#UVa announces QB Phillip Sims no longer w/program.— David Teel (@DavidTeelatDP) May 31, 2013
Sims is ineligible and no longer enrolled at #UVa.— David Teel (@DavidTeelatDP) May 31, 2013
It's okay though, they still have about 14 other QBs on their roster.
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The entire release is here: http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/053113aaa.html.
It sounds like he had some academic issues, to put it mildly.
I had high hopes for this guy when he went to Alabama. I love seeing VA products do well, and if just happened to win championships in the vaunted SEC, I'd have been happy for him. It is looking more and more like he should have stayed there. Sad story. Hope he finds success somewhere.
Having said that, BooVA.
Hit it!
Oh my god is your avatar a hokie version of loki wartooth from metalocalypse? Brilliant. Turkey leg for you, sir/ma'am.
Harsh words.
Big words from a man who acts like an ass on the sideline. Sims will resurface at Hampton or Norfolk State.
I was thinking the same thing while reading this.
UVA apologists will be saying "at Alabama they weren't required to go to class"
From May of 2012:
Welp.
a thousand turkey legs for you, sir.
If you look at what Sims could have done it's a big loss for UVA. However I don't think anyone is really upset given his spring work ethic. Watford and Lmabert have shown a larger desire to the new OC anyways.
Bet he wishes he didn't transfer from Bama.
Mike London lost more quarterbacks than UVa had fans at their spring game.
Mike London's Bridge is falling down.
You're not too far off. Here's a post from the something awful forums:
I count 14.
Help me fill in the blanks.....
The starting QB's for UVA during our 9-year-run:
2012: Rocco
2011: Rocco
2010:
2009:Verica
2008: Hall/Verica
2007:
2006: Sewell
2005:
2004:
Wow, that was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
2010-Verica
2007-Sewell (some Lalich)
2005-Hagans
2004-Hagans
That 2005 game was fuuuuun
The blanks are actually rather appropriate.
Sheesh. That tells me two thing: a) UVa are turrible at evaluating quarterback talents and b) poor character judge. That's not to say that Tech didn't have character issue at quarterback, ahem, like Marcus "Stomp the Yard" Vick. I think that is the only quarterback who sucked beside that quarterback who shall go nameless but wore #7 once upon a time.
This isn't great for us, having Sims around would have created just that much more disorder and dischord. This may give them a cleaner path to playing Lambert sooner, who may actually not suck.
This is actually a legitimate concern. He might not be bad, and by the time he's ready to start, Head Ball Cop will be fired and the Notorious T.O.B. will be HC. Ruh roh.
The same T.O.B. that didn't give Russell Wilson another year (instead giving the nod to the competent but nonetheless Glennon the Younger)? The same T.O.B. that couldn't beat us in '10 in Raleigh, with a 17-point lead?
I respect O'Brien as a coach and for his military service, but I wouldn't lose sleep over him being an ACC HC again.
From what I have heard this is Watfords job to lose/fumble away. Gotta keep some of the 757 people happy.
Carlis Parker's dad notwithstanding
From what I've heard, Lambert is the one they have pinned their hopes on and they will play Watford (and Sims, as we assumed up until today) until Lambert is ready. Could be this year or next or the next, but I've heard multiple UVA higher-ups tell me that Lambert is the best QB they've had since Schaub.
Maybe it's just blind hope, but these conversations were also sprinkled with the truth that they knew Sims was lazy and lousy, even when the masses were still talking Heisman's for him.
But, as someone else said below, it will likely come with a different coach. (my people also said that London is safe through 2014. They look at 2011 as a 6-6 year where they lucked out to 8 wins and last year as a 6-6 year where they were unlucky and only got 4 wins. 6-6 is tracking as they expected but they do anticipate a jump in 2013/14 or he's out. I look at their schedule and see that 2013 is not going to show much progress.....)
#UVALogic
French just texted this to me. When you see it...
This kind of makes me smile, not that he failed or anythin like that but I called it way back when he got recruited by bama, one of my best freinds is a damn bama fan and all I heard was how sims broke all the va state high school records and he was going to bring bama a championship and blah blah blah. My response was this if he is so damn great why did VT pass him or why did he pass up VT? Vt is the king of getting good va state qbs and it didn't really add up. So I told him that he would never pan out and looks like Beamer and co spotted it from a mile away...
Sims basically said no to VT due to our offensive system at the time...