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ANYTHING SPRING FOOTBALL!!

I agree JB, jumping that many spots is unrealistic. It was more of a, If our QB sucks how are we gonna win, kinda statement. I do hope we can be the best defense in the big 12 next year. maybe that's asking too much, but hey, I'm hoping for big things. 10 wins is my goal.

 
North Texas Golfer said:
I will be shocked if Buechele ever sees the field at all next fall. 
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I wouldn't. He has the most experience in this offense and he's best passer coming out of high school. If Swoopes and Heard have their troubles, I can see Gilbert playing Buechele.

Shane Buechele and the Lamar offense

The fact that Lamar failed to reach the quarterfinals with this offense is a testament to how incredibly loaded 6A Division II is for Texas HS football. Their offense was very Baylor-esque in the way that it was designed to put extreme spread stress on every area of the field.

http://insidetexas.com/inside-the-gameplan-who-is-shane-buechele/

 
Tyrone Swoopes figures to get the first starter's snap of the Spring based on simple seniority as well as the tantalizing prospect of sixty-yard rockets rifled by a guy with a legit NFL arm. Turning a courtesy starter's designation into a legitimate hold on the job will depend less on those sixty-yard rockets and more on the six inches between his ears. I don't envy Gilbert's evaluative task here. Even if Swoopes demonstrates a command of the playbook and solid post-snap decision making, he's got a demonstrated history of straight-up vapor lock under live fire. Can you afford to be seduced by pretty throws in practice and then spend six months with the prospect of a psychologically crushing Notre Dame redux - against Notre Dame, no less - hanging over the program like the Sword of Damocles?

Jerrod Heard's dynamism with the ball in his hands is undeniable, and he could manage the kind of RGIII Read Option impression that could supercharge the Longhorn rushing attack. But his frame raises some significant durability questions if he's to be a major ground game feature, and he offers even fewer definitive answers in the passing game. No stranger to vapor lock himself, Heard has thusfar demonstrated next to none of the quick post-snap decision making that makes an RPO-heavy offense click. And while he throws a solid enough deep ball to keep the vertical elements of the offense threatening despite so-so arm strength, his fundamental inaccuracy on cake-and-candy wide receiver screens could be an instant disqualifier if he hasn't made major offseason strides there.

Kai Locksley is a toolsy dude whose coaching pedigree and passing camp performances could mean that he's more of an immediately functional passer than his run-first, run-second high school offense would suggest. Imagining that his repeatable accuracy, command of the offense and post-snap decision making up to snuff requires...well, plenty of imagination as opposed to anything we've seen on the field as yet, though offseason reports do suggest that he's been busting his *** to improve in all areas. [H]ow much time do you give a guy if he looks like he's behind the curve in some crucial areas when you're divvying reps five ways?

The biggest red flag for Matthew Merrick - aside from youth and lack of experience in the system, of course - is the unsightly total of 29 interceptions that he amassed across his junior and senior seasons at Cistercian. Right now, there's no good reason to assume that Gilbert won't have a high degree of autonomy in driving all aspects of the QB competition. If one out of every ten of Merrick's scrimmage throws are touching a defender's hands, though, it's easy to imagine Charlie exercising a hard veto.

[T]he fact that Shane Buechele probably walked onto the Forty as the program's most functionally accurate passer could carry some real weight for an offense that will break down in a hurry if receivers have to break out Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatics to haul in simple screens and stop routes. Unfortunately, Buechele will probably break in a hurry if he can't carry some real weight by the Fall. He'll benefit from his first spring/summer with a full weightlifting regimen (he'd been a baseballer as well throughout high school) and his experience with similar offensive concepts should serve him well. But even if he adds good weight, the weight of an entire program is a lot to put on a true freshman's shoulders.

http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2016/3/7/11174832/texas-longhorns-football-spring-offense-

 
primal defense said:
I wouldn't. He has the most experience in this offense and he's best passer coming out of high school. If Swoopes and Heard have their troubles, I can see Gilbert playing Buechele.

Shane Buechele and the Lamar offense

The fact that Lamar failed to reach the quarterfinals with this offense is a testament to how incredibly loaded 6A Division II is for Texas HS football. Their offense was very Baylor-esque in the way that it was designed to put extreme spread stress on every area of the field.

http://insidetexas.com/inside-the-gameplan-who-is-shane-buechele/
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Agree.

 
From a Poster in HD:

J. Heard "is still very young and raw. VY's RS Fr. year stats are anything but impressive, and heck his sophomore passing stats aren't really anything impressive either. VY did have two things on Heard though: better rushing stats and a much better team.

I want the best quarterback to win the job this season no matter who it is. But ask TCU fans and they'll agree, sometimes a great talent is on your team and looks like hot garbage. Just needs some time. We know how bad Boykin was. People wanted VY to move to receiver too.

I don't know that Heard will ever grasp "IT", but I think it's silly for anyone to act like he definitely won't because of his freshman year.

2003 VY passing: Cmp: 84 Att: 143 Yds: 1155 Pct: 58.7 Y/A: 8.1 TD: 6 INT: 7 Rtg: 130.6

2015 JH passing: Cmp: 92 Att: 159 Yds: 1214 Pct: 57.9 Y/A: 7.6 TD: 5 INT: 5 Rtg: 126.1"

 
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TeamMayhall said:
From a Poster in HD:

J. Heard "is still very young and raw. VY's RS Fr. year stats are anything but impressive, and heck his sophomore passing stats aren't really anything impressive either. VY did have two things on Heard though: better rushing stats and a much better team.

I want the best quarterback to win the job this season no matter who it is. But ask TCU fans and they'll agree, sometimes a great talent is on your team and looks like hot garbage. Just needs some time. We know how bad Boykin was. People wanted VY to move to receiver too.

I don't know that Heard will ever grasp "IT", but I think it's silly for anyone to act like he definitely won't because of his freshman year.

2003 VY passing: Cmp: 84 Att: 143 Yds: 1155 Pct: 58.7 Y/A: 8.1 TD: 6 INT: 7 Rtg: 130.6

2015 JH passing: Cmp: 92 Att: 159 Yds: 1214 Pct: 57.9 Y/A: 7.6 TD: 5 INT: 5 Rtg: 126.1"
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The scheme of the Gilbert offense is not a good fit for Heard and his skill set. 

 
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Sure the guy is biased - so what.  I'll take all the info i can get and will take his stuff as a step above what our internet experts that haven't been to a practice or around the team post.  There is certainly no bias there at all :P

I appreciate the stuff Mayhall is posting and hope he keeps it up.  Thanks Mayhall

 
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