Fran's Game 6 Press Conference | SMU

[powdersmack]

Javon honestly asks some of the best questions. He’s the chief best writer for the team. Hr needs to dig a little. It’s too bad if Fran doesn’t like it.

 

[dollarbill44]

What is this arm people keep speaking of? Nassib jumped out at me. Same for TD. Even CDRW. I haven’t seen anything seen nothing of Collins. His passes down field often float and are under thrown. I haven’t see. Short fastballs. What are people seeing?

He made a couple of big time throws downfield on Saturday. One in the 2nd quarter that was about 30 yards in the air that was caught for a decent gain.
Of course, he also made a bunch of bad throws, but it wasn't due to lack of arm strength.

 

[tptcuse]

Since we are doing this I didn’t love the whole transition from I hate losing to sometimes you have to lose for the players to learn…

That was my least favorite answer.

 

[CanadianSU]

That was my least favorite answer.

It was very uncharacteristic. It either means we are totally toast (this year) or a bit “cope” at the performance on Saturday.

 

[dollarbill44]

The problem is, decision making and going through progression do not improve immediately if ever.

Maybe not immediately, but "if ever" is just plain false. If that were the case, there's no point in studying film or practicing. Repetition develops the timing and understanding of where your guys are going to be at any time during a play. Film study helps identify defensive coverage schemes, blitzes, etc.
There are multiple skill sets that go into being a good QB and progress is rarely linear, neither on a per skill basis nor total skill set.
Im willing to give Rickie a few weeks before I start to wonder about his potential.

 

[baggerbob]

He made a couple of big time throws downfield on Saturday. One in the 2nd quarter that was about 30 yards in the air that was caught for a decent gain.
Of course, he also made a bunch of bad throws, but it wasn't due to lack of arm strength.

One of the most important things for a QB is throw a catchable ball to the right place on time. And do is consistently. Rickie isn't close do doing that .

 

[dollarbill44]

One of the most important things for a QB is throw a catchable ball to the right place on time. And do is consistently. Rickie isn't close do doing that .

I dont know how close he is to being able to do it consistently. Saying he isn't close is conjecture.
His timing will likely improve as he gets more practice with the first team receivers.
I'm not making this next post for comparison, rather as a point of reference - Joe Theismann was often criticized early in his career for throwing uncatchable passes and that he lacked any touch. Let's see if there's any progress over the next couple of games.

 

[DaCuse]

Fran is so damn good. Taking accountability for Saturday. Rickie specifically reached out to Fran to rewatch the game together Saturday night. I hope fans realize that Fran is trying to instill national championship DNA. Not just make the playoff and flame out in round 1.

Fran gave us one of the worse losses since SU joined the ACC. His job is to win, not make excuses or take accountability for not doing a good job preparing his team to play Duke.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

He made a couple of big time throws downfield on Saturday. One in the 2nd quarter that was about 30 yards in the air that was caught for a decent gain.
Of course, he also made a bunch of bad throws, but it wasn't due to lack of arm strength.

His longest completion in the first half was 19 yards. That was a very nice pass in the middle that had plenty of YAC. IMO his best pass of the day.

He didn't have a completed pass over 20 yards in the air the entire game.

No lack of arm strength is not the same as a big time or NFL arm.

 

[qdawgg]

Arm strength is overrated just like WR speed for recruits was a wet dream for a lot of people on here during the Dino era. People loved getting all hot and bothered about recruiting a WR with elite speed but very little WR ability.

A QB who can read the defense, go through their progressions, keep their throwing mechanics under pressure and make accurate throws is far more important than a QB who can throw a 70 yard Hail Mary twice in their collegiate career.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Arm strength is overrated just like WR speed for recruits was a wet dream for a lot of people on here during the Dino era. People loved getting all hot and bothered about recruiting a WR with elite speed but very little WR ability.

A QB who can read the defense, go through their progressions, keep their throwing mechanics under pressure and make accurate throws is far more important than a QB who can throw a 70 yard Hail Mary twice in their collegiate career.

100%. See McCord and what Angeli was getting better at every week before the injury. We don't need an NFL first day draft pick to be successful on offense but you do need what you mention above

 

[Archimedes]

Arm strength is overrated just like WR speed for recruits was a wet dream for a lot of people on here during the Dino era. People loved getting all hot and bothered about recruiting a WR with elite speed but very little WR ability.

A QB who can read the defense, go through their progressions, keep their throwing mechanics under pressure and make accurate throws is far more important than a QB who can throw a 70 yard Hail Mary twice in their collegiate career.

True, but I saw Major Harris throw a ball from his 30 into the Syracuse end zone in the '87 game. 70-yard rope. It was really impressive. I've kinda like West Virginia ever since (I know, I know).