Practice warriors verses gamers

[Marylovesthelions]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

 

[BobPSU92]

Why would you assume anything about Roberson in practice? You’re not there. For all we know, he’s been worse in practice. 🤪

It‘s good that you tried to assess his “emotional ability” seeing as you know nothing about him.

 

[NittanyChris]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

You’re questioning his “emotional ability” and making a judgment that he has a “lack of maturity”? Seriously? You’ve lost any shred of credibility you might have had with this post. Ludicrous.

 

[Wallace Breen]

don't you realize that the posters on this board are experts in football coaching, psychology, and everything else, and can read the minds of our players just by viewing a single series?

Who cares about psychology, Roberson is a square peg in a round hole in the current offense. It is plainly obvious.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Why would you assume anything about Roberson in practice? You’re not there. For all we know, he’s been worse in practice. 🤪

It‘s good that you tried to assess his “emotional ability” seeing as you know nothing about him.

How do you know she isn't at practice???

 

[Marylovesthelions]

Why would you assume anything about Roberson in practice? You’re not there. For all we know, he’s been worse in practice. 🤪

It‘s good that you tried to assess his “emotional ability” seeing as you know nothing about him.

Because I have faith in our coaching staff, not a low level fan who I have on ignore. Trust me, I will never look at your content again. Common sense says he gets practice time with the 1st team. Only a whiny person would assume otherwise.

 

[sluggo72]

Because I have faith in our coaching staff, not a low level fan who I have on ignore. Trust me, I will never look at your content again. Common sense says he gets practice time with the 1st team. Only a whiny person would assume otherwise.

I’d be surprised if he got 5 snaps with the 1’s. He gets his reps w the 2’s

 

[lein]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

The coaches certainly didn't help when they have him clapping his hand to get the snap. Not sure I get that unless they just didn't practice with Roberson and silent counts/noise. Roberson might have also been held back because of the need to get Clifford up to speed on a new offense and the time that may have taken.

I also remember people wanting to run Ficken out of town after missing kicks at Virginia in the BOB era.

 

[IANit]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

I take nothing away from yesterday's game re Roberson until I see him in a different situation. I didn't watch the games, but I understand the A&M QB, who was the backup before injury, looked pretty bad a week or two ago. People said the same thing about him, that he was a practice warrior who couldn't get it done in games. He looked great last night against #1 and is now a hero. If Roberson has to be QB1 for a while and he plays like he did yesterday then any criticism will be merited.

 

[EPC FAN]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

You ASSuME. You say “he lacks the emotional ability.” How would you know?

 

[The Spin Meister]

I assume Roberson has been getting meaningful snaps at qb in practice. Practice and mop up assignments have little pressure. It may well be that he lacks the emotional ability to perform in real game pressure. I wish him well in any case. He could not have responded worse than last night however. I give him major props for facing the press. It's a sign of maturity that was lacking in the game. I would not write him off yet. His worst is probably behind him.

Most of your posts are pretty good. But this one is way off target. He came in in a terrible situation and the whole team failed him. Terrible motion penalties, dropped passes, poor blocking, poor coaching. They shoulda called a time out and had them go to silent snap counts.

And he said in post game interview he had few snaps with the ones.

Methinks he will be ok in two weeks if all those broken ribs, ruptured spleen, bruised kidneys, broken collar bones of Cliffords haven’t healed by then.

 

[JoeLion]

IMHO….in two weeks TR will have 10-12 plays that take advantage of his strengths for the Illinois game. That will be all that is needed in addition to the running plays and game plan. If SC is not available for osu they may add 1-2 more. It will rest on the shoulders of the defense.

 

[Marylovesthelions]

You’re questioning his “emotional ability” and making a judgment that he has a “lack of maturity”? Seriously? You’ve lost any shred of credibility you might have had with this post. Ludic

Most of your posts are pretty good. But this one is way off target. He came in in a terrible situation and the whole team failed him. Terrible motion penalties, dropped passes, poor blocking, poor coaching. They shoulda called a time out and had them go to silent snap counts.

And he said in post game interview he had few snaps with the ones.

Methinks he will be ok in two weeks if all those broken ribs, ruptured spleen, bruised kidneys, broken collar bones of Cliffords haven’t healed by then.

Good points. I thought I said his worst was behind him. I still say it was the worst performance by a substitute qb since I enrolled in 1963. It was also the worst circumstances for a substitution. This is an opinion board. That is my opinion. He may still have a great career. Nothing I have have seen suggests this however.. He would gave a hard time being worse than at Iowa. I wish him well. As he goes, Penn State goes until Clifford returns.
All of this said, no one player lost the game, the coaches did. I still do not understand firing Limegrover for this coach. You have to be able to run the ball to close out games against the best teams. This explains Franklin's dismal record against top 10 teams.