Last year at this time, we had three quarterbacks vying for the starting job. We were told that no starter would be named in the Spring, and that the job would be won (or lost) in Fall Camp. Competition is a good thing, it keeps everybody working hard. By the time Fall Camp was halfway finished, there was no clear cut favorite, and Hawkins named James Cox the starter. After a miserable outing against MSU, he was replaced by Bernard Jackson, who was limited to 15% of the playbook (or so we've been told). The third option, the one most of us thought was going to be the guy, transferred...
OK, now here we are in Spring drills with three quarterbacks all vying for the starting job. We're being told that none of them will be named the starter in Spring, and that the job will be won (or lost) in Fall Camp. Competition is a good thing, it keeps everybody working hard...
Do you see where I'm going with this? I would prefer to have a starter named at the conclusion of Spring drills. I am of the opinion that we would have done better last year had Brian White simply been named the starter at the beginning of Fall Camp and gotten the majority of snaps throughout camp. But he didn't. Whoever is the starter THIS year will have the same issue going into the season.
OK, now here we are in Spring drills with three quarterbacks all vying for the starting job. We're being told that none of them will be named the starter in Spring, and that the job will be won (or lost) in Fall Camp. Competition is a good thing, it keeps everybody working hard...
Do you see where I'm going with this? I would prefer to have a starter named at the conclusion of Spring drills. I am of the opinion that we would have done better last year had Brian White simply been named the starter at the beginning of Fall Camp and gotten the majority of snaps throughout camp. But he didn't. Whoever is the starter THIS year will have the same issue going into the season.