You're losing it, man. I've called out your disingenuous argument and you keep making it. Nobody has confidence Kern can do the job. But most of us have no confidence Mitch can do the job based on a third of the season against the easiest competition. There are other QBs on the roster. Why not see what they can do instead of sticking with the guy who can't do it?
I have to call out the other contradictory nonsense here. Your whole anti-Kern narrative is based on a Spring Game in which you admit Edwards showed promise. You say the end was "meaningless" but also note Kern and all the QBs didn't have to take contact (which no shit). You also apparently weren't bothered that Griffis didn't look good either. So does the Spring Game matter or not?
Also you say you believe Clawson would have had a proper QB battle if Edwards stayed. So you don't believe there was a proper QB battle in 2022 that resulted in Edwards being 4th on the depth chart? Personally, I think there was a QB battle in 2022 for backup QB and Mitch won. That's why Clawson named him the starter when Hartman was announced out indefinitely.
Yet you think that's an insane narrative to denigrate Clawson.
You're WAY off here and I think you need to calm down and think before you post more weird nonsense.
By the way, I haven't posted about Duke football since the Clemson game. Do a search on your own board before weaving a weird narrative for your own benefit. You're isolating me like I'm the only one who thinks Griffis isn't getting the job done when your insistence that Mitch should still be the guy makes you an outlier.
There's nothing disengious at all about my argument, mr. "150 student classes are just as good as 15 person classes"
You are pedaling so much horse shit/giant leaps of logic in your narrative here. Let's try to correct some of those (I know, I should really just stop, it feels like I'm having a discussion with RJ right now).
The anti-Kern logic is based on the
2023 spring game which was extremely recent and most indicative of where Kern is now, Edwards showed promise in the
2022 spring game, they have literally nothing to do with eachother.
Having a proper QB battle for a second string QB in 2022 is not equivalent nor can be extrapolated whatsoever to what a QB battle in 2023 post-Sam would look like, as much as you keep trotting that out there like it means anything. We honestly have no idea what the fuck even the 2022 QB depth chart would have ultimately looked like because Edwards pussed out and left and ran up to join his brother at UMD. He could have played his way into the backup spot, he might have moved into third above Kern even. We. just. don't. know. Spring practices don't necessarily indicate anything when it comes to what things look like come Fall. Edwards just saw a crowded QB room, period, and decided to leave. It's a giant leap to assume the reason he left in 2022 was because Claws had promised Mitch the starting job a year and a half later (and beyond).
Re:
So does the Spring Game matter or not?
Yes, it fucking matters insomuch as you need to at least look GOOD in a spring game if you have any chance of looking good in a real game. It doesn't guarantee success obviously (see: MITCH). But if you can't at least impress there and even turn the ball over the exact same way we're lambasting Mitch for this year, then I'm skeptical you're gonna be faster and better come real game-time situations. Looking GOOD in a meaningless game is a starting point/bare minimum for whether you can be a good QB or not, looking BAD in that situation tells us a lot about your chances. There's absolutely nothing contradictory about that reasoning, I'd love to hear how you think that's the case.
The reason I bring up the duke thing is just because most WFU fans with any common sense knew it was absolutely terrible for us when they were gifted that win vs Clemson, and we were 100% right. Now we have to watch duke get fucking college game day and top 10 team hype while we're working through a rebuilding year. There's a reason Clawson seems on extra edge, because he knows it's bad for our brand. But I'm glad you got some joy out of that evening. I'm not weaving any narative, you said what you said then. I'm also not isolating you re: Mitch, I'm enaging witih lots of posters on that point, though you're the only one that decided to bring that discussion specifically over to THIS THREAD.
