was talking to someone very close to the OSU QB situation and this is how they broke it down for me....
"when Cardale decided to come back one of the assurances that he got was that the position battle would be wide open, with no preconceived notions of who would win, and that it would be as objective a process as you could create to identify a starter
So Coach Meyer, Warinner and Beck agreed upon a criteria where they would evaluate the guys--starting the first day that they could actually formally supervise them in practice as mandated by the NCAA. This criteria included a daily grade for how they worked out, attendance at meetings, performance on team mandated exams, leadership, etc etc etc and a very detailed breakdown of their practice performance which would include an overall grade for every rep in practice(videoed) where they would be graded for 1) accomplishing their objective on the play 2) using proper technique and then assigned an overall grade....
Now Coach Meyer has asked up until now to not see how the grading is going---as he wants to be able to reconcile what he is "seeing" and "feeling" with what the statistical model is "scoring" and "evaluating"
but from watching the other two coaches carefully(Warinner and Beck) you can pretty much draw the conclusion that the job is JT Barrett's to lose. The way they talk about his performances after practice, the way they interact with him during the practice, the way they seem to be preparing him--- all would lead one to believe that he is the guy...
and from an observer's perspective, JT seems to have clearly distanced himself from Cardale with outstanding performance all Fall---where Cardale has been a little uneven....both had had outstanding moments for sure---but JT just makes very very few mistakes---and we all know that mistakes can ultimately kill you...
and from JT's perspective, he seems to have taken the mantle of leadership to heart as who is the guy breaking down the team when they leave the field or move from station to station? its JT.....
all these things lead me to believe that barring something unforseen happening, I think JT is the guy when we line it up against VT......but I will know more after this weekend....stay tuned...."
"when Cardale decided to come back one of the assurances that he got was that the position battle would be wide open, with no preconceived notions of who would win, and that it would be as objective a process as you could create to identify a starter
So Coach Meyer, Warinner and Beck agreed upon a criteria where they would evaluate the guys--starting the first day that they could actually formally supervise them in practice as mandated by the NCAA. This criteria included a daily grade for how they worked out, attendance at meetings, performance on team mandated exams, leadership, etc etc etc and a very detailed breakdown of their practice performance which would include an overall grade for every rep in practice(videoed) where they would be graded for 1) accomplishing their objective on the play 2) using proper technique and then assigned an overall grade....
Now Coach Meyer has asked up until now to not see how the grading is going---as he wants to be able to reconcile what he is "seeing" and "feeling" with what the statistical model is "scoring" and "evaluating"
but from watching the other two coaches carefully(Warinner and Beck) you can pretty much draw the conclusion that the job is JT Barrett's to lose. The way they talk about his performances after practice, the way they interact with him during the practice, the way they seem to be preparing him--- all would lead one to believe that he is the guy...
and from an observer's perspective, JT seems to have clearly distanced himself from Cardale with outstanding performance all Fall---where Cardale has been a little uneven....both had had outstanding moments for sure---but JT just makes very very few mistakes---and we all know that mistakes can ultimately kill you...
and from JT's perspective, he seems to have taken the mantle of leadership to heart as who is the guy breaking down the team when they leave the field or move from station to station? its JT.....
all these things lead me to believe that barring something unforseen happening, I think JT is the guy when we line it up against VT......but I will know more after this weekend....stay tuned...."
