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[QUOTE="boog7, post: 1204549, member: 809"]
Enough with the bs [I]excuses[/I].  If there wasn't a QB on the roster capable of replacing the injured starter who's fault is that?

Coming into the season with a running QB and knowing the injury risks associated with that, shouldn't the staff have prepared for the eventuality of TH going down by having a serviceable back up ready to go?  The plan (if that's what you want to call it) was to come into the season with two true freshmen and two redshirt freshman, who have never taken a snap in a college football game, as your back-ups?  Brilliant personnel management, Coach (sarcasm intended).

When evaluating their roster after last season, why didn't they have the foresight to bring in an immediately eligible transfer or  JUCO QB with some experience so they wouldn't be in the position of having to rush green youngsters onto the field?  They've all demonstrated this year that they're not yet ready to be a starting QB in a P5 conference. So why wasn't there a better plan is place?   I can answer this.  Because, like so many of Shafer's decisions since becoming HC, it was a poorly thought out one. It's called roster mismanagement.

But we still lost.  At the end of the day, you're judged by wins and losses, not margins of defeat.  Various, fluctuating gradations of bad still add up to bad in the final equation, or in Shafer's case, a "lucky" 3-9.
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