Are you serious? He won what? 4 games last year and 3 this year? And thats doing OK with you? I have nothing against Vedral. I think he was our best back up. But lets not turn him into a heisman candidate at Rutgers.
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Funny that it is mentioned quite often about coaches being wary of the fishbowl that is Nebraska football but on Severe and Benning they made some comments about the toll it takes on the players as well (I believe this may have been on this past Monday's program recapping the MN loss). They brought up Kenny Bell and Ameer, two players who were very popular and successful and did not have to endure the rollercoaster ride that players like TM and AM have had to. I guess Kenny and Ameer made some off the record comments to Severe as their Husker careers were wrapping up that while they loved the program they were more than ready to move on to the next chapter and get out from under the microscope that comes with being a Husker player.
So to answer your question I can see Adrian thinking that maybe he does want to see if the grass is greener elsewhere. By the end of this year he will already have many of the offensive and QB records in his name. If he is not generating NFL buzz he may feel his best opportunity to raise his stock is go to another program and get coached up by someone else. Despite his W-L record I am sure that other programs would take a chance on him.
So to answer your question I can see Adrian thinking that maybe he does want to see if the grass is greener elsewhere. By the end of this year he will already have many of the offensive and QB records in his name. If he is not generating NFL buzz he may feel his best opportunity to raise his stock is go to another program and get coached up by someone else. Despite his W-L record I am sure that other programs would take a chance on him.
I don't think it matters. Surely he has seen the writing on the wall, short of Adrian losing an entire appendage no other QB is going to see the field next year. Assuming Torres makes it to campus next year he will probably redshirt and rehab from his injury he suffered a couple of weeks ago and then he will likely be the golden boy for for the 2023 season. I feel for Smothers, if he is wise he will explore other options.
If you know that no matter what, no matter how badly the person in front of you plays, that they will never, ever see the bench for any extended period of time, why stay? The transfer portal makes it too easy to find somewhere else.
Frost has done more to crush our QB and RB futures than Callahan or Reilly ever did to the entire team. Add on his total failure with ST. We thought he was going to bring his A game here and he's done little to prove UCF's big year under him was anything but a fluke. It's a shame, too, because he's been a good recruiter. But these mind games he plays with the recruits is unhealthy.
OK, all recruits want to play. I get that. Sometimes they are not ready, sometimes the senior player is better for that position and sometimes the coach is making stupid decisions (see AM2 playing hurt). At this point, the only one I'll second guess on is Martinez as between the hit to the jaw and the wrapped ankle, it was obvious that he wasn't 100% last Saturday and Smothers should have been playing some of those series.
My suspicion, though, is that there are other players with similar back stories going on. Guess we'll find out via the transfer portal after the season is over.
Smothers should have started, show me a coach that doesn't trust backups and I will show you a lower. look at chatelins column today
If AM2 is allowed to come back and play next year. I'm not sure I will renew my season tickets. Frost needs to move on from him.
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!!! WHO HOO!!!
Frostee better start developing a QB.
If he's gone because he doesn't like the pressure, that's fine. Apparently a really good kid so we should wish him well.
The AM2 curse begins next year if he is run out of town. We won't have another good QB until a solution to lift the curse is found. BOOK IT!
