Of course, you're the expert on Tommy Rees, because you know better than the coaches and players that played with him. A number of times guys like TJ and ZMart stood up to defend Tommy, despite the fact there were nasty, over the line comments from crazy fans towards Rees. I'm not even talking about the bullshit stuff like the fans booing him when he came off the bench against Purdue in 2012, I'm talking about the comments like "Eat **** and die in a fire, Tommy Rees." Some vile stuff was posted directly to Tommy on social media, some was not. All of it was uncalled for considering he was one of our student athletes.
Tommy was and can be a vocal and motivational player. Look at the USC game last year. He was playing a great game before getting knocked out, and during halftime he delivered a moving speech according to the players. Perhaps that speech, and his subsequent exit from the game, is what helped drive the defense to dig in and preserve the win despite Hendrix's struggles? Lets not forget that 2nd half...if Andrew had started in front of Tommy, we probably don't go to a bowl game last year. We probably don't go to a bowl game in 2010 either and beat Miami. For whatever reason, Andrew struggled more than Tommy did, which is why he was never able to pass him on the depth chart when Golson wasn't in the picture.
I disagree with your comment that vocal leadership is what makes a great coach. It certainly helps when you can motivate players, but that's just icing on the cake. Football IQ trumps motivation. It's easy to name more laid back coaches in a sport that have succeeded because of their minds and not their demeanor on the field or court...Bill Belichick, Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Cheatey Petey, Saban to an extent, etc. All these guys are fairly reserved most times. It's much harder to name a good coach that's a motivational force and doesn't have a high football IQ to back it up.
Finally, I find it hilarious that you choose to categorize the last 4 years of "pain and frustration" as the fault of Tommy. First off, Tommy's class has won more games than any other since '93, and he started more than half of those games. Certainly Golson contributed to those wins, but so did Tommy. Also, lets not forget this is a team game. There are a number of games we lost in the last 4 years that had less to do with Tommy and more to do with coaching and complete defensive collapses like 2011 Michigan. You can't fault 1 player that gave 100% when there was no other player on the roster that could beat him on the depth chart. Didn't like 2013? If you're going to blame anyone, blame Golson, he's the one that screwed up. Don't blame the guy that came in to clean up his mess.
