(11-25-2019 10:10 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Expanding on the QB situation, it hurts that after eleven games of experimentation, the one who emerges is the grad transfer.
I think too many eggs are being placed in the Jovani basket for next year. I want to see a spectacular QB recruit this year.

I still think the QB position may be the hardest to fill in this scheme. I think we have a much better chance to recruit a runner who can throw than a classic drop-back passer. And I'm almost as doubtful that we can recruit o-linemen who can blow defenders off the line consistently enough to pound the rock and can protect a drop-back passer. I think we do better with schemes that allow decisions to be made on the run, after the snap--things like option running attacks, RPOs, and passing schemes that allow receivers to adjust their routes.

I guess one reason why I like the old Bob Wagner/Paul Johnson Hawaii scheme so much is because I think that Garrett Gabriel was the kind of QB that we can recruit--not a great runner or passer, but a great distributor of the ball to people who could run.