Because he continues to handoff up the middle in stacked boxes, gets stopped and goes back to it as opposed to taking what the defense is giving him. He's determined to force the game his way...that's how.
I'm just curious here. But do most of yall understand the majority of these handoffs up the middle as you call them are actually rpo & it's Kaaya pretty snap reads that have him handing the ball off...
Don't agree with you here, brotha. Those happy feet and the ghosts he's seeing may have something to do with the difference between a live DL and not. I saw what you saw in fall practices.
He looked clean. He looked calm. He went through progressions.
He was also wearing a protective jersey.
Something has to explain why he's suddenly spooked, and this is as good a guess as any. It might not be the sole cause, but it's a fair educated guess as to the incredible difference.
I think Kaaya has fooled both staffs by being a very good practice QB where he knows no one can touch him but come game time vs the good teams he is no where near that same efficient QB the coaches see in practice.
Kaaya has fooled both staffs with his excellence in practice? Neither staff saw him in games?
Kaaya didn't fool anyone. He was what he was. Don't forget, when Ryan Williams got hurt, Coley and Golden were stuck with getting a true freshman ready for the opener with Louisville on the road. They sacrificed his long term development by implementing a scheme he was familiar with in high school. As he in that scheme, they rode with it. He never got the development, training and support need to run the offense Richt is trying to install. All of his draft projections were based on potential ... they saw Kayaa making plays even without the proper development in fundamentals.
All that changed at Clemson. After he got clocked, he hasn't been quite the same. All QBs, if they play long enough, eventually get their bell rung. It's happened to Montana, Marino, Elway, Brady, you name it. And after such an event, people revert back to what they are comfortable and familiar with. While they were able to get back on their feet, Kaaya's lack of grounding in fundamentals became apparent.
When Howard was hired and said he was going to implement a pro style offense, there was a lot of skepticsm whether it was possible to do it successfully on the college level given the limited practice time (even back then) available to work with students. Howard responded by dedicating a coach to work just with QBs (Earl Morrell). And all QBs (except for Jim Kelly out of necessity) had to redshirt to learn the basics. Now we're expecting people to play as true freshman and without the proper one-on-one coaching (I don't remember when we had a true QB coach). Instead, we have Jon Richt, who may be a fine coach, but I'm sorry, he hasn't been through the wars as someone like Morrell had. It's an awful lot to ask.
At this point, I'm getting the sense that once he graduates, Kayaa is going to have a long career if he ends up on a team with an established QB, that finally gives him the time to develop.