The QB situation
Hind sight is 20-20. Anyone who says they would have pulled Matt Moore before he fumbled the ball on the 3rd to last possession is talking out of hindsight. He had just lead the Beavers to 2 touchdowns and got the Beavers within 2 points of Arizona. Not to mention the Beavers had driven within field goal range. Matt Moore was 14-15 before the interception. If someone can give me a good, realistic reason as to why Gunderson should have played at all in the second half before that fumble I'm all ears. I thought we should have ran the ball a little more down the stretch, but I thought Matt had settled down and was going to lead us to victory in the 2nd half once again.
Chris Matthews obviously thinks Matt Moore should have been pulled. But yet gives no reasons why other than he had 6 ints. 3 of which came in the final 6 minutes of the game. Do you put Gundy in after the fumble? Does that really give you your best chance to win?
Riley, Erickson, and Poor Decisions
I think people are being a little irrational. The only argument for pulling Matt Moore I can see is if you do it in the first half. Second half, there was no point in the game where it made sense. He was playing too well until the last couple of minutes.
As for the future, I think that Gundy should get a series or two a game where he can get a little real game experience. Let's see how he can do. But for the Washington game I agree with leaving Matt Moore as the starter. Lightning doesn't strike twice, right?
For more rational thinking read Brooks Hatch today:
For those who think coaching is easy...
2 comments:
I totally agree. It makes me mad to see people in the stands to be booing Riley and Moore after a bad play, when, if they were making the decisions, it would probably be worse. It can't be easy being a college QB, or coach for that matter. Mistakes happen. All the players on the team wanted to win the game just as much as the fans.
I think that Matt Moore is a good quarterback, he just tries to force the ball into Hass and his other recivers to much. He needs to learn if the plays isn't therem don't try to make things happen. And just as Riley said of our current cornerbacks, 'The guys we have in give us the best chance to win'.
Jake
My biggest gripe with the people who want Gundy is this argument:
"He couldn't be any worse"
Really? Actually, I think he COULD be a lot worse. If Matt Moore didn't have a 75% completion rate in the Arizona game we would have been blown out.
That's just a bad argument.
I understand the feeling though. After the 3 TOs to finish the game I was pissed at Matt too and felt like he shouldn't start the next game. But then I let it sit a bit and decided that it's not time for a change yet. But I would have him on a shorter leash in the UW game.
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