On the QB's, from this guy (Lark Camp)

frdbtr wrote:

If you guys are expecting his numbers to look better than what they were against utah st our sdsu, why?



This original post was money. It did what mine couldn't do, even though if you read mine I was simply asking for the same thing (verification that we have the right dude).



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Frankly, I don't expect them to go up at all. I think that he has been totally mishandled and he has lost confidence. He should have been redshirted and had Nelson given the starting job in the spring just like the coaches plan was before Heaps came into camp and looked so good. Lark should have been the backup. Lark has been in this system longer then Heaps since he redshirted in 2006 and backed up Hall in 2007 before his mission. It is ALWAYS a mistake to start a freshman and this year was a worse mistake because he was also throwing to freshman. I just hope that his confidence can be repaired since there is no denying his talent.

Lawboy wrote:
Umm, Richard Wilson has scarcely seen the field since the AFA game. Explain that to me please, since at least he could get open...

frdbtr wrote:

If you guys are expecting his numbers to look better than what they were against utah st our sdsu, why?



This original post was money. It did what mine couldn't do, even though if you read mine I was simply asking for the same thing (verification that we have the right dude).



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Frankly, I don't expect them to go up at all. I think that he has been totally mishandled and he has lost confidence. He should have been redshirted and had Nelson given the starting job in the spring just like the coaches plan was before Heaps came into camp and looked so good. Lark should have been the backup. Lark has been in this system longer then Heaps since he redshirted in 2006 and backed up Hall in 2007 before his mission. It is ALWAYS a mistake to start a freshman and this year was a worse mistake because he was also throwing to freshman. I just hope that his confidence can be repaired since there is no denying his talent.

BlueIsBetter wrote:
This goes beyond liking one player. This is doing what is best for BYU. That is why the whole Nelson fiasco was so painful for me, because it seemed like we (Anae) got a man crush on someone and decided that he was going to change the offense to suit the player.



So I kind of just skimmed your post because I know that you are fully in the Lark camp, quite possibly at the expense of BYU (although you have alluded otherwise in this post). Which is what drove me mad about the Nelson camp. I don't mind being anti-freshman, or "prove yourself" but I can't get behind one guy at the expense of BYU. So the only thing that I want to respond on is #8.



Lark hasn't performed. To this date, he has done nothing to win the starting job, other than being next in line. Are you really that eager to bail on Jake after the abysmal way he has been handled, and the "adversity" he has had to deal with in the current state of BYU sports. A BYU defense that wasn't playing half it's games, not getting half the reps he earned, not getting half the respect or confidence he deserved from the coaches, playing with one of the worst receiving cores that BYU has had in the last 20 years (and that is saying something), no TE, running backs can't catch anything, and your offensive playcaller still thinks he is playing with a RS Senior that will audible out of every assinine call he makes (which is about once per sets of downs, if not more.)



Is it really time to move on now that we are through the toughest part of our schedule? If you like Lark so much, just pull up NCAA 11 and boost his stats so you can play with him, instead. But I promise he will not be an upgrade from Jake, not getting any of the reps in a backup position. See the coaches are trying to make up for lost time, giving Jake almost 100% of the reps now, and that is actually affecting Lark, our current backup - just the same way it was affecting our other "backups" (Riley and Jake... If you have two quarterbacks, you have no quarterback).