You're "pretty sure" it's "made clear" to recent QB recruits that they will never be more than a back up here regardless of how well they play? What makes you "pretty sure" that's what's going on? I mean besides the "proof is in the pudding" reason you gave above.
There is no legitimate other QB on the team and your giving me heat about my speculations. Rex should be the last resort in lieu of a walk on. It is a complete failure for a head coach to not have 2 or even 3 viable options at QB. JUCO, transfers, whatever. Why aren't they here? Excuses, excuses, excuses.
Let's be crystal clear here, Strawman. The lack of a viable backup QB is a legitimate issue. There is no excuse for that. What you are getting "heat" for is making ridiculous assertions as facts (as is your MO) - stuff like you are pretty sure that DB is telling QB recruits they will never be more than a backup here regardless of how good they are.
Dino is in practice with them though
Could not agree more. You would expect this type of problem maybe with a Juco team. Unacceptable - for the program to have to take the current direction by any measure. Reduce the playbook and give the young quarterbacks some time under center. Don’t stall the process of looking ahead and digging out of this debacle.
Ben Schwartzwalder game-planned better. Was better prepared. So were his athletes.
This coach then sends out one of his frosh QB's who responds and accomplishes everything that could have been asked of him and looks like maybe he could be a piece of the team. And what did the coach do, he goes to the press conference and throws cold water on him. Here's another folk saying like the proof is in the pudding: If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has webbed feet, it's most likely a duck.
Fine, Dino mishandled the press conference. Very few losing coaches say much of value in a press conference. The cold water was for the fans, and not what he will be telling Morgan.
Well, it is unlikely Dino starts Morgan. Probably he will be accelerating his development during the week and giving him more opportunities in games. People might want a full change, but I expect it will be a measured process, game by game.
Then what does he see? The arm strength just isn't there.
There is down side to that approach. First, the team might think Dino has given up on them this year, particularly the upperclassman (they have to make decsions to come back next year or transfer somewhere else), secondly, Jacobian can really struggle or get hurt with a sub par offensive line. Morgan is not ready to make 2nd and 3rd reads in the offense. He is not ready to check to particular plays based on what he is seeing from the defense. Potentially you can destroy his confidence early in his career. Spoon feeding will be the ideal approach.
Yeah, I'm in the camp that says the smart thing is to start Rex, and have a couple of very deliberately scripted series teed up that Morgan has focused on and can run in addition to whatever else he has already picked up. Gradually give him more and more. But that all absolutely needs to be reflected both in snap count and which point of the game he makes his appearances, ie, not just garbage time.
Agree.
One more thing I'd add.
Very good point.
Pfft, money is the one to listen to, I'm just here to pass time.
I recall another backup QB that had some good performances in relief of the starter.
While I get what your saying, the comparisons are odd. Rex (great young man) is no Dungey. Cuse is staring a 1 win season down like our qbs stare down their first option.
We're not saying Morgan is a combination of Donavan McNabb and Ben Roethlisberger; but look at what the starter has been doing lately. I appreciate what Rex has gone through, but he has almost been single handedly losing us football games. I also would like to see how Morgan runs before passing judgment; I'm not asking for Malik Jackson, but if Morgan's basically a pro-style will limited foot speed, then that could be a problem...
