Should Georgia Tech Fans Expect A Tandem At Quarterback In 2011?
by Winfield Featherston on Jul 12, 2011 9:31 AM EDT
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PrintIs Georgia Tech in a quarterback controversy? With suddenly two, maybe three, quarterbacks who are in some position to fight it out for the starting position in the Fall, Paul Johnson finds himself in a unique situation.
In Ken Sugiura's lastest entry in the AJC on Georgia Tech position breakdowns, he evaluates the quarterback situation. There's nothing really new to be found in the article, just laying the foundation for the fall.
Key fact: Coach Paul Johnson has made it clear that Washington is the starter going into fall camp. It could change once practice begins, but Washington did enough last season and in spring practice to maintain a lead on Days.
It's been discussed amongst my inner circle that no one would be surprised if we saw a tandem battery of Tevin Washington / Synjyn Days working together to win ballgames. Tevin with the better arm, Synjyn with the footspeed. (I don't know enough about Vad Lee so I won't speculate, but I am always naturally wary against freshmen). Splitting Tevin and Synjyn about 50/50 could work well for the Yellow Jackets. Washington can still run the ball; Tech did still finish first in the nation in rushing under him and is the better passer between the two players. Days, and is elusive running is something that we will surely need this upcoming season.It would be a shame to not play him in specific series this season. It will also keep the two players healthy, an added bonus.
Both players are assets to the Yellow Jackets with different specialties that do not conflict, rather these abilities will work together. As we near the 2011 season, and begin to eye the success we saw in 2008 and 2009, splitting sharing the quarterback position in 2011 should be an idea worth considering.
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by DressHerInWhiteAndGold on Jul 12, 2011 12:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Georgia Tech's biggest problem last season
was the fumbles. I don’t think rotating out quarterbacks will alleviate that problem. I’m probably biased because I’ve never been a fan of rotating quarterbacks. That’s the one position on the team that you really need continuity to have success.
If at the end of fall practice Tevin has not separated himself enough from Days, I expect that Tevin will play the first half against Western Carolina and Days play the second half. Depending on how the players played and practice, we could see the same theme against Middle Tennessee. At that point, I think that CPJ would have seen enough to be able declare who will be the starter and who will be be backup. If one player really distinguishes himself, he will naturally get most or all of the snaps. If the separation between the two is small I expect (hope?) that the backup will see a lot of playing time, maybe upwards to 35% of the snaps.
I tend to fall into the camp that thinks having one QB for passing and one QB for running just telegraphs to the defense what your going to do. So having multiple QB play is fine, as long as you let them play for at least an entire possession at a time. That said, in situations where it’s obvious you need to run or pass, the defense will presumably already be biased that way and changing out QB shouldn’t matter as much, if at all.
By the way, does anyone where Darryl Dickey stands in relation to Tevin and Days? The other QB on the roster are either also slotted for other positions or are true freshman and I don’t expect any of them to play at QB next year.
by Dive Keep and Pitch on Jul 12, 2011 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
hopefully
Vad Lee should be redshirted his freshman year… I ran into a guy from his hometown who said that Lee is beast to watch. Totally dominated in the NC state championship winning 40 something to zero and apparently he threw for over 300 yds ( not to sure exact maybe should look it up)… i cant wait to see the future and vad less…
Tandems can be good, we just gotta have set times for them to enter in the game… not just whenever CPJ feels like it. I think with this set it can be a very dangerous combination.
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by The_GT_LineageX11 on Jul 12, 2011 5:09 PM EDT reply actions
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