QB of the decade

[IRISHinKC]

I voted Quinn also. Not taking anything away from Clausen, But Quinn came back for his senior season.

 

[DKSchrute]

Not to be a dick but why would you put Evan Sharpley on there?

 

[Aerosmith777]

Voted for Brady. He took the team to 3 bowl games and 2 BCS games. Stayed for 4 years.

I'll admit Clausen may be the better pro, but Brady had the better career.

Maybe Dayne will be better than all of them?

 

[jason_h537]

Not to be a dick but why would you put Evan Sharpley on there?

i had 4 options andcouldnt think of anyone else

 

[AZDomer]

Brady Quinn!

They were both CW refined QB's!
I have "dreams" of Dayne Crist surpassing 'em both!

 

[theclassickiller]

I get killed for this all the time but I stand by it... Sorry Jimmy, I love you, you are one of my favs...

you can't be the best of anything at Notre Dame with an overall losing record... a losing record to every single rival the school has including Navy... and top it all off by bouncing early...

good luck in the pros... I will root for you no matter where... I love ND getting love in the league... but I'll take the guy who:

A: beats USC
B: competes for or wins a title
C: at least wins a big game or two.

closests we have to that formula this decade was Brady Quinn... on teams with less talent than we have now mind you.

thats not at all jimmys fault though. remember when charlies playcalling was actually GOOD? after quinn left charlie tried to scheme wins instead of letting the team play for wins. its like he just didnt care anymore. for three years now i have watched games thinking "does charlie want to lose this game?"

its sad and disgusting what clausens career will look like in the future to those who dont remember his abilities. weis ruined him. the best quarterback to ever play at notre dame and he has nothing to show for it.

he shouldered the team each saturday for three years and you have to give him credit for that. but add to that the fact that weis coached this team to losses and theres no way montana could have overcome that. jimmy is the better quarterback notre dame has ever had talent wise by a long shot.

jimmy will be successful in the nfl though because of what he went through at notre dame. i think quinn struggles with the nfl right now because he never faced any of the problems weis caused jimmy.

 

[theclassickiller]

I voted Quinn also. Not taking anything away from Clausen, But Quinn came back for his senior season.

come on. can you honestly tell me quinn would have come back had he lost his coach, his offensive line, possibly his top receiver, and the next year he would have sacrificed a guaranteed 30 million or so to the rookie salary cap?

i dont think so. i respect brady as a good guy but dont forget he did hold out on his rookie contract for a long while. that much money would have convinced tebow to leave early.

clausen did the smart thing and left when his stock was the highest. it was the end of an era and he was the better face of it.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Quinn

Quinn

Clausen underachieved never lived up to hype what his signature game ?hawaii?

 

[NDinL.A.]

Clausen underachieved never lived up to hype what his signature game ?hawaii?

I guess you missed his entire junior season. 28 TDs to only 4 INTs (that's ridiculous). 3700+ yards. 68% completion rate. Did most of that on a busted toe which mad it almost impossible for him to scramble and painful for him to plant, the same injury that kept Matt Ryan of the Falcons out for 2 games (Clausen missed only half a game...and came back in that one to lead the Irish to a last second victory). And he did all of this in a pro-style offense with his best receiver (it's true; Floyd was widely recognized as his top target until he was hurt) out for half the year and his TE also hurt for a few games (as well as his top RB).

He also brought his team back for 4 come-from-behind wins, and in every single one of the losses this year, every single one, he brought his team back from deficits to at least give his team a chance to win. In several games, he brought us back from double-digit deficits in the 4th quarter.

My main gripe with Jimmy this year was that he couldn't tackle, couldn't play in the secondary, and he couldn't coach the team. If he had been able to do all those things, along with playing QB better than anyone else in the nation, then we would have been in a BCS game. Unfortunately, he didn't do all those things, so we're stuck with dealing with people blaming him for all those losses.

Truth is, Jimmy Clausen did everything in his power to make this team a winner. He put in tons of work in the offseason, and it showed on the field. Was he perfect? Of course not. But he played his ass off this year, he grew up, he lead, he competed, and he played at a super high level. But his defense sucked, and his coach staff, as much as I love CW, wasn't up to par.

That's not on Jimmy.

Oh, and this 'underachieving' QB is about to become a top 10 pick. Not bad...

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

I think he's a witch.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Pats...fan, come on Jimmy can't play corner and stop WR. Jimmy can't play NT and stop the run. Jimmy can't play DE and rush the passer. Yes, Jimmy isn't perfect. But, what he did to lead us back against all these teams with great passing in the 4th quarter....and you are blaming him???? I 100% don't blame him. He isn't perfect. He lead us back against Conn/Pitt/Navy/USC? Yes, he had great WR. But, he had a below average OL.

I am one Irish Fan who stands behind Jimmy as one of the best QBs we have had, and maybe will have???

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Point taken...

 

[IrishAddiction]

almost wanted to vote for Evan just to see the uproar, but had to back Brady.

 

[timm3117]

Brady, simply because he gave us 4 year. 2 of which he was great.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

It is very, very close for me because I really like Clausen. However, if I were picking teams and Brady (ND years) and Jimmy (ND years) were in front of me, I just think I would have to pick Brady. I can't really explain it, because Clausen might be a better quarterback, but Quinn is a better football player in an all around sense. It is an intangible, but Quinn just always seemed to have a much bigger presence, or aura, on the field than Clausen did. Especially his last two years, it really was Quinn's team. I never really felt Clausen had the commanding presence Quinn possessed.

 

[wahoo]

Brady...the team played better when he was in there. Consequently, Brady won more games

 

[JKhrome1ND]

I guess you missed his entire junior season. 28 TDs to only 4 INTs (that's ridiculous). 3700+ yards. 68% completion rate. Did most of that on a busted toe which mad it almost impossible for him to scramble and painful for him to plant, the same injury that kept Matt Ryan of the Falcons out for 2 games (Clausen missed only half a game...and came back in that one to lead the Irish to a last second victory). And he did all of this in a pro-style offense with his best receiver (it's true; Floyd was widely recognized as his top target until he was hurt) out for half the year and his TE also hurt for a few games (as well as his top RB).

He also brought his team back for 4 come-from-behind wins, and in every single one of the losses this year, every single one, he brought his team back from deficits to at least give his team a chance to win. In several games, he brought us back from double-digit deficits in the 4th quarter.

My main gripe with Jimmy this year was that he couldn't tackle, couldn't play in the secondary, and he couldn't coach the team. If he had been able to do all those things, along with playing QB better than anyone else in the nation, then we would have been in a BCS game. Unfortunately, he didn't do all those things, so we're stuck with dealing with people blaming him for all those losses.

Truth is, Jimmy Clausen did everything in his power to make this team a winner. He put in tons of work in the offseason, and it showed on the field. Was he perfect? Of course not. But he played his ass off this year, he grew up, he lead, he competed, and he played at a super high level. But his defense sucked, and his coach staff, as much as I love CW, wasn't up to par.

That's not on Jimmy.

Oh, and this 'underachieving' QB is about to become a top 10 pick. Not bad...

Yeah Clausen did all he could do with this team battling the injuire bug, even himself all year long.

But the whole Quinn vs Clausen thing, i voted Brady...............just because Brady is hottier than Jimmy hahaha JK but Brady gave us 4 years compared to Jimmys 3 years, i think Jimmy had a great chance at breaking some of Brady's record's if he stayed a 4th year.

Both guys had crazy up and down season's there Freshman/Sophmore years yes, but the one thing Jimmy did, that Brady didnt have to do, was learn a NFL Pro style Offense under Coach Weis Freshman year, Brady learned it Junior year and did very well under it (but Brady already had 2 college years under his belt) he was able to transition easier for him already playing at the college level where Jimmy had to learn it right away coming out of High School. Junior year was the coming out party for both guys (stats wise) and Jimmy could have had a huge Senior year IMO (Allen & Hughes are back), (Floyd & Tate - would have stayed if Clausen did), (Rudolph is back) the OL was the only question here mark here. And there defense will be very good next year, they where one of the youngest defense in D-I football this year.

either way both where great Notre Dame Quarterbacks and im glad i was able to watch them both grow as QB's for ND !!! I hope the best for both guys, Quinn at Cleveland and Clausen probably at St.Louis/Washington/Buffalo/San Francisco (those are the teams that will probably take a QB in the Top 10).

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

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This is why Clausen is so much better than Quinn and why the "Quinn won more games!!!1!!one!!!" argument is the dumbest thing said on this site.