Not sure what the wink is for. Probably potential in bed or something. Either way, I'm just pointing out that we don't know what the potential of Mansell OR Petras are yet and we know how bad Stanley can be so why just give him the job with no competition? Stanley needs to be WAY more consistent this next year and hopefully the offseason gives him a chance to work on thatI was referring to his potential.
My bad, Bledsoe, not Breese. Point being, Bledsoe was in his prime, no one saw Brady coming. They will play the best QB going forward.
I question whether you really evaluated those bad performances to come up with Stanley being the problem. Theres a lot more to it than that.
What will be different next year? We lose our best offense player and arguable our best offensive lineman
One can only wonder? Tell him to pray for surf huh? He is bored. Must win 50/50 balls sat.
One of the very worst offenses and passing offenses in the entire country - job should be up for grabs. Opposing teams didn't even fear or respect Iowa's passing game. They often loaded the box against the certain run and almost always guessed correctly.
So none of the returning players will make significant improvement? Is it not possible that Stanley gets in a comfort level with his young WR's and TE's that he didn't have last year, considering he wasn't named the starter until days before game one. Will our two young pups at tackle make solid strides? Will BF make strides as OC? I actually think we'll see significant improvement from next years offense, at least from a consistancy standpoint.
And yet Stanley still has a shot for the all time record for passing touchdowns in a season. Hmmmm........
because we passed WAY more often inside the 10 than any season I can recall.
he got beat out by a guy that had been around for a couple years, learned the system, and had plenty of reps with the team
There are no stupid questions....just stupid people asking questions.
Wow, it's as if you don't know anything about football. Sorry Twister, Dumb post. Teams don't load the box against the 'certain run' (whatever that is), how many they have in the box is dictated by our formations and their coverage. I've explained this numerous times, you must have missed it.
Of course there will be a position battle at QB! You WANT there to be competition. However, if Stanley doesn't take advantage of a seasons worth of starts to improve and build an insurmountable lead on the others .... then shame on him! Unlike all the others, he also has a full season of gamefilm on himself for self-scouting. He should be grading out higher than all the others while in drills and working the O.
107th out of 129 is not what I would call "fantastic". I would say "sucks". We must have different standards. 2 offensive linemen being replaced happens to all the teams. It is not an excuse. Iowa's passing game was a joke. Opposing teams did not respect it and rightfully so.
This may be true. The current offensive scheme will not utilize PM skills as a runner. He needs options plays and QB runs which are rarely run with our current offense. Saw him play as a high school QB and he is very good in this environment.
Stanley was 20th in TD passes and 44 in passing yds. I would call that pretty damn good. Your numbers really aren't that meaningful because there are other factors. A lot of teams (and a lot of bad ones) run spread offenses which culminate in a lot of passing yds. Some teams are behind a lot and forced to throw, once again producing inflated passing yards. Besides Wisconsin, what game were we in a situation where we had to throw to catch up? That would be NONE. Also, we typically run less plays than these 'hurry up' teams that results in less yardage period. Look at all the top passing yardage teams. Most weren't real good teams.
Iowa was ALWAYS behind on downs and 3rd and long. It went something like this - "1st down = run stuffed, 2nd down = run stuffed again, 3rd and long = pass and way too often followed by a punt". I think Stanley can become a great qb, just not there yet. His spot should be up for competition. Even more so, Brian F has failed as OC.
