Morris=Gardner

Morris has to be the starter from here on out.  And he can be much better than Gardner.  He throws with authority.  It would be nice if receivers would catch something for him though.  Morris is a sophomore who is going to have growing pains.  Gardner is what he is always going to be.  We have scored 0 touchdowns against major conference opponents with DG as quarterback, and you guys are seriously complaining about putting Morris in?  There is hope with Morris, and none with Devin.

Reminds me of an old ball player, you live on his glory, you keep waiting for him to recapture it, but it's not going to happen. To me Gardner looks destroyed, mentally confused, hesitant, just awful. He hasn't thrown more than 5 good balls all season. Shane hasn't looked the part either and really I don't trust the coaches on any of their evaluations, I just think you give Shane the start next week, he may not be better, but Gardner looks washed up, I mean his throwing motion is embarrassing, the coaches already have no faith in him by the play calls, either let devin be devin, or let's see what Shane can do before next season.

Yeah they both look awful. Nice kids, not great quarterbacks and I'm really not trying to be a jerk. It's sad, makes you wonder, what the hell do these guys do all week? For the time spent practicing this team looks awful, pretty much in every way. Even jake Ryan was missing tackles today.

MSU's offense looked similarly horrible last year until they found their QB, then they took off. Their offensive staff didn't magically get better, it just turned out they had the wrong QB under center. Shane may not be ready to take the offense any further, but for where this team is, we need to see what he has....but here's the conundrum: We have coach who is under "win now" pressure, but his team's most talented players (on both sides of the ball) simply aren't ready to help the team do so. So unless Gardner magically improves, we're fucked either way.

We have yet to see DG improve at all. Seriously. Two coordinators can't fix him. QB coach to the stars out west can't fix him. Call a spade a spade. Give someone else a shot. Give them the time to improve. Shane hasn't had a fair shake. Don't throw him under the bus just yet. Devin on the other hand? Plenty of chances.

With what Morris has shown thus far, I'm less than impressed. However, if they're going to make a change, they need to do it now. No more fucking around. Make a decision and stick with it. If he sucks, he sucks, but let him finish out the season. Then at least you can say you're building for a future (via giving the young QB experience). If he does suck, have an all-out QB battle starting right away in the spring (an actual battle, not that bullshit they had in the spring and fall). No going back to the other guy unless there's an injury. I don't know if I can really trust this coaching staff to make such a big-balls decision when they've been running around waiting for their nuts to drop for the last 2-3 years.

can we put in Wilton? Can't be worse than the ATM's (Automatic Turnover Machines) we've got under center now.

He has one start as a QB. yes, he's thrown plenty of INTs, but he's also been put in weird situations and he's still learning. He's a sophomore, after all. The guy threw a couple real neice passes against Miami (that weren't caught), and tonight he showed decisiveness and great arm strength, he just had a couple balls sail on him a little bit. He was probably nervous and trying too hard. 

But to evaluate him based on what we've seen so far is not fair at all. 

Loving the hypocrisy of people on the board demanding Morris to be put in even though he was a trainwreck with turnovers, yet they crucified Bellomy two years ago for the same stuff. Put in Bellomy! 

 . . . that we actually have a quarterback controversy between a sophmore and a 5th year senior wearing Tom Harmon's number on his jersey.

I gotta say, I'd write this season off. Start Morris, slog through the growing pains and get him ready for next season so at least there's one somewhat experienced option.

 

Personally, I'd give Morris a try.  Gardner seems broken while Morris has limited experience.  It could be Morris grows with experience.  It doesn't seem like Gardner will un-break.  Everyone is entitled to their opinions on who should play QB, but to the guy in section 16 seating somewhere in the high 30s row who was rooting for Gardner to get hurt so he could see Morris -- Fuck you.

Gardner can't be put out there anymore, he is a wreck. Those who are staying, "Morris won't be any better," need to rethink. Gardner is done, unless we go to a spread offense, you CANNOT put him back out there, his mechanics are embarrassing, I'm sorry Devin is a great guy, but I don't think he has thrown 5 good passes all year, even his completions are behind or way in front of the receivers. I think Shane could get better with each snap.