Adrian Martinez

[huskerfan99]

4 minutes ago, ndobney said:

I am not willing to give up on Frost. I want to see what he can do with a different QB Martinez is just a choke artist

Frost is the reason we are in this situation. HE chose Martinez and blindly hitched his wagon to him. 

[Hammerhead]

12 minutes ago, ndobney said:

Really last time I checked Frost has a NC as a player and coach pretty sure this is all on Martinez. He's a great player but he's a choke artist and will lose you all the games that are close

 

Martinez is certainly partly to blame, but Frost and the rest of the coaching staff (aside from maybe Chinander) aren't helping matters any.

[hskrpwr13]

25 minutes ago, SECHusker said:

He lacks situational awareness... Like his coach

 

Bingo. Planning on posting something in the "learned" thread. Between the two of them, they are terrible game managers. 

[CheeseHusker]

Harsh, but kinda tough to argue with 

[knapplc]

This is a fantastic thread title considering the kid has not been put in a position to succeed by this staff for four years.

 

I mean, yeah he's been disappointing. But is this level of vitriol necessary?

[ZRod]

This is laughable. We're blaming the guy for a safety costing us the game when the defense can't make a stop in the first half and gives up a 56 yard game winning TD. Our kicker can't make a gimme field goal or an extra point and our OL can't get it done in the RedZone. But let's lay it all on Martinez because he either gets sacked for a safety or throws it away for a safety.

[twofittyonred]

6 minutes ago, ZRod said:

This is laughable. We're blaming the guy for a safety costing us the game when the defense can't make a stop in the first half and gives up a 56 yard game winning TD. Our kicker can't make a gimme field goal or an extra point and our OL can't get it done in the RedZone. But let's lay it all on Martinez because he either gets sacked for a safety or throws it away for a safety.

it might have something to do with the missed, wide open receivers or the numerous overthrown balls..  PS....  situational awareness on the safety.... 

[I am I]

Also…Culp 

[Bigred_inSD]

10 minutes ago, ZRod said:

This is laughable. We're blaming the guy for a safety costing us the game when the defense can't make a stop in the first half and gives up a 56 yard game winning TD. Our kicker can't make a gimme field goal or an extra point and our OL can't get it done in the RedZone. But let's lay it all on Martinez because he either gets sacked for a safety or throws it away for a safety.

Martinez fumble against Michigan,  being too scared to step into the throw in  the first play of OT against MSU and then throws a pick.   He is the QB and a leader, he shrinks like a frightened turtle when he needs to be 12 feet tall

[hskrpwr13]

14 minutes ago, knapplc said:

This is a fantastic thread title considering the kid has not been put in a position to succeed by this staff for four years.

 

I mean, yeah he's been disappointing. But is this level of vitriol necessary?

 

Don't take it personally. Its a message board.

[hskrpwr13]

14 minutes ago, ZRod said:

This is laughable. We're blaming the guy for a safety costing us the game when the defense can't make a stop in the first half and gives up a 56 yard game winning TD. Our kicker can't make a gimme field goal or an extra point and our OL can't get it done in the RedZone. But let's lay it all on Martinez because he either gets sacked for a safety or throws it away for a safety.

 

To me, thats a bit facetious. Until late in the play, the protection was there. Couldve easily gotten rid of it, ran elsewhere. Zero reason for him to have run back into the endzone like that. Freshman mistake despite Benharts ineffectiveness.

[ZRod]

10 minutes ago, Bigred_inSD said:

Martinez fumble against Michigan,  being too scared to step into the throw in  the first play of OT against MSU and then throws a pick.   He is the QB and a leader, he shrinks like a frightened turtle when he needs to be 12 feet tall

He got hit in the jaw and came back to get us to OT against MSU. He pretty much kept us in the Michigan game. And he's played through multiple injuries. Not to mention he QBs a team that is 101st in FBS for average sacks given up. He doesn't always make the greatest decisions, but this team ne er seems to put him in good positions. 

[ZRod]

9 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said:

 

To me, thats a bit facetious. Until late in the play, the protection was there. Couldve easily gotten rid of it, ran elsewhere. Zero reason for him to have run back into the endzone like that. Freshman mistake despite Benharts ineffectiveness.

He's going through a progression and the protect breaks down. He scrambles gets caught and then there's no where to go. s#!t happens. Next series he leads us down the field and scores in a minute. That's not choking.

[Mc Fly AZ]

Look most of us love Adrian as a person and he seems like a great kid. We all want for him to be the man so badly and play well. But when in comes to being a great player in the CLUTCH, he struggles mightily. 
When the game is close in the forth quarter and the pressure is on he is definitely a NERVOUS NELLY. There have been a lot of games in his career where I truly believe we win if we had a different QB. 

[ZRod]

25 minutes ago, twofittyonred said:

it might have something to do with the missed, wide open receivers or the numerous overthrown balls..  PS....  situational awareness on the safety.... 

Or it could be poor line play and a defense that was pretty terrible 99% if the first half. Martinez missed some throws, guys missed blocks, Frost made a dumb play call, and the defense gave up a 56 yard TD run. A lot more than just a safety contributed to this loss.

 

Do tell me about situational awareness when you can't even turn around and throw to a receiver because you're being pulled down by a defender. Be smarter than the idiotic announcer you don't have to requote him. He didn't even know who our QB was half the game.