a starting qb gets way more credit than deserved when things go well, and way more blame when things don't go well.
the fan favorite, unless you have a god at qb, is always the second string qb.
it is just how it is.
add in the bonus of having a qb whose father is the hc and the criticism goes nuclear.
here are the facts, whether some of you want to hear them or not:
cody has a great head for the game and he has all the intangibles you want in a qb. what he lacks, which should be obvious to everyone, is athleticism.
he can't beat you with his feet on most plays. he doesn't have the arm to bail the team out of trouble.
but, if he has time to throw, he is everything you want in a qb.
this is a team game. it was a team loss. had we had a great qb, CU *might* have won that game. cody made a few big errors, but the line got abused all day and the fsu coverage was generally great.
what everyone wants is a superman at qb. but, like most d-1 teams, we do not have a superman at qb. we have a guy with excellent intangibles and very average physical ability. teams that have more bodies can win a lot of games with a guy like cody. we don't have the line or the receivers to do that yet. so, deal with it.
throwing all this vitriol at a college soph who has done nothing but give his all for CU is effing wrong.
now then, on to the nepotism bullpucks... dan hawkins is an ambitious, highly compensated, and very competitive guy. he is driven. if you think he'd play cody ahead of a more talented guy, you are freaking insane. and, you've never been around high level coaches. they want to win. hawk would play satan at qb ahead of cody if he thought he'd give him a better chance to win and if they could keep satan eligible.
finally, keep in mind that our Buffs were *this close* to landing landry jones at qb. hawkins WANTS the best qb he can get in here. the staff just hasn't landed the big bluechip qb yet. it is coming, i suspect. i don't know if hansen or ballenger are the long term answer yet, but i know for damned sure they aren't the answer now. not with this team and this schedule... if either of those guys were ready, they'd play. neither seriously challenged cody at all.
so, we play the cards we are dealt. we can win a lot of games with this guy. but, if he can't put on superman's cape and pull our arses from the fire whenever we need it, let's not decide he has no value. that isn't fair.
/end of lecture
the fan favorite, unless you have a god at qb, is always the second string qb.
it is just how it is.
add in the bonus of having a qb whose father is the hc and the criticism goes nuclear.
here are the facts, whether some of you want to hear them or not:
cody has a great head for the game and he has all the intangibles you want in a qb. what he lacks, which should be obvious to everyone, is athleticism.
he can't beat you with his feet on most plays. he doesn't have the arm to bail the team out of trouble.
but, if he has time to throw, he is everything you want in a qb.
this is a team game. it was a team loss. had we had a great qb, CU *might* have won that game. cody made a few big errors, but the line got abused all day and the fsu coverage was generally great.
what everyone wants is a superman at qb. but, like most d-1 teams, we do not have a superman at qb. we have a guy with excellent intangibles and very average physical ability. teams that have more bodies can win a lot of games with a guy like cody. we don't have the line or the receivers to do that yet. so, deal with it.
throwing all this vitriol at a college soph who has done nothing but give his all for CU is effing wrong.
now then, on to the nepotism bullpucks... dan hawkins is an ambitious, highly compensated, and very competitive guy. he is driven. if you think he'd play cody ahead of a more talented guy, you are freaking insane. and, you've never been around high level coaches. they want to win. hawk would play satan at qb ahead of cody if he thought he'd give him a better chance to win and if they could keep satan eligible.
finally, keep in mind that our Buffs were *this close* to landing landry jones at qb. hawkins WANTS the best qb he can get in here. the staff just hasn't landed the big bluechip qb yet. it is coming, i suspect. i don't know if hansen or ballenger are the long term answer yet, but i know for damned sure they aren't the answer now. not with this team and this schedule... if either of those guys were ready, they'd play. neither seriously challenged cody at all.
so, we play the cards we are dealt. we can win a lot of games with this guy. but, if he can't put on superman's cape and pull our arses from the fire whenever we need it, let's not decide he has no value. that isn't fair.
/end of lecture