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<blockquote data-quote="jojatk" data-source="post: 621762" data-attributes="member: 2627"><p>George O'Leary and Ralph Friedgen, who I revere as one of the greatest offensive minds in football, had plenty of time to identify the starting QB after Joe Hamilton. He even had Goose Godsey on the roster for 2 years and wasn't 100% sure he was the guy. Goose barely beat out Andy Hall, who had also been on the roster for a year under Ralph. So even after having seen the two guys in practice for multiple years, Ralph Friedgen, an offensive genius, couldn't figure out for sure who would be the guy. And in our first game that year (UCF, since the BCA game was canceled), Godsey struggled and Hall came in to play but he struggled as well. And I think most of us will remember that 3rd & 18 play Goose completed to Jon Muyres and the rest, as they say, is history.</p><p></p><p>Going back a bit further we see Bobby Ross had all kinds of problems identifying a starting QB. His first year we went back and forth between Darrell Gast and Rick Strom. His second year he tried so hard to turn Lee Williamson into the guy but ended up going with Todd Rampley.</p><p></p><p>My point is that having multiple weeks of practice doesn't always tell you who the right guy is when the lights come on in the stadium and the guys lined up across from you are NOT your teammates. Sometimes you have to see how they react under game conditions before making that call. I think this criticism of our new coaches is a bit of a reach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jojatk, post: 621762, member: 2627"] George O'Leary and Ralph Friedgen, who I revere as one of the greatest offensive minds in football, had plenty of time to identify the starting QB after Joe Hamilton. He even had Goose Godsey on the roster for 2 years and wasn't 100% sure he was the guy. Goose barely beat out Andy Hall, who had also been on the roster for a year under Ralph. So even after having seen the two guys in practice for multiple years, Ralph Friedgen, an offensive genius, couldn't figure out for sure who would be the guy. And in our first game that year (UCF, since the BCA game was canceled), Godsey struggled and Hall came in to play but he struggled as well. And I think most of us will remember that 3rd & 18 play Goose completed to Jon Muyres and the rest, as they say, is history. Going back a bit further we see Bobby Ross had all kinds of problems identifying a starting QB. His first year we went back and forth between Darrell Gast and Rick Strom. His second year he tried so hard to turn Lee Williamson into the guy but ended up going with Todd Rampley. My point is that having multiple weeks of practice doesn't always tell you who the right guy is when the lights come on in the stadium and the guys lined up across from you are NOT your teammates. Sometimes you have to see how they react under game conditions before making that call. I think this criticism of our new coaches is a bit of a reach. [/QUOTE]
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