I've found the Brewer bashing on here astonishing. This is the same kid that beat Ohio State. Give him something better than the patchwork 2nd/3rd string offensive line he had most of the season, and he would have looked a lot better. What quarterback wouldn't?
I think the most frustration fans have is with the interception streak he went on mid-season. I'm with you on that. Clearly the offensive coaching staff got on him and he overcorrected which caused too much hesitation in the pocket, but the kid has as much talent as a passer as anyone we've had in a long, long time. Sometimes he does a pretty good job escaping pressure and sometimes he doesn't, but he needs his skilled position players to get separation and help him out, too.
Ultimately, however, he put the offense on his back last night and moved them down the field. The kid got demolished and kept getting back up and kept urging his line to keep moving. We saw Brewer grow up into a real leader last night, in my opinion. My hats off to the kid - that was one of the grittiest performances I've seen in sports in a long, long time.
I said a few days ago that the thing this team was lacking the most was someone like Tyrod who just had the will to win and made the people around him better. I think Brewer took a step that direction last night.
That being said, last night was a great team win. It wasn't just Brewer, everyone on offense contributed from JC, to Bucky, to Wang, to Rogers, etc. I was glad to see JC run more to the outside than between the tackles, and I'm glad to see us going back to plays that were working. UVA's D was tougher than most teams we played this year.
In my opinion, Loeffler gets another year. He didn't really have any tools in his cupboard until this year and then half of the offense goes down with injuries and the OL has been under a lot of duress. That's not on Loeffler. I hope he comes back another year and we get to see what he can do with some talented guys that are experienced and hopefully healthy.
He's a hard worker and he's a smarter OC than most, in my opinion. Maybe he overthinks and overanalyzes, but he's brought some new life to the tired offense we had for most of the last decade.
Starting over with a new OC would be a waste, in my opinion. Next year is the year we have talent and experience on both sides of the ball. We don't need to go screwing around with new coaches and new systems that will set us back a year.
Go Hokies!