I believe that Sean White is a good SEC quarterback. What everyone must realize is that a Quarterback needs a scheme to match his talents and Sean is a pro style QB. The scheme that we have been running for the past two years has had terrible WR routes, just deplorable. We were basically running a version of the Deleware Wing T/triple option. What you have to be impressed with is that on first down almost 4 out of 5 times, we ran the ball. Sean had to make most of his throws when opposing defenses expected the pass, and he had the highest QBR in the league ladies and gentlemen! The kid was and is good, in this scheme he would be better, dare I say pre-injury very close to Stidham. Coach Lindsay's scheme is what a college level offensive scheme should look like in the modern era. It should have viable reads so that when the NFL caliber rushers in the SEC hit the edge, the QB can seamlessly drop the ball into a check off so he can avoid getting pounded. That didn't happen for Sean very much last year, have you thought maybe If he had a scheme that would help him out HE WOULDN'T BE SO INJURY PRONE. How about you all stand back there while Miles Garrett is coming and Gus calls a play where two wide receivers are on fly routes and the other is running a deep post! What about that third down play during the Texas A&M game where on third and long we do the reverse fake and Sean gets creamed. ABSOLUTELY IDIOTIC PLAY-CALLING FOR A PRO STYLE QB..
This scheme that Coach Lindsay has already implemented is ten times better. We actually have detailed routes, we have drags patterns, we have crossing patterns, shallow rubs and we utilize every eligible receiver! If the linemen can gel and be on top of their blocking assignments this scheme is a Qbs dream. I am excited because I SEE DEVELOPMENT, ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT for the first time with the wide receivers and QBs in three years on offense. This will always baffle me though, Gus Malzahn has been called a "offensive genius." I will never understand his mode of thought these past two years, hell maybe he was going through a midlife crisis (insert snarky comment about his Suicide door BMW here) but his schemes were so incredibly simplistic and not much above Pop Warner schemes you see in your community YMCA.
If you are a person who is excited out of their mind about Jarrett Stidham, that's great. HOWEVER, pump your brakes if you think he is the next Jon Stauback! The dude went against the second defense, we should probably be more impressed by what Malik Miller did against the 1s, but who knows how good the 1s are as a unit. You will never truly know what kind of QB or football player you have unless you let them go live 1s vs. 1s with no orange jerseys. IRON SHARPENS IRON BOYS