I hope we don't go after Haskins. I get the feeling the recruits are making him a Jacoby situation.
Besides, I think Allen coming in 2017 will be the answer
Agree. I know we need a great qb, but I have never been a huge fan of two top ranked qbs in the same class. Too much revolves around the entire offense getting around and becoming comfortable with one player. From reps, to leadership, to continuity, we just need to get our one top qb per class and have the other guys behind him develop and learn the offense. I would much rather take my chances with starting one guy who has the offense down, even if he has a lower ceiling. Give him almost all of the reps with the ones in the spring and fall (obviously talking about Del Rio here), and letting him focus on the nuances of the offense, rather than working with the twos half the time and worrying about the depth chart.
Position battles are much more effective for every other position because they are a lot less cerebral and push the other players at their position to play with more effort. QB is far less about effort on the field than it is about repetition and recognition. Effort for them is in the film room and playbook study. For example, D Rob was outdone by a true freshman this year. I would say overall their talent level is pretty close, but Callaway always brought the right attitude and wanted to turn every play into a score. D Rob would catch, see if his first juke worked, and ran out of bounds if it didn't. Tabor made it a point this year to be recognized as at least an equal of VH3. He joked about him being better because if he gets the ball he is looking to score every time (and damn near did).
The big thing is the competing players above can still see the field at the same time, whereas only one qb does. Where it does show up though, is the attitude and overall performance from the position guys if their favored qb is on the bench. A lot of that is the remaining WM stank on some of these guys and the difference in mentality that Mac brings. After Grier was suspended, I never saw the same effort from D Rob that I did from him in the Ole Miss game. Callaway produced for both qbs. Outside of maybe the UK game two years back, we all noticed how all the players appeared to play harder for Treon (
Westbrook) than they did for Driskel. I understood their frustration, but handling it how they did played into our current qb situation.
From what I hear, Del Rio will be more than capable of leading this offense next year. Assuming he can make it through the year without getting injured or doing something stupid off of the field, I don't want to see Franks at any point in the season. With our current state at QB, if Del Rio misses time at qb, we may as well throw an under developed Trask in or even Guy in there and see if they can pull a win or two off. Franks needs to be left out of it and groomed for the future, and likewise with Allen and any future star qb, until they are fully ready. Once we have a few years of this rotation going, we will be in really good shape. Until then, we get to deal with the hand we have, hope for the best, and look forward to once again being able to reload rather than rebuild.
That is all.