From: bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer)
Subject: Re: God did Young SUCK!
Summary: last week's LVP
Organization: Steve Young Non-Fan Club
Distribution: ca
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:18:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.195007.4621@oracle.us.oracle.com> (Alvin W. Law) writes:

> If Young really did suck yesterday, Seifert would have benched him and
> sent Montana onto the field in the fourth quarter. :)  If Young really
> did suck, Seifert would not call for a quarterback sneak/draw on
> 4th-and-1 at Redskins' 20 after he had fumbled three times already.

Seifert has made it clear that he will *not* replace Young with Montana
for any reason other than injury (or as a backup during garbage time).
So you needn't worry - no matter how badly he sucks, Young will play to
the bitter end. :(  As to whether Seifert [Shanahan] would call a QB draw
on 4th and 1 - if the situation warrants it, I don't see why not.  It's
a high-percentage short yardage play and probably has a lower risk of
turnovers than most other calls.

> Montana threw an interception in the end zone in SB XXIII that was
> lucky enough to have been missed.  They were down 13-6 at that point.
> The next play was the TD pass to Rice.  And nobody said Montana was
> lucky... :)

Everybody said he had been lucky.  Still, that pass was nowhere near as
close to being intercepted as Young's pass to Taylor.  It's a miracle
it made it into JT's hands.  I don't ever recall Montana looking as
flustered as Young did during the Redskin game.

> So you expect him to fall and sit on the ball?  If it had been Montana
> who ran, fell, GOT UP and then lost the ball, everybody would be
> blaming Guy McIntyre who knocked the ball lose. :)

Steve acknowledged after the game that he should have fallen on the ball.
He said he wasn't paying attention when he got up holding it loosely in
one hand.  Supolu is the one who knocked it out.

> My house was nervous when we saw Montana warming up at the sidelines.
> That would have completely destroyed Young's confidence and career.

As the backup QB, Montana is supposed to stay warmed up.  He can be
called to take over on any down should Young have to leave the field.
Is Young's confidence and career so fragile he would be "completely
destroyed" by having Montana on the sidelines?  I'm no fan of Steve's,
but I'd give him more credit than that.  After all, Seifert tells him
before every game that it's 'his team' now.

> The above is not Montana-bashing; Young is our quarterback and we
> should support him wholeheartedly.  There is no proof that Montana
> can do better under the same situations and game condition.

Young may be *your* quarterback, but the jury's still out for me.
When a starter loses his job because of injury, I think he at least
deserves a chance to win it back, particularly when that player has
led the team to four Superbowl wins.  That's not to say Young can't
do the same, but let's see him prove it.  Dallas will be the test.
I hope you feel the same way about him if he never makes it all the
way.  There is no "proof" that he ever will, you know.

> If we repeatedly question Young's abilities and performance and
> compare him with Montana's *PRIME YEARS*, we could only hurt Young,
> as well as our  team's chance of winning the Superbowl.

I don't think "we" are going to affect his play one way or the other.
If you mean he might be hurt by lack of fan support in general, well,
if you think the boo-birds were on his case before, just imagine what
it will be like if he causes a Montana trade and then can't deliver.

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