[IAM22]

If you have been watching the news Hempel has played very well this season. The other two...........

His throwing motion isn't terrible and could easily be fixed.. His DM isn't there but most High School QBs don't have it anyway. (Thus what college coaching is for) but also I would take almost any other NKY 5a or 6a teams recievers over Conners.. Harsh but true. Last year he had a lot better weapons. My biggest problem with Barker is his inconsistency game to game and even play to play.

IMO he will get his chance at UK. A good QB coach will be able I work with him and we will see in 2 years how he turns out. I'd like to see him turn out good because I don't want NKY to be known as the land of big school bust (You know the list).

The jury is still out on Towles but I still wonder if he transfers if Barker ends up taking a depth spot above him.

His throwing motion is awesome and like I have posted before, Coach Watson from UL and Coach Magnus from South Carolina said it is one of the best throwing motions and releases they have ever seen. But you have said things about his throwing motion before. I would really like to hear what is wrong with the motion.

His understanding of defenses is extremely good he understands coverages, recognizes fronts, blitzes even when teams try to roll coverages(which almost no qb ever sees in high school let alone recognizes it) and changes plays at the line of scrimmage.

Trent Dilfer, told Mr. Hempel, that Barkers football IQ is unbelievable and is something that impressed him along with his physical skills. Which is why Drew changes a lot of plays based on what the defense shows, according to interviews from his HC.

I think the inconsistency, which there is not a lot of IMO, is to how the wr match up with the other teams dbs and his mind and ability to process is faster than the wr skill level causing him to "wait" at times for things to develop. With Fogle last year he had a high level wr that teams had a hard time matching up with and a much better line. Watching Bonnafon from Trinity and his situation it is similar. Last years Trinity qb put up better numbers than Reggie but had a lot more talent around him and Reggie is the better qb. The game the other night in the Pit at Elder you could see how the WR-DB match up is critical to the succes of the qb.

I cannot figure out the Towles situation. Only thing I have heard was that he could not recognize defenses very well and then process that into the play going full speed. But that is only what I heard. I think that at HHS the qb is told who to throw it too because the coach thinks his athletes will just make the play on the ball. That is how Coach Mueller describes it, but he could just be "talking." Or it could be throw to this guy if he is open, if he isn't throw to this guy type of thing. Now, Towles throwing motion is something that needs worked on IMO.

I do not think Towles will transfer, of course that is just a guess. For him to work as hard as he did at HHS, where they work a lot, tells me that he will not shy away from the challenge or back down.
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As far as the big school bust I can only think of one.