"Coach Hazell says one thing, and then you turn on the film and you realize why they're taking the ball out of his hands."
You start there. Then, if you're being objective/not a "he's my guy" poster (you can go back to Kirsch v. Orton 02 if you'd like), you look at the box score from Wisconsin at Purdue last year and realize that Appleby threw for more yards and one more TD last year v. a better Wisconsin team than Blough did today.
My stance isn't that Appleby is necessarily better. It's that... with these idiots, we'd never know. Do you think pro scouts could watch film of these two in SHOOP's offense and tell you who is better, or if either is any good at all?
The first thing they'd say is, "how the hell would I know.. you have receivers lined up behind tackles with a guy motioning diagonally backwards... run by a coach whose ideal scenario is 3rd and 9 with the whole world knowing he's passing."
What I am willing to say is that it's a bad look for Purdue. A school who is not recruiting has a guy who was elite 11 waiting his turn, only to be benched for a guy who only looked better than him for one game?
And why was the analyst talking like that? Because for every Drew Brees there's the 99% of other guys who just don't function well on few starts/little experience.
When a kid doesn't turn his homework in, and ends up being a D student.. do we let him into Purdue? No. He goes to junior college and maybe gets himself to a nice school.
However, our reaction to these idiots clearly not preparing a team to function at the Big Ten level, or even beat American conference/MAC schools is, "sure, give yourself a shot in the arm with a QB who will only look good for one game, only to then be left out there way before he's ready."
The saddest part. How much do you want to bet that Blough, should he continue to just look completely not ready, which he's not... suddenly gets "hurt" and Appleby ends up out there anyway in week 11...?
How would you like to be that kid and wonder if you would have had an actual shot with a competent coaching staff, but end up embarrassed cause someone else is an idiot.
You start there. Then, if you're being objective/not a "he's my guy" poster (you can go back to Kirsch v. Orton 02 if you'd like), you look at the box score from Wisconsin at Purdue last year and realize that Appleby threw for more yards and one more TD last year v. a better Wisconsin team than Blough did today.
My stance isn't that Appleby is necessarily better. It's that... with these idiots, we'd never know. Do you think pro scouts could watch film of these two in SHOOP's offense and tell you who is better, or if either is any good at all?
The first thing they'd say is, "how the hell would I know.. you have receivers lined up behind tackles with a guy motioning diagonally backwards... run by a coach whose ideal scenario is 3rd and 9 with the whole world knowing he's passing."
What I am willing to say is that it's a bad look for Purdue. A school who is not recruiting has a guy who was elite 11 waiting his turn, only to be benched for a guy who only looked better than him for one game?
And why was the analyst talking like that? Because for every Drew Brees there's the 99% of other guys who just don't function well on few starts/little experience.
When a kid doesn't turn his homework in, and ends up being a D student.. do we let him into Purdue? No. He goes to junior college and maybe gets himself to a nice school.
However, our reaction to these idiots clearly not preparing a team to function at the Big Ten level, or even beat American conference/MAC schools is, "sure, give yourself a shot in the arm with a QB who will only look good for one game, only to then be left out there way before he's ready."
The saddest part. How much do you want to bet that Blough, should he continue to just look completely not ready, which he's not... suddenly gets "hurt" and Appleby ends up out there anyway in week 11...?
How would you like to be that kid and wonder if you would have had an actual shot with a competent coaching staff, but end up embarrassed cause someone else is an idiot.
