'18 PA QB Phil Jurkovec (Wherever I May Roam Chud)

[fightingirish26]

Idk how much of the blame for BWs struggles we can pin on Rees, but is anyone else concerned that Tommy will struggle to develop Phil, given the chance?

 

[Irishnuke]

Idk how much of the blame for BWs struggles we can pin on Rees, but is anyone else concerned that Tommy will struggle to develop Phil, given the chance?

I honestly don't know why Tommy is the QB coach. Because he was available?

 

[dad4aa]

I honestly don't know why Tommy is the QB coach. Because he was available?

Even though he has a short resume, coaches and players he has worked with have raved about him and how good he is. Even when he was playing, a lot of people at ND believed he would be a great coach after graduation.

 

[ThePiombino]

Idk how much of the blame for BWs struggles we can pin on Rees, but is anyone else concerned that Tommy will struggle to develop Phil, given the chance?

At least some of it.

I honestly don't know why Tommy is the QB coach. Because he was available?

Sentimental coach is sentimental.

Even though he has a short resume, coaches and players he has worked with have raved about him and how good he is. Even when he was playing, a lot of people at ND believed he would be a great coach after graduation.

Yeah, but since when did ND become an on-the-job training facility? Isn't that what GAs are for?

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[Irish YJ]

I love Tommy but thought it was too soon for him to step in as QB coach at ND. Coaching a first year starting DT QB is a big job. Especially one who needs so much help in the passing game. IMO tommy should have spent a few years in the MAC or a place with less spotlight.

 

[dad4aa]

Yeah, but since when did ND become an on-the-job training facility? Isn't that what GAs are for?

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What do you consider on the job training? Does someone need 3 years, 5 years, 10 years before the training is done? He has worked with players in both the college and pro level. Spent one of those years with San Diego as an offensive assistant. Here is a quick snippet of what was said about him:

Experience, believe it or not, is not a critical trait in a successful football coach. Do you know the game, and can you teach it?

Rees checked both boxes in permanent ink.

“When he came in, the players respected him, because he knew what he was talking about,” Steichen says. “As soon as you know what you’re talking about at any level — it doesn’t matter what level it is — as soon as you can help these guys, they’re going to respect you no matter what your age is.”

The bolded part, for me, is important since these are older, professional athletes believing he can coach. With him living the experience of a student-athlete at ND and being the starting QB for multiple years, I think he would be a great contributor to help not only teach mechanics but handle the stress of studies, practice, etc as an ND QB.

 

[Luckylucci]

I really don't think this has anything to do with Rees. Wimbush is all over the place. He's sloppy with his delivery and I'm not sure how you coach this garbage. He's literally stepping out of passes. He just can't deliver easy balls

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I really don't think this has anything to do with Rees. Wimbush is all over the place. He's sloppy with his delivery and I'm not sure how you coach this garbage. He's literally stepping out of passes. He just can't deliver easy balls

This. Wimbush should move to slot next year. Everyone wants true freshman Phill to start. But I would rather see an experienced smart QB in Book with first great reps from spring throughout the season.


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[BobbyMac]

Soooo... Phil played a quarterfinal playoff game over the weekend against the boys from State College HS.

Game was tied 14-14 at half. Reports were P-R played as poorly as they could have. Phil took over the locker room at half and P-R came out and dropped 28 on them in the 3rd. Phil accounted for all of them, 3 through the air and 1 on the ground. Won the game 49-21.

Phil went 20-25 ... 252 yds ... 3 TD ... 14 car ... 120 yds ...2 TD.

Updated season totals:

14 G ... 211-278 ... 75.9% ... 3531 yds ... 36 TD ... 4 Int ... 104 car ... 1028 yds ... 19 TD

They play 12-1 Manheim Twp next Saturday in the semis. Game is in Altoona for anyone is interested.

 

[dad4aa]

Soooo... Phil played a quarterfinal playoff game over the weekend against the boys from State College HS.

Game was tied 14-14 at half. Reports were P-R played as poorly as they could have. Phil took over the locker room at half and P-R came out and dropped 28 on them in the 3rd. Phil accounted for all of them, 3 through the air and 1 on the ground. Won the game 49-21.

Phil went 20-25 ... 252 yds ... 3 TD ... 14 car ... 120 yds ...2 TD.

Updated season totals:

14 G ... 211-278 ... 75.9% ... 3531 yds ... 36 TD ... 4 Int ... 104 car ... 1028 yds ... 19 TD

They play 12-1 Manheim Twp next Saturday in the semis. Game is in Altoona for anyone is interested.

Really hope this translates to the college game and he is the real deal.

This one hasn't worked out so far in the transition:
Rated 38th player in nation and No. 2 dual-threat quarterback on Rivals.com 250 list
Rated 45th player in the nation and number-four dual-threat quarterback on ESPN 300 list and 55th player overall and fifth dual-threat quarterback on 247Sports Top 247 list
New Jersey Gatorade Player of the year in 2014
NJ.com Offensive Player of the Year for 2014
First-team quarterback on NJ.com all-state squad and on all-nonpublic team for 2014
First-team quarterback on all-Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League unit
MSG Varsity first-team all-metro quarterback and Tri-State Player of the Year
Player of the year on MSG Varsity all-New Jersey squad
Completed 192 passes (most in the state) of 265 attempts (.723) for 3,187 yards, 37 touchdowns and four interceptions as senior in 2014 for St Peter’s Prep High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
Rushed for 723 yards and five TDs
Helped St. Peter’s to 11-1 record and New Jersey Non-Public Group 4 state title with 34-18 win over Paramus Catholic in championship game for school’s first state title since 2005
In three 2014 playoff games completed 60 of 88 throws for combined 854 yards and 10 TDs

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Does anyone have the compiled career stats for Phil?

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[Blazers46]

Feel bad for Phil. He is our next savior just like everyone from Dayne Crist on down was once. Good luck Phil!!

 

[BobbyMac]

Does anyone have the compiled career stats for Phil?

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Career 32 G:

Pass: 491-709 ... 7761 yds ... 69.3% ... 242 ypg ... 68 TD ... 10 Int ... 131.5 QBR ...

Rush: 317 car ... 2762 yds ... 8.7 ypc ... 38 TD

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Career 32 G:

Pass: 491-709 ... 7761 yds ... 69.3% ... 242 ypg ... 68 TD ... 10 Int ... 131.5 QBR ...

Rush: 317 car ... 2762 yds ... 8.7 ypc ... 38 TD

Thank you!

Absurd stats against some nice competition... Please let this be the one.

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[BobbyMac]

Feel bad for Phil. He is our next savior just like everyone from Dayne Crist on down was once. Good luck Phil!!

I don't think the Irish needed any immediate saving after Jimmy C.

 

[BobbyMac]

Thank you!

Absurd stats against some nice competition... Please let this be the one.

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Would have been a lot more but he missed the second half of the season last year + playoffs and may have started as a freshman but Pitt's current QB, Patt Dinucci was an All-State senior.

 

[Wingman Ray]

I really don't think this has anything to do with Rees. Wimbush is all over the place. He's sloppy with his delivery and I'm not sure how you coach this garbage. He's literally stepping out of passes. He just can't deliver easy balls

100% here. Turnover Tommy cant make the guy hit wide flippin open receivers nor can he make him not throw straight to the incoming LBer.

Face it, BW is a runner with the occasional throw. Sadly, he just has a large possibility of not connecting on the throws he does make and is not a legit 3rd down producer. You can be successful with a running QB but you have to be able to make the throws when it is 1v1 or wide open receivers because there is a safety spying you every play.

 

[dad4aa]

Would have been a lot more but he missed the second half of the season last year + playoffs and may have started as a freshman but Pitt's current QB, Patt Dinucci was an All-State senior.

Thanks for the stats Crusader. Didn’t he also sit out the 3rd and 4th quarters of several games this year due to their blowout wins?

 

[BobbyMac]

Thanks for the stats Crusader. Didn’t he also sit out the 3rd and 4th quarters of several games this year due to their blowout wins?

If I had to guess, I'd say he has sat out 9-10 of the 14 4th Q's this year and 7-8 3rd Q's.

 

[ulukinatme]

One season and Rees is already the problem /w our QBs. Some things never change.

 

[BobbyMac]

Phil has been named one of 6 finalists for the US Army Bowl Player of the Year.

The others are:

WR - Amon-Ra St. Brown
LB - Dax Hollifield
DE - Micah Parsons
QB - Trevor Lawrence - Clemson Commit
ATH - Derion Kendrick - Clemson Commit

Phil should win this going away and be given his 5th star back.

ASB has 1000+ yds receiving and 18 TD's. Obvioulsy good but POTY good? He's the other offensive guy to JT Daniels on the best manufactured team in the country. His numbers are down from last year. Statistically... not even the best WR in his own conference. If he had Javon McKinley HS #'s, then it'd be much closer but JT Daniels is the real Player of the Year on this team... and Phil has better #'s than him too. Advantage Phil

Dax Holifield's numbers are still eye popping but way down from his all-time Nintendo season last year. He also plays in 2A which is the 3rd highest of 8 classes in NC. Love the dude but that's cheating. Advantage Phil

Derion Kendrick will be a WR at Clemson but plays QB in HS. He plays for the top school in SC just like Phil does in PA. They are both favored to win the state title. They both rushed for 1000 yds / 10 ypc / 19 TD's. But Phil threw for 1000 more yards and 10 more TD's w/ less Int's. Advantage Phil.

Trevor Lawrence. They are dying to give this award to Lawrence. He is the state of Georgia's all time leading passer with 13,000+ yds. But this isn't the Player of the Career, it's Player of the Year. On an 11-1 team but out of the playoffs. Did have a 40:1 TD to Int ratio but passed for less yards... 3100 yds and rushed for a measly 200 yds playing against a BAD 4A (out of 7A) schedule. Got bounced from the playoffs by the first Catholic school they faced. Once again, this is Player of the Year not Career. Advantage Phil.

Micah Parsons to me is the only competition. His defensive #'s are down from the last two seasons. 11 G ... 55 Tkl ... 17.5 TFL ... 9.5 Sks but he was asked to be the main ball carrier this year and he posted an impressive ... 98 car ... 1161 yds ... 11.8 ypc ... 27 TD going two ways. But he ran for just 43 yds in a season ending loss in the 5A playoffs. I'll still take Tim Tebow w/ a 76% completion rate. Advantage Phil.


Now give him his 5th Star back Mr. Wiltfong!

 

[ND NYC]

would rather the hype be low on Phil.

underpromise and overdeliver!

 

[BobbyMac]

would rather the hype be low on Phil.

underpromise and overdeliver!

Oh no... another anti-hypester.

No. You walk into the locker room like Bird and ask, Which one of you girls is getting 2nd?

Phil ain't no punk, he'll plant a foot in their azz and a flag on their 50.

All hail Phillip I, King of Michiana. Long live the King!

 

[GBdomer]

Not really one to compare but Phil reminds me so much of Jarrett Stidham and I hope he is just as good if not better

 

[NDPhilly]

Not really one to compare but Phil reminds me so much of Jarrett Stidham and I hope he is just as good if not better

Hope he's more Stidham than Blake Barnett who was the other guy I thought of when watching his highlights.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Luckylucci, I wonder what Brandon has been doing for three years??? Mechanics suck, and just an overall bad thrower. 49 percent as a junior just isn’t good at all.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Right now watching the train wreck throwing of Brandon, I can live with a freshman next year. What is he going to do throw 45 percent??

 

[IRISHMAN]

would rather the hype be low on Phil.

underpromise and overdeliver!

just like tommy reese.

 

[BobbyMac]

Phil dropping dimes with guys hanging on him. Big Ballin' like Big Ben.

P-R up 13-0 after the 1st on two Phil TD's.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jurkovec 33-yard TD pass to Crawford. 13-0. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PineRichland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PineRichland</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PIAASemiFinal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PIAASemiFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/o4PtF3N1c2">pic.twitter.com/o4PtF3N1c2</a></p>— OuterLimitsTraining (@outerlim) <a href="https://twitter.com/outerlim/status/937024622305972224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That was quick. Pine-Richland takes 6-0 lead on Manheim Twp. Manheim fumbled ball away on third play. Phil Jurkovec 6 yd TD pass to Raymond Falcone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/piaa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#piaa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wpial?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wpial</a></p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh) <a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/937020423426007042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[BobbyMac]

Once again. Extend PWO offers for Phil's WR/DB's Ray Falcone AND Jason Defrancisis plus RB/slot Brandon Crawford.



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