Maynard gets unfairly trashed. He was a mediocre to average Pac 12 QB. He just had unfortunate combo of coming at the end of the Tedford era where everyone was looking for someone to blame, and that his mistakes look particularly egregious (his accuracy on easy throws was maddeningly inconsistent).
Agree Sam is way more like McIlwain in terms of passing development except Sam has better decision-making and won't force the bad pass over and over again.
Yeah, Maynard wasn’t a player without some really bright moments. In fact, we basically could have beaten Ohio St. on the road without a bad call (in my opinion) being made for holding on a TD run by Anderson. Maynard played great in that game. But those were the days of Tedford’s vanilla offenses falling short of the new trends that proliferated at that time (and later helped Dykes’ teams thrive). Maynard (who took Cal to a bowl) did alright given the hand he was dealt. For instance, I can imagine Maynard having blossomed under Franklin or, even more so, in Oregon’s hurry up style the Ducks pioneered under Kelly in the 2010’s. Not saying he could ever have had anything approaching astronomical numbers like Goff, but certainly better than what we saw at Cal with its OC’s in that pre-Dykes era.
I feel like SV5 is more like BMc5. I don’t think SV5 is as good a passer as Maynard at this point in his career.
Maynard gets unfairly trashed. He was a mediocre to average Pac 12 QB. He just had unfortunate combo of coming at the end of the Tedford era where everyone was looking for someone to blame, and that his mistakes look particularly egregious (his accuracy on easy throws was maddeningly inconsistent).
Agree Sam is way more like McIlwain in terms of passing development except Sam has better decision-making and won't force the bad pass over and over again.
Yeah, Maynard wasn’t a player without some really bright moments. In fact, we basically could have beaten Ohio St. on the road without a bad call (in my opinion) being made for holding on a TD run by Anderson. Maynard played great in that game. But those were the days of Tedford’s vanilla offenses falling short of the new trends that proliferated at that time (and later helped Dykes’ teams thrive). Maynard (who took Cal to a bowl) did alright given the hand he was dealt. For instance, I can imagine Maynard having blossomed under Franklin or, even more so, in Oregon’s hurry up style the Ducks pioneered under Kelly in the 2010’s. Not saying he could ever have had anything approaching astronomical numbers like Goff, but certainly better than what we saw at Cal with its OC’s in that pre-Dykes era.