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<blockquote data-quote="InsideLB" data-source="post: 42951" data-attributes="member: 857"><p>IMO Vad was a very promising recruit for the offense who just didn't pan out for mental reasons. To his credit he came here, gave it a try, and decided he couldn't commit to it.</p><p></p><p>There seemed to be several reasons he didn't like it:</p><p></p><p>First, he struggled running the base offense. Maybe he would have improved his option reads with more reps but we'll never know. He's a guy who was used to lining up in the gun and adlibbing/playing a finesse game that was fine for HS where his moves and speed were overwhelming. He wasn't used to struggling or having to work at something really hard to get good at it. And given his other reasons he didn't like it (see below) I can see why he didn't stick around to try and get better at it.</p><p></p><p>Another reason was he didn't like the contact and was complaining about being beat up. First time I'd ever heard a PJ QB talk about that. Nesbitt craved contact and had a defensive player's mindset. Washington enjoyed running the ball a lot and while he wasn't out there trucking people the hits didn't seem to bother him. IMO Vad just didn't have a the toughness to get the tough yards that are essential to running our offense. He turned out to not be a QB you can call on for a lot of designed QB runs.</p><p></p><p>Finally, because he was struggling running the base and didn't like the contact of designed QB runs, he concluded he wanted to get back to being in the gun and mostly throwing or handing off.</p><p></p><p>In the end you can either credit Vad for seeing it wasn't going to work or fault him for not committing to make it work. Maybe it was a little bit of both in reality. Leaving was a tough decision and he struggled with it himself so it's going to be hard for us armchair QBs to say what the right move was. I don't think it was a mistake to recruit him though. He was a very reasonable recruit who mentally ended up not fitting either by choice or by underlying nature, or both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideLB, post: 42951, member: 857"] IMO Vad was a very promising recruit for the offense who just didn't pan out for mental reasons. To his credit he came here, gave it a try, and decided he couldn't commit to it. There seemed to be several reasons he didn't like it: First, he struggled running the base offense. Maybe he would have improved his option reads with more reps but we'll never know. He's a guy who was used to lining up in the gun and adlibbing/playing a finesse game that was fine for HS where his moves and speed were overwhelming. He wasn't used to struggling or having to work at something really hard to get good at it. And given his other reasons he didn't like it (see below) I can see why he didn't stick around to try and get better at it. Another reason was he didn't like the contact and was complaining about being beat up. First time I'd ever heard a PJ QB talk about that. Nesbitt craved contact and had a defensive player's mindset. Washington enjoyed running the ball a lot and while he wasn't out there trucking people the hits didn't seem to bother him. IMO Vad just didn't have a the toughness to get the tough yards that are essential to running our offense. He turned out to not be a QB you can call on for a lot of designed QB runs. Finally, because he was struggling running the base and didn't like the contact of designed QB runs, he concluded he wanted to get back to being in the gun and mostly throwing or handing off. In the end you can either credit Vad for seeing it wasn't going to work or fault him for not committing to make it work. Maybe it was a little bit of both in reality. Leaving was a tough decision and he struggled with it himself so it's going to be hard for us armchair QBs to say what the right move was. I don't think it was a mistake to recruit him though. He was a very reasonable recruit who mentally ended up not fitting either by choice or by underlying nature, or both. [/QUOTE]
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