I gave Lea hell last year. Shoot, I was giving him hell during the NIU game. A lot of people in here have said he takes after his coach Deuce Johnson and coaches not to lose instead of to win.
Lost in the euphoria of A.J. Swann looking like the QB we've all been waiting for, is the fact that Lea was VERY un-Johnson like against NIU.
He benched his starting QB that he took to SEC media days in the fourth game of the season. To start a true freshman. On the road. VERY un-Duece like.
On 4 and 4, down 14 points, on the road, in FG range, midway through the 3rd quarter, what's Lea do? Deuce, and honestly, probably most coaches in that situation, probably kicks the FG. Lea, showing big balls, lets his true freshman QB go for it. TD, and with it, a game changing play.
Point being, Mason was a learning on the job coach that frankly never learned. Lea, well he is a learning on the job coach too. But, apparently, he's figuring this coaching thing out.
I think I may finally be all in on Lea.
Lost in the euphoria of A.J. Swann looking like the QB we've all been waiting for, is the fact that Lea was VERY un-Johnson like against NIU.
He benched his starting QB that he took to SEC media days in the fourth game of the season. To start a true freshman. On the road. VERY un-Duece like.
On 4 and 4, down 14 points, on the road, in FG range, midway through the 3rd quarter, what's Lea do? Deuce, and honestly, probably most coaches in that situation, probably kicks the FG. Lea, showing big balls, lets his true freshman QB go for it. TD, and with it, a game changing play.
Point being, Mason was a learning on the job coach that frankly never learned. Lea, well he is a learning on the job coach too. But, apparently, he's figuring this coaching thing out.
I think I may finally be all in on Lea.
