Westin Elliott - Redshirt?

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Originally Posted by PawDawg

Our coach talked about replacing defensive players, but has never talked about replacing offensive players.

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B/c he has his head up his ass. Just like he was the only person that thought Craft was better than Scott, he is the only one who still J/Mar is a Rockstar. At this point, I just want to try someone different. If he is the best we have, then they have failed to recruit a QB to Ruston. Our starter is NOT a D1 starting QB. Yes, he has a cannon of an arm, but he his inaccuracy is huge. I just don't understand why we don't try someone different. The defense was on the field the majority of the game. They are TIRED.

I'm convinced our coach is content and he has no pressure whatsoever to take the program up a notch. Receiving a Gatorade bath after the 6th win of the season says it all. Especially after barely beating a terrible team to do it. We act like we have never been to a bowl before.

Rooster, I looked at my wife and said, “we are a junior high team at best.” We became bowl eligible and ended FAU’s home win streak, and that was a huge accomplishment for this team. If any of us was expected to complete 8 or more work assignments per year and regularly aimed for 6 we would all be fired.

Well, now Elliott can play in the last 4 games we have and still redshirt for this year. I don't know if this was the plan or not but it looks like it could work if that is what the coaches have been after. We'll see.

I don’t know what good all this Elliott talk will do. First off Holtz repeatedly dubbed J’Mar a rock star and has defended him all season so far. Everyone else has taken a turn at being at fault for the team not being better, but not so much #8. I’ve thought several times to watch practice to see if Elliott even gets an rep time. I can’t say but I seriously doubt it. I mean as bad as J’Mar is he needs as much practice time as is allowed.

Maybe just maybe all this redshirt talk is legit and Elliott is a really good QB and we’ll see him take over as the game count gets right... my fingers are crossed because I’m sick of how horrible J’Mar is.

JMar hasnt been called that since last year. Probably for good reason.

I’m almost certain Holtz called him a rock star as this season began.

1. Keeping J'Mar has QB next game is an act of greed. Somehow we won 6 games so far. Skip better not think he doesn't require a change.

2. I have blind hope Skip intends to play or start Elliot. Otherwise why would Westin not have played last night? No way we will have scrap time in each of the last 4 games. So he could have played Westin last night with 0 risk of losing the shirt.

4 minutes is not the answer for any of them but JMar!

The only reason I can see that Skip left Smith in the game last night is that he was hoping he would get hurt and he could replace him without losing face.

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Originally Posted by Houston Techsan

The only reason I can see that Skip left Smith in the game last night is that he was hoping he would get hurt and he could replace him without losing face.

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Glad you said that, and not me.

But, the only way Smith gets hurt is tripping getting off the bus.

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Originally Posted by dawg80

But, the only way Smith gets hurt is tripping getting off the bus.

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.......or maybe when he does that stupid "slide" again. :laugh:

You know the one I'm talking about, right? It's the same slide he did last night on 3rd down when he slid one yard short of a much needed 1st down. Instead of lowering his head and fighting for the first down, he put himself FIRST again, and said "to hell with everybody else, I'm sliding".

Skip's postgame comments were concerning to me. He expressed disappointment about the defense several times, rightfully so. But he hardly touched the "elephant in the room" which is our offense. Seems like he's almost dismissive of any scrutiny regarding the strategy or personnel. I hope it isn't because he is in charge of the offense but it certainly seemed like he was being defensive (no pun intended). Last night was the ideal time to play the backup qb for an extended period of time with the starters. I mean, the game was out of reach by halftime. It was beyond weird to me that Skip kept trotting J'Mar out there well after the outcome was not in doubt. Something ain't right about this deal, I will concede that point.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

.......or maybe when he does that stupid "slide" again. :laugh:

You know the one I'm talking about, right? It's the same slide he did last night on 3rd down when he slid one yard short of a much needed 1st down. Instead of lowering his head and fighting for the first down, he put himself FIRST again, and said "to hell with everybody else, I'm sliding".

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I just saw 100-year-old Drew Brees sacrifice his body diving for an extra much needed yard.

Who dat

Who Dat indeed!