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The Daily OrangeFB | Diamond | Time for Robinson to get another shot at quarterback
By Jared Diamond
Posted: 10/20/08, 4:28 AM EST Section: Sports
TAMPA, Fla. - I don't have to explain why Cameron Dantley should not be the starting quarterback for Syracuse anymore. He did that himself.
"I'm good at times, and then there are times I'm really bad," Dantley said after the game Saturday, a 45-13 loss to No. 19 South Florida. "I just feel if I can get myself on track I can get myself back to playing good again. But I haven't found a way to get myself on the right track."
Sorry, but that's not good enough. Not if you're going to play the most important position on the field for a team desperately searching for any semblance of offensive consistency. Dantley had his chance these past six games to make his mark, and his play has gotten worse, not better.
Andrew Robinson gives the Orange a better chance to win than the Dantley we've seen these past two weeks, and it's time to make the change. What has Dantley done, especially lately, to suggest otherwise?
In essentially the last 10 quarters, dating back to the Pittsburgh game Sept. 27, Syracuse has scored one touchdown - a 24-yard rush by Curtis Brinkley against the Bulls. Last weekend against West Virginia, the defense stayed strong and managed to hold the Mountaineers to only 17 points. Dantley led the Orange to six.
It hit rock bottom for him Saturday. In the second half, Dantley went a miserable 1-of-10 for seven yards, and the offense as a whole gained only nine yards for the entire 30 minutes. A lot of the passes weren't particularly close, either, often bouncing on the turf and rolling to the intended receiver.
Yet immediately after the game, the always-positive SU head coach Greg Robinson said he didn't see it that way.
"I didn't ever feel it was Cam not doing anything," Greg Robinson said. "I don't know, maybe you guys felt that, but I didn't feel that."
Yes, Coach, we did feel that. Didn't you notice how too many of Dantley's throws were simply bad balls?
Robinson paused, thinking about what had transpired out on the field half-an-hour before, trying to remember each time his quarterback dropped back. Then, finally:
"I'm good at times, and then there are times I'm really bad," Dantley said after the game Saturday, a 45-13 loss to No. 19 South Florida. "I just feel if I can get myself on track I can get myself back to playing good again. But I haven't found a way to get myself on the right track."
Sorry, but that's not good enough. Not if you're going to play the most important position on the field for a team desperately searching for any semblance of offensive consistency. Dantley had his chance these past six games to make his mark, and his play has gotten worse, not better.
Andrew Robinson gives the Orange a better chance to win than the Dantley we've seen these past two weeks, and it's time to make the change. What has Dantley done, especially lately, to suggest otherwise?
In essentially the last 10 quarters, dating back to the Pittsburgh game Sept. 27, Syracuse has scored one touchdown - a 24-yard rush by Curtis Brinkley against the Bulls. Last weekend against West Virginia, the defense stayed strong and managed to hold the Mountaineers to only 17 points. Dantley led the Orange to six.
It hit rock bottom for him Saturday. In the second half, Dantley went a miserable 1-of-10 for seven yards, and the offense as a whole gained only nine yards for the entire 30 minutes. A lot of the passes weren't particularly close, either, often bouncing on the turf and rolling to the intended receiver.
Yet immediately after the game, the always-positive SU head coach Greg Robinson said he didn't see it that way.
"I didn't ever feel it was Cam not doing anything," Greg Robinson said. "I don't know, maybe you guys felt that, but I didn't feel that."
Yes, Coach, we did feel that. Didn't you notice how too many of Dantley's throws were simply bad balls?
Robinson paused, thinking about what had transpired out on the field half-an-hour before, trying to remember each time his quarterback dropped back. Then, finally:
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Brian Florida
posted 10/20/08 @ 9:49 AM EST
I think Dr Gross should start evaluating Grobs job performance which speaks for it self
Big east 2 wins 21 loses
overall 8 wins 34 loses
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