Right, but there still would be people calling for him to be pulled. I was sort of surprised that there weren't bench Jantz threads last night during the game. Had that been Tiller, CF would have exploded. That's my only point. I am not saying Tiller is better because he's not, but I am going to be real with Jantz's performance last night. If he does that next week or in any other week save maybe one or two, we are going to get slaughtered. Good performance all things considered, but it's not good enough. I think it is also fair to say that Tiller didn't put himself in a position to have to throw a bunch late in games to rack up any sort of statistical merit.
Yeah, the idiot fringe would have been upset. No doubt.
But if Tiller had turned in last night's performance, I personally would have saw it as a major sign of improvement. Especially the intangibles.