🏈 Jake Coker - Starting QB

[BamaFisher]

OMG who cares anymore. This one is good, that one sucks. Nick Saban makes millions to put the guy in who has the best chance of winning. Whoever he picks to trot out next Saturday, I'll support. If it's one, two, three, or ten guys...Roll Tide and beat Wisconsin.

 

[russb8903]

Meh, I've heard people calling for whoever our QB is to be benched at some point every single year. I operate under the assumption that 99% of our fans are stupid, and the more opinionated one are, the more confident I am he or she falls into that 99%. If they could make a star out of Sims, who statistically was bad on the road and not very good with the long ball, we'll be fine with whoever we end up with this year.

 

[uofarolltide]

If Jake Coker ends up lighting up the league, breaking passing records, winning a championship, and ends up as one of the top 3 QBs drafted, you all will look incredibly foolish.
In my opinion, he's capable of all of the above

 

[Tidestalker]

If Jake Coker ends up lighting up the league, breaking passing records, winning a championship, and ends up as one of the top 3 QBs drafted, you all will look incredibly foolish.
In my opinion, he's capable of all of the above

If an if was a fifth, we'd all be drunk...

"Potential" or "Capability" isn't worth yards, points, championships. He's just too slow in the head to break those records... Plus, #9 is in a Raider uniform.

I like that he's starting because he has the most reps with Kiffin. He should understand what he's supposed to do. But I have zero concerns about looking foolish when I say he's not going to be on the level of our other championship QB's... But I've got big E-Balls... It's a blessing and a curse. :bama2:

 

[Killer Instinct]

"We'll be ok, no matter who we trot out there..."

That's true, but therein lies the problem. We'll be ok, but when we line up against the best teams in the game ie Ohio State, we will get our shit pushed in again if we don't have a QB capable of winning a game. I'm not confident Coker can do that. Can he not lose one? Probably. But if a great team decides to shut down King Henry and forces the QB to beat them, I don't know if Coker can do it. I'm not sure any of the top three can. I'd be more confident in Cornwallis if he hadn't melted down or BB6 if he were ready but they are not an option. I guess time will tell if Coker or someone else can grow into that role.

We demand excellence from every other position but a game manager is ok at QB. What's wrong with demanding excellence there as well?

 

[NickelDoubleDog]

Put in Bateman! He provides the most speed of all the QBs, so Kiffin can run a zone read package, and it also allows Bateman to create with his legs if the protection breaks down.

 

[Barnabus Stinson]

If Jake Coker ends up lighting up the league, breaking passing records, winning a championship, and ends up as one of the top 3 QBs drafted, you all will look incredibly foolish.
In my opinion, he's capable of all of the above

And if he comes out, looks terrible and is benched by the Georgia game, you'll look foolish. See I can play that game as well.

 

[TheChief]

We'll all see next week. If we have more offense this year than last even, can we all agree Kiffin is a chalkboard-Einstein?

 

[CrimsonBoz]

Here we go with predictions, if he does well great if he doesn't next guy. It doesn't matter.

 

[Bravo Crimson]

Notice I said "at times." In his very limited action he made some really nice deep throws, a nice fade to Cooper in the endzone, and made some throws that Sims simply doesn't have the physical ability to make. Please don't make an ass of yourself - there's a reason that literally NO ONE was interested in Sims at the NFL level. Coker is a more physically gifted passer, plain and simple, and was last year.
I'm not hating on Sims. He had some unique abilities, and won the starting job fair & square, but he was probably one of the worst passing QBs we've had in a while, and could be completely ineffective and terrible at times

:bandhead:

 

[EasyTider]

I know a lot about the foosball, and all you need to know is 'Coker throws far'.

 

[Bama Guy]

Coker is a good athlete with a great arm. He is much too slow with the mental aspects of the game. His reads are slow, therefore his decisions are slow and his passes are late.

 

[T&B]

 

[EdfromT'town]

Here we go with predictions, if he does well great if he doesn't next guy. It doesn't matter.

Boz, would Coker have won the LSU game last year? Can he March us down the field under pressure?

 

[OldPlayer]

Just the fact that so many are hating on him in this thread, and I'm the only one saying that he's actually pretty good (aside from Saban), is exactly why I felt this thread was needed

I don't see a lot of hate. I see realistic assessment. He isn't perfect but he has a lot of talent and potential. The switch needs to go on. If Coker gets the nod, I have confidence that Kiffin will take advantage of his tools. I also know that he won't be perfect and we should be patient as he gets comfortable with managing the game as Saban wants.

 

[russb8903]

Boz, would Coker have won the LSU game last year? Can he March us down the field under pressure?

No one can possibly know that. Besides, that game isn't really a testament to Blake Sims abilities. He was terrible in that game except for that last drive. You could ask "would Coker have played decently and not have even needed those heroics?" The answer is the same as your question: no one can know until he actually plays.

 

[Snout Spout]

No one can possibly know that. Besides, that game isn't really a testament to Blake Sims abilities. He was terrible in that game except for that last drive. You could ask "would Coker have played decently and not have even needed those heroics?" The answer is the same as your question: no one can know until he actually plays.

I think last year's team would have benefited greatly from the use of the play cards. All that trouble we had of getting signals in on the road would probably have gone away.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

No one can possibly know that. Besides, that game isn't really a testament to Blake Sims abilities. He was terrible in that game except for that last drive. You could ask "would Coker have played decently and not have even needed those heroics?" The answer is the same as your question: no one can know until he actually plays.

And Coop dropped more balls in that game than the rest of the year combined

 

[It Takes Eleven]

No one can possibly know that. Besides, that game isn't really a testament to Blake Sims abilities. He was terrible in that game except for that last drive. You could ask "would Coker have played decently and not have even needed those heroics?" The answer is the same as your question: no one can know until he actually plays.

And AJ was horrible in the second half of the previous LSU game until the last drive. As to Sims' last drive that yielded the tying FG, it's amazing how that one played out. Cooper had a horrible drop, Howard had a great catch, stiff arm and run on that drive - and Blake's running converted an important first down.

You don't want to work on a thin margin, but being successful on the last drive is better than not being successful at all.

RTR,

Tim

 

[Bamadogg]

From what I've seen from Coker last year seems to be OK in game conditions with the exception of him being scared he's going to over throw the deep pass. He was unable to throw one to catch on the run without slowing down and waiting!