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Troy Smith Saga has begun.....

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Darius WAgner- First off you are spouting off saying that you base things on facts, oh yeah like what? The second, 3rd or 4th hand information out of maybe a couple of people's mouths that Smith looked better in practice? You also say that the STATS tell all, well why dont you pull up Smiths stats then too. He really has only had 1 drive worth to mention, and all he had to do on most of that drive was turn around and hand the ball off to Pittman. Granted he has no turnovers but what does he have 1 maybe 2 completions total? How many rushing yards does he have since this is supposedly what sets him apart? Granted he hasnt been on the field much, but this could be a much better arguement for you if he would have PERFORMED when he WAS on the field, instead of going 3 and out and punting almost EVERY time but once.

Troy Smith should never have spouted off even subtly in the media about his situation, a true leader would have gone to his coach and talked about it. The only thing this can do is possibly divide the team, nothing good can come out of it. Newsflash to Troy...If your aspirations are to get to the NFL, shut up and practice harder and make it impossible for Tressel to not play you. Prove you deserve to be the leader on the field, by making good on and off field choices. Spouting off publicly about playing time does not make him much of a leader. If I was Coach Tressel, I would be telling Boeckman to prepare to take most of the back up snaps in practice and be prepared to travel to NW for this weeks game. I would demote Smith publicly for his remarks to 3rd string for the game, and take Boeckman, and if Smiths attitude seems to be in check, and if he seems like he wants to work to be the back up or potential starter, then bring him back up to 2nd string. If he decides that he has already "earned" the position then he needs to start looking elsewhere for another school that will give him a shot at being a QB.
 
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yeah, real short stay. i'll be gone in 4 minutes. whatever you say, Mr. yes-man.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Your game is weak, son. When I see you with a football take I think I'll have a heart attack.

Gee, what next, let's get Kirk Barton out running routs as a tight end? Or perhaps we can get Brandon Mitchell to practice his punting. Smith is a QB, why would he run WR routes???
 
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i have a huge bias in favor of stark county guys and i haven't seen them practice since 2003 so i can't say either way who looks better right now. zwick has the job though so you gotta believe he has earned it. no way is JT playing favorites. he is playing to win and obviously he feels that JZ gives him the best chance.

i too would like to see smith get a better chance than the qb draw and hand offs but honestly until JT decides to blow out another team i doubt we get much garbage time for smith.

if smith wants the job on saturdays he will have to win it sunday through friday.
 
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Dariuswagner said:
yeah, real short stay. i'll be gone in 4 minutes. whatever you say, Mr. yes-man.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Your game is weak, son. When I see you with a football take I think I'll have a heart attack.

Gee, what next, let's get Kirk Barton out running routs as a tight end? Or perhaps we can get Brandon Mitchell to practice his punting. Smith is a QB, why would he run WR routes???
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With all due respect Darius, you are an idiot. If Troy Smith was white would you still be spewing your crap about the unfairness of the QB situation?

And Gee Barton was recruited as an OL and Mitchell as a DB, Smith was recruited as an ATHLETE with the stipulation of getting a shot at QB. HUGE difference here, but you will just somehow end up glazing it over, talking about weak game, blah blah blah blah.
 
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I've never seen anyone with 5 red on the rep meter.

Smith was recruited as an athlete. They told him he would get a shot at QB, but he could also be moved to WR, RB, or DB. If he wants to make it to the league he might want to consider running those routes after practice.
 
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the point isn't necessarily smith winning the job su-fr. the point is that tressel's piehole keeps blowing out quotes about protecting the ball...no mistakes...over and over and over. yet we see no change when the turnovers happen. so that tells me his stance in evaluating his qbs is flimsy if not phony.
 
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