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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 4125470, member: 40"]
PhattyO, sorry about the pointed exchange last night.

I don't think that it's the "only" way -- because I don't think that Shrader is ever going to morph into a great passer.  Can he be better / can he improve?  Sure.  But improvement could also be attained through some combination of better offensive coaching from Anae / Beck, better playcalling, the maturation of the young WR corps, the WRs actually running set routes on plays instead of having an open pattern tree that they wing, finding a solid fifth starter on the OL to compliment the other four solid players, etc. would all go a long ways toward positioning the team to get back to a bowl.

And improvement from Shrader would help, too.  Luckily, we have an OC and QB coach with an outstanding track record both as teachers, and for maximizing the productivity that they squeeze out of different types of QBs with different skills, so it will be interesting to see what they do with Shrader.

I don't know whether Symir can improve his shooting.  His mechanics are really bad, and it is difficult to alter muscle memory.  Scoop did it, but that was with a year off as a redshirt to work on it.
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