(01-03-2018 11:34 AM)NILAW Wrote:  

(01-03-2018 10:53 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(01-03-2018 10:20 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  I think there's a difference between evaluating QBs you already have in practices for a year or more vs. an NFL team evaluating college players that haven't been even practicing at the NFL level yet.

Absolutely. Carey got it all wrong evaluating what he had. But I cut him some slack when people say he didn't get the next great NIU QB. Recruiting a Lynch or Harnish is purely dumb luck. Developing and evaluating what you have is skill. Not an easy skill when you have such a mixed bag like Graham, Santa, Childers, but a necessary skill none the less. And it's the main reason I say Carey needs to go. He's failing in the one area you just have to succeed at.

Well said! How do you think Harnish and Lynch developed as great QBs? They wanted to and the coaches worked with them and coached them up and helped them develop the skills. It has been said Hall can't pass; his HS films show he can pass (he has the physical ability) but needs work and development. The same with Childers; he has the physical ability to be a good passer. I have not heard or seen anything that tells me either Hall and Childers do not have the desire. Therein lies the difference; prior coaches coached up Harnish and Lynch, and Carey has not shown the ability to do so.

It's a great assumption to assume every recruit has the potential to be Lynch or Harnish and all they need is good coaching to be that. Hall is the most inaccurate passer I've seen when in person. High school highlights are a bad evaluation. I can string together the 30 or so great passers Childers made this year, put some cool music to it and make a highlight video that will have you thinking he's the next Aaron Rogers. The flaw with that Harnish and Lynch logic is that those coaches never produced another great QB. Not the head coaches anyway.