The first half of the South Carolina and LSU games and our last two games. Gawwwwwwd … it was baaaaaaad. Especially the QB play.

Who can objectively explain to me why you think Marcel Reed is going to play substantially better than he did last year?

TexasAggie81 said:

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The first half of the South Carolina and LSU games and our last two games. Gawwwwwwd … it was baaaaaaad. Especially the QB play.

Who can objectively explain to me why you think Marcel Reed is going to play substantially better than he did last year?

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Nick Saban did.

Nick_dv said:

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1. He finally has a designated QB coach, not just the OC serving as one

2. He has spent the offseason working with Jeff Christiansen, widely regarded as the best private QB coach (most known for being mahomes' coach)

3. The WR room is better. Even though we no longer have KC, this group is a year older and more developed, plus we added Horton, who comes in with preexisting chemistry with Reed, and a frame large enough to help Reed in the redzone/sidelines

4. Wiggins at OC now is encouraging. I never hated Klein like some, but Wiggins has me excited. The rumors about us now running some tempo should be a positive for Reed, as he played by far his best last year during 2-minute drill type situations

5. The RB room is full of guys who are capable and willing blockers and receiving targets

6. His mechanics look to have been improved, quicker release with more concise footwork

7. He has shown large improvement during every offseason of his career so far, we have no reason to doubt that he won't improve some more. The guy has shown to be a hard worker

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All good points, but encouraging and excited are not two words I'd use for a guy who's never been an OC.

Lots of Maroon Koolaid there. Any if they you're just making up because you want it to be true?

Don't discount another year of maturity and experience. He's heard all off-season how he needs to protect the ball better. I imagine that almost every film session he's had since Miami he's looked for ways to protect the ball better.

Nick_dv said:

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1. He finally has a designated QB coach, not just the OC serving as one

2. He has spent the offseason working with Jeff Christiansen, widely regarded as the best private QB coach (most known for being mahomes' coach)

3. The WR room is better. Even though we no longer have KC, this group is a year older and more developed, plus we added Horton, who comes in with preexisting chemistry with Reed, and a frame large enough to help Reed in the redzone/sidelines

4. Wiggins at OC now is encouraging. I never hated Klein like some, but Wiggins has me excited. The rumors about us now running some tempo should be a positive for Reed, as he played by far his best last year during 2-minute drill type situations

5. The RB room is full of guys who are capable and willing blockers and receiving targets

6. His mechanics look to have been improved, quicker release with more concise footwork

7. He has shown large improvement during every offseason of his career so far, we have no reason to doubt that he won't improve some more. The guy has shown to be a hard worker

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I crossed out everything that could have been said almost the exact same way last off season.

"He finally has a designated QB coach, not just the OC serving as one" - This is a legitimate point that could have an impact.

" plus we added Horton, who comes in with preexisting chemistry with Reed, and a frame large enough to help Reed in the redzone/sidelines" - This is a legitimate point that could have an impact.

"Wiggins at OC now is encouraging. I never hated Klein like some, but Wiggins has me excited. The rumors about us now running some tempo should be a positive for Reed, as he played by far his best last year during 2-minute drill type situations" - This point could just as easily cut the wrong direction. Not saying it will, but I'm not putting any real hope in this basket. Wiggins could be the next great OC in College Football, but I expect there will be some growing pains. There will probably be some head scratchers in some big moments.

While we said it last year too, this is probably the strongest reason to expect improvement. Old fashioned hard work & more experience makes you better.
"He has shown large improvement during every offseason of his career so far, we have no reason to doubt that he won't improve some more. The guy has shown to be a hard worker"

Hopium

Not sure why anyone would waste time explaining anything to someone with your attitude.

Cracks me up you complained about games we won and Reed actually played great at times in winning them.

You're right he has no chance of improving.

I liked Klein's overall approach but there were some serious head scratchers wrt his play calling . The one that comes to mind particularly was Reed pitching the ball to Morrow and Morrow attempting to throw back to Reed … thinking it was late in the game against SCAR . It wasn't just the play call but Morrrow was also our least experienced rb. That was an all time head scratcher imo. Even experienced OC's have their wtf moments.

Sgt. Schultz said:

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geesh, have we not learned anything??? You are only as good as your last touchdown, which in the team's case was against the sips and in Reed's case was against Samford (0 vs sips, 0 vs Miami)

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"You are only as good as your last touchdown" is not a thing. You made it up and it's stupid.

mitchdpm said:

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Sgt. Schultz said:

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geesh, have we not learned anything??? You are only as good as your last touchdown, which in the team's case was against the sips and in Reed's case was against Samford (0 vs sips, 0 vs Miami)

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"You are only as good as your last touchdown" is not a thing. You made it up and it's stupid.

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Agreed. Players get better year to year and so will Marcel. Experience is a great teacher. You can quote that last sentence if you'd like.

You should have left off the part about the WR position being better even though KC is gone. That is a huge assumption and if you end up being right you'll look like Nostradamus2.0

KC was one of three parts that helped Reed. Two of the three are now missing. No KC, and essentially a brand new and unproven OL.

Thank God we at least have Craver

TexasAggie81 said:

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The first half of the South Carolina and LSU games and our last two games. Gawwwwwwd … it was baaaaaaad. Especially the QB play.

Who can objectively explain to me why you think Marcel Reed is going to play substantially better than he did last year?

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He will not be. He will be the same.

Marcel Reed was not the difference maker in our games, but he performed very well in a handful. The games we won were the result of having a good team all around, and playing a favorable SEC schedule.

If we have another good team across the board this year, and the circumstances/breaks in the game fall out way more often than not, we can win a lot of games again. Just don't expect to win a trophy.

You didn't watch these games objectively, thats for sure. There were 3 huge drops against SCar and we couldn't run the ball to save our lives. Not sure how you came away blaming the QB.

Marcel isn't going to magically become a better passer this year. We did this with Kellen Mond too. "will he take the next step?".

The answer is no. He is what he is. Hole Man is going to have to play call to this dudes strengths. Have no idea what our offense is going to look like under Wiggins. Marcel is going to make some throws, miss some wide open ones that will cost us games, and he'll probably win us several games because of his running ability.

Jimbo stuck with Mond, and Elko is sticking with Reed. Hopefully it will turn out just as good or better.

The biggest leap for players is the year after being the full-time starter. Yes, I know he started a lot the year before, but he was no the guy all in all year.

fightintxaggie10 said:

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Marcel isn't going to magically become a better passer this year. We did this with Kellen Mond too. "will he take the next step?".

The answer is no. He is what he is. Hole Man is going to have to play call to this dudes strengths. Have no idea what our offense is going to look like under Wiggins. Marcel is going to make some throws, miss some wide open ones that will cost us games, and he'll probably win us several games because of his running ability.

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But Mond did improve year by year. Dramatically.

His deep ball was always weak, but he was solid his senior year and he led us to a strong finish.

I believe that Reed may well improve more than Mond this year. I always thought he had more ceiling than Mond showed at A&M and is a more elusive runner..

Nick_dv said:

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1. He finally has a designated QB coach, not just the OC serving as one

2. He has spent the offseason working with Jeff Christiansen, widely regarded as the best private QB coach (most known for being mahomes' coach)

3. The WR room is better. Even though we no longer have KC, this group is a year older and more developed, plus we added Horton, who comes in with preexisting chemistry with Reed, and a frame large enough to help Reed in the redzone/sidelines

4. Wiggins at OC now is encouraging. I never hated Klein like some, but Wiggins has me excited. The rumors about us now running some tempo should be a positive for Reed, as he played by far his best last year during 2-minute drill type situations

5. The RB room is full of guys who are capable and willing blockers and receiving targets

6. His mechanics look to have been improved, quicker release with more concise footwork

7. He has shown large improvement during every offseason of his career so far, we have no reason to doubt that he won't improve some more. The guy has shown to be a hard worker

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Thanks for the heads-up.

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TexasAggie81 said:

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The first half of the South Carolina and LSU games and our last two games. Gawwwwwwd … it was baaaaaaad. Especially the QB play.

Who can objectively explain to me why you think Marcel Reed is going to play substantially better than he did last year?

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Watch the 2nd half of both those games

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I did.

LB12MEEN said:

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Not sure why anyone would waste time explaining anything to someone with your attitude.

Cracks me up you complained about games we won and Reed actually played great at times in winning them.

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My "attitude" is realistic, as it has been since 1977 (when I started watching Aggie football). I asked a simple question. It's been rationally answered by some. By others … like you … it was not.

TexasAggie81 said:

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The first half of the South Carolina and LSU games and our last two games. Gawwwwwwd … it was baaaaaaad. Especially the QB play.

Who can objectively explain to me why you think Marcel Reed is going to play substantially better than he did last year?

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Elko and our OC can explain it and that's all that really matters doesn't it.