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How much of Ramsey's progress really has to do with Spurrier?


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At the start of the season we were hailing Spurrier for seemingly getting Ramsey way ahead of the curve in preperation. However after 8 full games, Ramsey's ability seems to be the only positive aspect, and that is something he surely already posessed. I am not sure how Spurrier can be considered a QB guru when for 4 straight games he has stood on the sideline and watched Ramsey get killed, yet refuse to modify anything to help keep Ramsey on his feet.

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it seems to me as though some around here have run out of guys to blame, so Patrick is their last resort. To criticize Patrick Ramsey or to say that the guy is worse than last season is absolutely disgusting. I suppose we'd be better off with Rob Johnson or Tim Hasselbeck in there.........give me an f'n break and reconsider what you've said.

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I don't think Ramsey is any of those negative things, and I didn't even start this thread to make it a Ramsey: Hero or Zero? thread. I just posed the question: Is Ramsey where is in terms of skill because of Spurrier's guidence, or has it been pretty much because he just has the natural raw talent and people might have overrated Spurrier's role in Ramsey's growth.

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Originally posted by Canadian Hog

it seems to me as though some around here have run out of guys to blame, so Patrick is their last resort. To criticize Patrick Ramsey or to say that the guy is worse than last season is absolutely disgusting. I suppose we'd be better off with Rob Johnson or Tim Hasselbeck in there.........give me an f'n break and reconsider what you've said.

Yep... wouldn't surprise me if these fans run Ramsey out of Washington and he ends up being a perrenial Pro Bowler somewhere else. I even read on the board somewhere today where someone said Hasselbeck should be the starting QB next week. :rolleyes:

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I watch the recap of the Sunday action every week and marvel at the time afforded to almost all the other QBs around the league.

If PR had that time he would munch on defenses. Jeez he had a 89 rating in this game with less than no time to throw ...

Time just aint on our side ...

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Originally posted by airSkins96

maybe PR is not as good as we thought?

I tried to warn people around here that run and shoot high school QBs with lots of yardage and low efficiency ratings had no record of in becoming a good Spurrier QB at UF. Every time there was an open battle the high efficiency guy won. Spurrier NEVER made a low efficiency QB into a better decision maker at UF, what he did was turn good decision makers in to tremendously productive QBs.

So I had my doubts when the owner went out and picked the QB for his new coach. Signed a backup the coach did not want. Then cut the QB the coach wanted around.

Certainly Ramsey could use better protection. There is not excuse for those very expensive tackles failing to pick up blitzes. On other teams when RBs fail to pick up blitzing safties, it is the fault of RB and they get benched. For some reason when Skins RBs fail to pick up the blitz, it is somehow a protection scheme problem.

UF QB's were blitzed too. They often made those who blitz pay by throwing to a checkoff receiver and beating the man coverage deep. Those options or at least one of them must be available at this level too?

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