The Case for an Improved Record in '12 with JJ

[GoldenEagle]

How will the OC(s) open up the offense and still reduce the probabilty of your QB getting hit way too often as he did last year? Is the griz offensive line capable of protecting him?

 

[ranco]

its much easier and sensible to just say that we had a run of bad luck in 12, a run of good luck in 13 and that j.j. is a better q.b. than s.s.h. and mckinney.

the run of bad luck probably kept us from being 7-4 or better in 12 and the good luck in 13 probably kept us from being 8-4 or worse.

Nope, it's much better to recognize that what really happened is that JJ played in '13 and didn't play in '12--and UM won 5 more games in '13. To the extent there was significant good or bad luck, the improved luck came with JJ at the helm and in large part as a result of him being at the helm and leading the team. It's really pretty simple, if you know anything about the game.

Wow, this statement shows a complete lack of understanding of the game. The fact is, the coaches directly cost us two games in 2012, which had nothing to do with who played qb. You also cannot hide from the fact that we got a few good bounces on 2013 that lead to some wins, that again, had nothing to do with JJ. I don't want to discount JJ's contribution because with him we certainly would have won more games in 2012, but you have to realize that one person doesn't control the outcome of the game.

 

[AZGrizFan]

its much easier and sensible to just say that we had a run of bad luck in 12, a run of good luck in 13 and that j.j. is a better q.b. than s.s.h. and mckinney.

the run of bad luck probably kept us from being 7-4 or better in 12 and the good luck in 13 probably kept us from being 8-4 or worse.

Nope, it's much better to recognize that what really happened is that JJ played in '13 and didn't play in '12--and UM won 5 more games in '13. To the extent there was significant good or bad luck, the improved luck came with JJ at the helm and in large part as a result of him being at the helm and leading the team. It's really pretty simple, if you know anything about the game.

Wow, this statement shows a complete lack of understanding of the game. The fact is, the coaches directly cost us two games in 2012, which had nothing to do with who played qb. You also cannot hide from the fact that we got a few good bounces on 2013 that lead to some wins, that again, had nothing to do with JJ. I don't want to discount JJ's contribution because with him we certainly would have won more games in 2012, but you have to realize that one person doesn't control the outcome of the game.

Those games may not have BEEN in question at the time of the coaching blunder had JJ been at the helm....THAT'S the point.