J’mar Smith is not the answer nor a rockstar! Bench him now

[Tech52]

He has had some bad drops. There were a few yesterday. I think one hit 31 dead in the chest and he just dropped it.

[Bulldog Tom]

Smith isn’t even in the top 100 Quarterbacks in the NCAA.

His rating of 120.3 puts him behind Jack Abraham, Mason Fine, Caleb Evans, Andre Nunez, AJ Erdley and many of the other QBs.

I think we can all agree that he is not a rockstar.

Now the question many of us ask is it because of the scheme or is ability or is it mental?

I think he might have flaws in all three areas, mostly he is not a D1 QB (ability).

[PawDawg]

All true (except that last thing that, literally no one ever said...though they were pretty bad at MSU)

Yeah, Holtz "literally" blamed the defense at half time and post game. His offense puts up 3 and he blamed the defense for that.

[johnnylightnin]

Yeah, Holtz "literally" blamed the defense at half time and post game. His offense puts up 3 and he blamed the defense for that.

Are you quoting my literally or are you using literally figuratively? Because you literally can’t do that.

[touchdown123]

Are you quoting my literally or are you using literally figuratively? Because you literally can’t do that.

Holy crap that just blew my mind

[HogDawg]

He has had a lot of drops. His RBs have been injured and his defense is really bad when that excuse is needed.

For every drop J'Mar's had in 2018, he's also had some incredible catches by his receivers to offset them.

[PawDawg]

For every drop J'Mar's had in 2018, he's also had some incredible catches by his receivers to offset them.

Don't you know, receivers are supposed to make the circus catches, but never miss one they can touch?

I get so tired of hearing about how much we missed Henderson as a receiver. He was good as a receiver. He also had more drops than any of our current receivers. Dropping passes is as much a part of the game as QBs not completing every open pattern.

Only excuse makers use dropped passes as a stat.

[Tech52]

Don't you know, receivers are supposed to make the circus catches, but never miss one they can touch?

I get so tired of hearing about how much we missed Henderson as a receiver. He was good as a receiver. He also had more drops than any of our current receivers. Dropping passes is as much a part of the game as QBs not completing every open pattern.

Only excuse makers use dropped passes as a stat.

When you complain about the poorly thrown balls, don’t ignore the well thrown ones that are coughed up. Both are an issue plaguing the offense.

[PawDawg]

When you complain about the poorly thrown balls, don’t ignore the well thrown ones that are coughed up. Both are an issue plaguing the offense.

Not true. There is only one "plague" on our offense.

[techman05]

Someone with more time than me should chart drops vs misfires. And TNWSS.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I honestly think Holtz is afraid J'mar will throw a hissy fit and transfer if he pulls him or sits him...

That's the ONLY thing that makes any sense

And if that's the case, the Skip maybe needs to head to the golf course for good -

[dawg80]

I honestly think Holtz is afraid J'mar will throw a hissy fit and transfer if he pulls him or sits him...

That's the ONLY thing that makes any sense

And if that's the case, the Skip maybe needs to head to the golf course for good -

That's a bigger indictment of Holtz than saying he's a mediocre coach. Wow! Afraid to lose a player?

I know y'all get tired of my reliving the past, so I'll keep it brief. I had a player who was the biggest prima donna, egotistical 13-yr-old you would've ever seen. But, he was an awesome athlete! Naturally, my ego and his had a hard time getting along. But I was the coach, in charge, and one day at practice I had had enough. So, I told him to go sit on the side and I would tell his parents when they came to get him, you are off the team. Good bye! Anyway, the next day he and his dad sheepishly approached me at practice. He apologized and after that, we got along royally. No more issues. Glad he stayed...he was a big part of our state championship run the following spring.

Holtz is supposed to be in charge of the team. That's it. And besides, if Holtz doesn't know it, we can assure him, J'Mar Smith would be no big loss. Good riddance.

[HogDawg]

When you complain about the poorly thrown balls, don’t ignore the well thrown ones that are coughed up. Both are an issue plaguing the offense.

Did you just TOTALLY MISS the point? (I guess you did.) Our outstanding 2018 receivers catch a lot more BAD PASSES from J'Mar (just look at this past weekend against Rice) than "good" passes that they drop. Keep up here.

[johnnylightnin]

I honestly think Holtz is afraid J'mar will throw a hissy fit and transfer if he pulls him or sits him...

Why in the world would he be scared of that?

That makes no sense to me. I’ve read a million times on this board that Elliot can do everything J’Mar can. Why would Holtz care? At this point, Allen can play every game remaining and keep his shirt.

[SicemDawgz]

I don’t think they can pattern Smith. He might throw a frozen rope, but he’s just as likely to lob it. He may over throw by 5 yards or under throw by 5 yards. Hell, he threw over one of the RB’s head on a swing route by 5 yards against Rice. That’s the easiest pass in football to throw.