relf comparison mostly because some people seem to think of Will as Tyson Lee…