The problem is the coaches do not make the QB win the job, they just appoint the starter. Sometimes it seems they make these decisions based on what complaints are coming from this board. I hope not because none of us are qualified to make that decision, were at our best when we can bitch. Every year during fall you should have to prove your worth and ability. Zamberlin saying Blum is in because of intangibles and fire, thats the same as saying he is not as good but he is everyones best friend and a good cheer leader. What does that have to do with being the best player. What did he do during practice and how effective is he in leading the team, thats want I want to know. Not that he has fire, can he get the job done. Being everyones friend is not a prerequisite for playing football or sports in general. Every position should be filled by the best player every year. And you should have to prove this every year to earn the right to play.
Our defense did do a good job and offense did not, that was this game, it could change for the next. Every week will be different. What the coaches need to do is get behind the best players and show loyalty. I did not like the way the decision to sit Hill was handled, the way it was done made Hill the scapegoat for the entire season. I was told the decision to sit Hill was because he was pressing and trying to win games by himself, it was for his best interest to sit him. Then say that, when you make the change, not that Hill did something wrong. Hill did not allow 41 points a game for the season, he never missed one field goal, made one bad snap, or missed one tackle. He went out every week and gave the best he had with what he had to work with and never made one excuse for what happened. How did the coaching staff repay him, they used him as the excuse for our being the worst defense in Div. IAA football. All I hear from coach concerning his defense last year was they had injuries on the DLine, that was the problem. Did they fire the D coordinator for last year, no just made excuses. We did get rid of the O coordinator and blamed the QB when they spent some of the season without a fully effective Thomas, Taylor, and Burel, and were down to one RB at one time, we had no running game to speak of for about three or four games. I never heard the offense using that has an excuse for what was happening.
Plain and simple, I don't care who plays at any position as long as it is the player doing the best job in practice and in games. When I look at the stats from the scrimmages, compare that to what I observe during several practices, and I see the player who is not getting it done rewarded, that makes me worry. Play the best player and no one can with any credibility question your pick, but when you bring in the backup and he out plays the starter, and you look at the stats for the scrimmages and he was out performing the starter there to, not you are open for valid criticism.
