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tcthdi, I’m not sure you get how this works. When you are a second-stringer, by definition, you aren’t feeling the pressures of the first-string quarterback. When you are a freshmen and are watching everyone else play, you aren’t really growing a lot. What you are doing is learning how the system works, what routes to call, and increasing your abilities as a quarterback to connect with your receivers and avoid mistakes.
Glennon didn’t do good. We get it. He did go an entire game without making any unforced fumbles or throwing any interceptions. He completed 58% of his passes which is better than Wilson or Rivers did their first game on the field. Sure, you could use your logic to say “but Rivers was a freshmen”, but Wilson had been around for at least a little while. Shouldn’t he have done better? What I’m trying to point out is that you are completely throwing out the window the fact that this “junior quarterback” has just as much experience as a redshirt sophomore quarterback on the field. He’s learning. If you didn’t expect any learning curve throughout the first few games of the season in Glennon, then I’d argue you are either being unreasonable or stupid. You pick.
I agree that in terms of the outcome of the season, having a good QB and terrible results isn’t going to make me any happier.
Still, in a game like last night, between Glennon and O’Brien, I think Glennon is probably more vulnerable to judgement than O’Brien. I think most people have made up their mind on the “is O’Brien a good coach” argument, even if there isn’t consensus in the fanbase. The question of whether Glennon is a good quarterback is still open for debate and will probably be the topic of discussion for the next month or two. That was really my motivation in this article.
But like you said, the legacy of O’Brien won’t be if he can produce a good QB, it will be if he can follow-up a 9 win season with another successful season.
Winner percentages are more subjective to debate. If you want to look at a quarterback winning percentage, you are attempting to correlate how the ENTIRE TEAM did to who was a quarterback. Proof-in-point, Russell Wilson in 2009. We had a 5-win season, but I don’t know of anyone who would say Russell Wilson was “only a 5-win quarterback”.
What I’m interested in seeing is how Bible changes the way he has been doing things to the way it works for Glennon. Obviously at the beginning of the game Saturday, he wanted to run of the offense the same way he did for Wilson. It has nothing to do with who Wilson is or who Glennon is… the fact is that they are two different players and you have to change the offense to match their strengths.
Sundropdrinker13, if you read the article, you will see that the trend of each quarterback in their first full start was to not do ANYTHING in terms of rushing. Wilson’s 13-26 is pretty impressive for a first-time quarterback. If he had 6 carries for 5 yards, that would be “on par” for how first-time quarterbacks do in their first full start.
