Fair or unfair, true or untrue I haven't been able to get a real grasp on it yet but its sounding like Carl was having some impact on decision he shouldn't have. I think he was a stresser in the program and it probably wasn't known 100% until this last season or to what degree until he left. Sounds as though there is a lot of addition by subtraction there.
I only bring this up because its been whispered that TM's dad was in Carl's ear a lot about the number of practice reps the back ups were seeing. I find it somewhat hard to believe that a parent has that type of influence and I don't think by any stretch of the imagination that if it did have an influence it would be very minor to almost none. I know Carl tried it with Watson and that was part of the fraction there, I don't know about Beck. But eventually a guy can wear down a little and give in because its easier.
Woah.
A lot of the ticky tacky grapevine stuff has been real negative on Carl, in more ways than just not liking the guy. I understand the personal issues with Carl, and the thinking that it was a distraction and affected the team. I can't get my mind wrapped around the purely football part. I have a hard time even understanding what is meant by Carl having impact on decision he should not have, or "Carl tried it with Watson." Do you know, by the way, the split of practice reps at QB between starter and backup, and if that has changed last year to this?
I know the story about the April fools prank where Cam stole all the pens out of Carl's desk and he though Jamrog did it so he got pissed walked in and flipped the guys desk over was supposed to be funny. But it also shows that the guy kept things a little too on edge.
Woah again?! Haha, that is a bizarrely funny image.
