Fedora's philosophy and desire is to have a 50-50 balance in run and pass, so that lines up with your wishes. I don't necessarily mind if we swing heavy pass or heavy run as long as it's effective. However, with respect to our QB using his legs, make no mistake, the QB read option is a staple of Fedora's offense, and that includes a necessity for The QB to effectively move the ball with his feet. It keeps the defense honest which helps the running back and the play action passing game. I have no doubt Trubisky will excel with his arm and his legs.
Agree on him protecting himself on runs and on being a more accurate passer than Marquise. Marquise's teammates LOVED him but all the guys are admitting in various interviews that Mitch throws a more accurate and more catchable ball.
Quise had footwork problems at times and would wind up throwing off his back foot. His weakness was the touch passes where he had to loft the ball over a linebacker or even just dump the ball off in the flat to a wide open back. When your QB goes through his progressions and your back is wide open in the flat with plenty of room to move the chains, it drives you crazy when he throws it into the dirt. look for Mitch to complete a higher percentage of those passes. I've heard he throws a nice long ball but that is touch on finesse passes is very good.
Yes. My first Tar Heel Football game in person was 1967 the year I turned 8. We have had some talented offensive players but never as talented an offensive team.
my first carolina football game was on 11/5/65, which carolina won 17-13 (ain't google great?). i was a 13 year old 7th grader at guy b. phillips junior high. my dad was a grad student at unc and one of his professors gave us some tickets. very exciting game that came down to the last play -- i was hooked!
unfortunately mine was a loss to Wake(of all teams). I've never forgotten the score but had to verify the year 1967 Heels won 2 games. Dooley had cleaned house and gotten rid of the guys who didn't have football as a priority.
Dooley was what everybody pointed to when Mack came in and posted back to back 1-10 teams. Dooley cleaned house, costing the team depth and experience, and it hurt a little for 2 years, guaranteeing losing seasons.
Heckendorf is still saying that the #2 QB is a fight between Henderson and Elliott.
Woah really? Haven't heard that.
Yep it is. I apologize. I woke up and saw the news and figured SOMEONE had tweeted it out somewhere. But still I'm not seeing it anywhere. I'd go back and edit my post but HeelFan quoted the important portion and that wouldn't make it disappear.
Sorry THN11. I don't understand why that would be premi because it will be all over twitter. You can also see it on the topic header when you go to forums.
You're right. I'm not with it this morning lol (blame the bourbon). THI tweeted it early this morning so it's fine bringing it here.
This may be a harsh statement given who he had in front of him, but Henderson never excelled enough -- relative to his high recruiting ranking -- to make a name for himself here. I'm not just saying that because he's gone. This year alone, he had all spring and almost 2/3rds of fall camp to establish himself as the backup. Furthermore, he got actual game time last year and Elliott did not (to preserve Nathan's redshirt). He was given every chance to assume the role as the backup QB and he didn't. Personally, I'd like to believe that has more to do with Elliott's performance than Henderson's lack of performance.
The NCAA should rule him eligible to transfer for family health issues anywhere and play now. I assume it also means he can go in conference with no restrictions. if so, we might see him in a UVA or VT uniform.
What the NCAA *should* do and what they *actually* do are much different things. Even if he goes FCS, I can think of a school where we'd still see him this year..
They run the spread and Walt Bell is there, so it could happen.
Would certainly make sense, based on his needs and geographical proximity.
I'll certainly be cheering for him. It would be cool if he went to a non-ACC FBS school, but I don't know if that meshes with his plans or not.
