Speight vs Peters: Final Spring Practice

Of course. For all I know, that's exactly what is going to happen. My point in all of this is that your average fan should not convince himself one way of the other because we have essentially no information on the backup. The only thing we know about Peters is that he is not Speight. This leads to the blind belief that he must be better than the starter because we know the starter has weaknesses and we don't know that the backup does yet. I'm not making an argument for why Speight should start, I'm making an argument for why no one should believe Peters should.

It should also be noted that replacing a starter with a guy who has never played is pretty rare and is, in almost all cases, a referendum on the starter's poor play rather than the backup's qualities -- because until he is in a game, the backup's qualities are unknown. We talk about Luck, but it's easy to take a chance on the backup when the starter was a 50% passer with more INT than TD and a losing record. Kaepernick didn't start until Smith got hurt. Brady didn't start until Bledsoe got hurt. Young never started until Montana was traded. Day Prescott didn't start until Romo got hurt. And on and on and on. When the starter is established, he is almost never passed by because the backup has no real opportunity to show his chops in a game, and coaches have jobs that they'd like to hold onto.

and you can do it at any position. Actually, when a coach takes over its practice that allows him to decide who his starters are. However, when you have two who are very close, especially at qb, and this is where you want someone like Harbaugh, you have to be careful. Not about making the right decision. He'll do that. You could use O'korn as an example of a heraled recruit. He was offensive freshman of the year at Houston. It's not the SEC, but it sure in the hell is a lot higher than any high school competition you'll face. It was the perfect system for him. They ran the run and shoot where reading the defense is limited basically to counting the number in the bos. 5 or less, hand if off. Almost all the plays are decided after the snap and its dependent upon how the receivers are covered. Their routes are automatic depending on the coverage and the qb knows where each is going. Tough system to stop. But when Hermann showed up, well you understand what's needed in a spread offense that depends on the run. He and Wilton each studines and learned under Wilton for a year and no reason not to believe Harbaugh, he said it was close, but thats a lot of offense to forget and a lot to pick up. 

Damn, I was pissed my junior year of high school. I was pulled up half way through the season to back up a senior so naturally thought I'd be starting the next year. I really didn't want to be pulled up to play maybe a quarter of a game when I could have played the entire game on the j.v. The guy he chose was a good athlete, good RB, but not a qb. Had no feel for the game. I asked one of the seniors that had graduated and he said he was told by the coach, "I'll never have a captain that's not a senior." I was life wtf, but he had this thing about his qb and a lber being captains. I know. Made no sense to me either. I don't know if he read my mind, but game number three was it for me. I had outplayed him in every way imaginable and a lot of the team was getting pissed. I wasn't going to be an ass. Just shake his hand and wish him good luck. But just before the seond half kick-off he called my name, talked to the other guy for awhile and after about 5 minutes sent him in at RB. And that's the way it stayed. I became a coach. I understand the leadership needed from upperclassmen. I don't understand starting a player inferior at a certain position. He was a much better RB and defensive player than I was. 

So yes Strength, I can't imagine a better trio that Haraugh, Drevno and Pep to assess where your qbs are. Hell, I trust Harbaugh to know who's better at most postions through nothing but feedback from his coaches and watching the players. The man knows the game.

 

and you can do it at any position. Actually, when a coach takes over its practice that allows him to decide who his starters are. However, when you have two who are very close, especially at qb, and this is where you want someone like Harbaugh, you have to be careful. Not about making the right decision. He'll do that. You could use O'korn as an example of a heraled recruit. He was offensive freshman of the year at Houston. It's not the SEC, but it sure in the hell is a lot higher than any high school competition you'll face. It was the perfect system for him. They ran the run and shoot where reading the defense is limited basically to counting the number in the bos. 5 or less, hand if off. Almost all the plays are decided after the snap and its dependent upon how the receivers are covered. Their routes are automatic depending on the coverage and the qb knows where each is going. Tough system to stop. But when Hermann showed up, well you understand what's needed in a spread offense that depends on the run. He and Wilton each studines and learned under Wilton for a year and no reason not to believe Harbaugh, he said it was close, but thats a lot of offense to forget and a lot to pick up. 

Damn, I was pissed my junior year of high school. I was pulled up half way through the season to back up a senior so naturally thought I'd be starting the next year. I really didn't want to be pulled up to play maybe a quarter of a game when I could have played the entire game on the j.v. The guy he chose was a good athlete, good RB, but not a qb. Had no feel for the game. I asked one of the seniors that had graduated and he said he was told by the coach, "I'll never have a captain that's not a senior." I was life wtf, but he had this thing about his qb and a lber being captains. I know. Made no sense to me either. I don't know if he read my mind, but game number three was it for me. I had outplayed him in every way imaginable and a lot of the team was getting pissed. I wasn't going to be an ass. Just shake his hand and wish him good luck. But just before the seond half kick-off he called my name, talked to the other guy for awhile and after about 5 minutes sent him in at RB. And that's the way it stayed. I became a coach. I understand the leadership needed from upperclassmen. I don't understand starting a player inferior at a certain position. He was a much better RB and defensive player than I was. 

So yes Strength, I can't imagine a better trio that Haraugh, Drevno and Pep to assess where your qbs are. Hell, I trust Harbaugh to know who's better at most postions through nothing but feedback from his coaches and watching the players. The man knows the game.