Drake Maye

[KillaCamNewton]

2 hours ago, TheMaulClaw said:

Quick trivia:

The last UNC or Mac Brown QB that did poo in the pros?

Oh wait.

What LSU QB before Burrow did anything?

what Oregon QB before Herbert?

what Auburn QB before Cam?

what Texas Tech QB before Mahomes?

every USC QB in the last 20 years besides Carson Palmer has been a bust, should teams shy away from Caleb Williams?

dumb take lmao

[callofthewild]

Pump the brakes. Heels are 0-3 in last 3 games, Maye with 1 TD and 4 picks. Can't feast on weak defenses forever. 

[Shocker]

If everyone bails ship then Maye should leave.  UNC had one of their better seasons and will probably still finish unranked.  Also, Mack Brown needs to retire 

Edited December 4, 2022 by Shocker

[kungfoodude]

2 hours ago, TheMaulClaw said:

I don't dislike the kid.  I just think it's way too premature to anoint him.  The ACC is flat out awful, and that team has struggled to beat good teams.  You are right, my argument in and of itself is no basis to write the kid off, but I don't think it's entirely impertinent.  There are certain teams that have a knack of developing good pros, and some that don't.  UNC is a school that used to pump out great NFL prospects.  In the past ten years we haven't seen much.  Great college qbs really elevate their squad and in the very least can grind out a signature win or two.  UNC looks great against Duke, Syracuse, Va Tech, and Wake Forest (not a real top 25) team.  But Notre Dame, and Clemson?  Outclassed.  He pressed so hard on that pick 6 and couldn't bounce back.  Not sure how you can have this kid over a guy like Rattler who at best is what maybe a 2nd or 3rd round pick right now.

I mean....he is obviously better than Rattler. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

MIGHT Maye be a star in the NFL? Sure. MIGHT he be a bust? Sure. Is it too soon to say? YES.

But the Heels homers sure won't admit to it. Kind of like Grayson McCall homers.

[KillaCamNewton]

3 hours ago, Shocker said:

If everyone bails ship then Maye should leave.  UNC had one of their better seasons and will probably still finish unranked.  Also, Mack Brown needs to retire 

The football program is historically (other than Mack’s two stints) a 6-6 with a Dukes Mayo Bowl program that will always be in the shadow of the basketball team 

after inheriting a dumpster fire, in the 4 years hes been back hes had them in the orange bowl, in the acc championship, made them a legit destination for elite recruits, made them nationally relevant, and has actually made chapel hill care about football again. He should have the stadium named after him not retire. The only fans upset or other fanbases hating on him are the delusional ones that think UNC should be the level of program Clemson is. What gets forgotten is he probably would have had them there his first stint if it wasnt happening at the same time Florida State was in their golden age

[GOAT]

Lol

[LinvilleGorge]

12 minutes ago, GOAT said:

Lol

Imagine this response from someone with a Will Levis av. LOL indeed.

[kungfoodude]

13 hours ago, KillaCamNewton said:

The football program is historically (other than Mack’s two stints) a 6-6 with a Dukes Mayo Bowl program that will always be in the shadow of the basketball team 

after inheriting a dumpster fire, in the 4 years hes been back hes had them in the orange bowl, in the acc championship, made them a legit destination for elite recruits, made them nationally relevant, and has actually made chapel hill care about football again. He should have the stadium named after him not retire. The only fans upset or other fanbases hating on him are the delusional ones that think UNC should be the level of program Clemson is. What gets forgotten is he probably would have had them there his first stint if it wasnt happening at the same time Florida State was in their golden age

After reading this, I had to go look at the performance because this post makes it seem like they have been a perennial top 15 program. The actual reality is that despite the unreal wealth of talent Mack Brown is 30-21 in his recent stint. Including only being ranked in the postseason top 25 once in his tenure and currently 1-3 record in bowl games and championship games. 

Also, these results are strikingly familiar, as they should be. Because they are slightly worse through 4 years than what Larry Fedora did, including an ACC Championship appearance. 

[NAS]

Since people are taking a bow on being right about players months before they were drafted.  I was right about Drake Maye over 3 years ago! 

Even I didn't imagine he would be a couple of votes away from winning the NFL MVP award his second year in the NFL.  

[SOJA]

really unfortunate the timing didn't work out for us to draft him would have been a special story. 

I said it when I watched him in college. This is the best player I've ever watched live as a college player. UNC had some sorry teams and he carried them. 

Edited 1 hour ago by SOJA

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, SOJA said:

really unfortunate the timing didn't work out for us to draft him would have been a special story. 

I said it when I watched him in college. This is the best player I've ever watched live as a college player. UNC had some sorry teams and he carried them. 

The defenses the Heels put on the field opposite those Howell and Maye offenses was just absolutely negligent. If we'd had just run of the mill average defenses we could've made real noise. We could move the ball and score at will, but so could our opponents only easier.

It was like watching the Rams/Seahawks game. One team is competing by their QB making insane plays and the other team was getting big chunk plays with ease.

[shaqattaq]

55 minutes ago, NAS said:

Since people are taking a bow on being right about players months before they were drafted.  I was right about Drake Maye over 3 years ago! 

Even I didn't imagine he would be a couple of votes away from winning the NFL MVP award his second year in the NFL.  

You called it. All we had to do was roll with Darnold 1 more year and Maye was ours. Now both are in he SB.