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AZGrizFan said:HelenaHandBasket said:My take with Cliff is that we all saw his ceiling during the regular season run. He regressed in the playoffs. I don't think you would see Cliff play better in the future, but you could see him play worse. I had heard even before Cliff went portaling, that the coaches were leaving the competition wide open because they believe the Ah Yat has a higher ceiling which would make the offense more dynamic. That said, all these people piling on Cliff need to STFU, the young man gave everything he had on that field.
Did he regress? Or did he do what everyone did when facing the top defenses? Using that logic, NDSU's, Delaware's and Furman's QB's ALSO all regressed in the playoffs...heck, even Gronowski "regressed" when playing the Griz, compared to his season #'s.
Both can be true at the same time. And seeing it isn't a dig at Cliff. The results of his tenure go without saying. Progression or regression aren't necessarily linear.