Techster
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Let me clarify something. There are different gradients of developing a "good quarterback". The system we run is going to develop a different QB than the system Baylor runs. The Baylor system is going to develop a different type of QB than the system Stanford runs. So on and so forth.
Just because our QB doesn't pass for 3,000+ yards with 30 TDs isn't going to make him a bad QB. Josh Nesbitt passed for just 1700 yards and didn't pass over a 50% completion and was still first team All-ACC and was a big cog in winning us an ACC Championship and BCS bowl birth. Eric Crouch didn't put up monster numbers passing when he won the Heisman. No one is going to say Josh was a bad QB in 2009 or Crouch was a bad QB when he won the Heisman.
So when I speak in terms of Vad not developing into a good QB in our system, I'm speaking to what Vad thought he came here for as a passer. Vad wasn't a great QB in our system, but he wasn't a bad one either (or not as bad as some on this board want to make it). Ultimately what Vad wanted and GT needed were two different things.
Just because our QB doesn't pass for 3,000+ yards with 30 TDs isn't going to make him a bad QB. Josh Nesbitt passed for just 1700 yards and didn't pass over a 50% completion and was still first team All-ACC and was a big cog in winning us an ACC Championship and BCS bowl birth. Eric Crouch didn't put up monster numbers passing when he won the Heisman. No one is going to say Josh was a bad QB in 2009 or Crouch was a bad QB when he won the Heisman.
So when I speak in terms of Vad not developing into a good QB in our system, I'm speaking to what Vad thought he came here for as a passer. Vad wasn't a great QB in our system, but he wasn't a bad one either (or not as bad as some on this board want to make it). Ultimately what Vad wanted and GT needed were two different things.