I'm not a Rosier hater and if he wins the job so beit. You seem to be a Perry hater. You have stated in several threads Perry's completion % as if it's the whole picture. Moving the chains and scoring matters most.
For example, a sack is worse than a incomplete pass...yes? They are drive killers. Rosier had 4. you don't compare that stat. Perry ran for 45 Rosier -24. If Rosier would have thrown the ball away his stats would have been 9 of 18 and would have been a better performance.
Richt said on Joe Rose that Perry closed the gap in the scrimmage. Also said he was starting to take leadership in the huddle.
It's not just Rosier's completion rate, he takes too many sacks, too many tipped balls, poor at running read option, panics under pressure, etc. I'm stating this not to bash Rosier, just based on my eyes and coaches statements Perry's coming along just fine.
I understand Rosier went only against the 1's and I take that into account. I just wish people would compare apples to apples and not cherry pick stats. Some of us think Perry played fairly good this last scrimmage, it usually takes time and reps to be really good. I believe all QB's will get better by the season, including Rosier. Lets let it play out, I doubt qb play will be worse than last year regardless who plays.
The biggest problem I see is that people dismiss any and all fair criticism of Perry as hate, so instead of considering any possibility that there may be a few things for Perry to work on, you have to convince yourself that Coach Richt, who is by all other accounts a Godly man, is lying to the fans and the media--and for what purpose? To safeguard Rosier's self esteem?
I got nothing against Perry. He's brand new. But he's been a sub 50% passer since he's been here and has thrown only 4 Tds to 7 INT's. When we get to the point where we're no longer talking about Perry--or Williams--in terms of their potential, but rather how they're lighting up scrimmages and dominating camps, I'll start taking them seriously as a candidate for QB1.
The biggest thing that will hold Perry back under Mark Richt is his tendency to improvise rather than execute the play. I believe the words Richt used was, when a play breaks down or the pocket collapses, that's one thing, but when the protection's there and you have a pretty good pocket, you gotta hang tough and make a play. So all that mess about Perry's rushing yards and not taking sacks...while you may have convinced yourself it's a good thing, it's not what Richt wants to see. My guess would be that this is doubly important in a scripted scrimmage where he's trying to evaluate how everyone is coming along at understanding the system and executing plays.
I've seen people try to rip Rosier, saying he was only 65% this scrimmage because he played it safe. Well, duh, but it ain't always about being safe. Now try to stay with me here, and keep in mind what I said about Richt being a chess player. That hitch route, that out route, the swing pass, or bubble screen? Yeah...he's trying to talk that SAM into taking a step closer to the line and the safties to cheat out to the hash just a little further to help out on the boundary...then when the pieces are in place, play action skinny post that cuts behind the SAM and splits that huge gap between the safeties.
Now, I know you're thinking, well Rosier missed as many of those down the stretch as he made, and you'd get no argument out of me. My point is not to praise Rosier or bash Perry. I'm just trying to give my opinion on what I believe to be Richt's thought process. I don't yet think Richt trusts Perry to read the LB leverage or the safeties cheating the boundary and check to the PA pass. It doesn't matter if he can hit the throw he never takes. If he stays into the play that the defense is cheating up on, yeah, he may be able to use his athleticism to prevent a sack or a negative play. But just because it wasn't a bad play doesn't mean it was the right play.