You have got to be kidding....If it was Year 1, 2, or 3 for Danny...maybe. But his ass is on the line this year (it should have been removed at the end of last year, obviously). He has to go with the best chance to win NOW. Unless you are saying that Tyler is a complete bust, he has to go with him....
I remember when B-Jax was starting and much of the Buff-supportin' world accused Coach Hawkins of nepotism (if you can imagine) because he was protecting our finst quarterback's redshirt status. That quarterback was Cody of course. Everybody was convinced that Cody was the answer to all of our problems.
Anyway, I had a point I was going to make, but I forget what it was.
The problem is Hawk is going to an offense 95% dependent upon the QB being able to execute without run support. So obviously, opposing D coord.s know this and don't worry about diversifying the D to counteract. This places an unordinate amount of pressure on the QB to read and react, and blocking support from the Oline and especially blocking assignments from the WR's not involved in the play. Otherwise, we will only see 5yd outs with the receiver facing the QB, because there is no blocking on the surrounding D.
This is not the pistol but year five of the Hawk Offense.
Am I the only one that remembers Hansen doing some pretty impressive things last year? That dude made some serious plays when he had defenders bearing down on him unblocked and really making plays with both his arms and legs. Sadly when he found open receivers after scrambling for his life, half the time they dropped the passes as they hit them in the hands. I'm not saying Hansen is the second coming, but I think he has earned the right to start the season as a starter...especially after all the redshirt crap he has put up with.
uhhh. They aren't impressing (especially compared to each other), but they are sure looking one hell of a lot better then Hirsch. let him RS, why waste a year under hawk?
I take it that u aren't impressed with Hirsch's talent.. Not a good sign since everyone said he was a player..
Don't think I said that. I just said Hirsch is definitely not looking anywhere near ready. I mean, he throws a nice ball (weird motion), but he's getting receivers killed and just has no idea where to throw. I mean, for god sakes, he had to have cody standing behind him during the hurry up to understand the signals and call out plays.
However, he is a true frosh and early enroller going through spring practice for the first time. And he's behind 2 guys that are sucking up a lot of reps.
However, he looks the part. Lobato too. Hope they both stick it out till the Hawk clan are gone.
You run a real risk of ruining a young QB if you throw him into games before he is ready. You have to be careful with QBs because once they lose the confidence, it is extremely hard to get that back. Redshirt him.
That idea is outdated. If a qb doesn't have mental toughness you should find out now rather than kidding yourself.
They either have it or they don't.
If Hirschman doesn't have it we can recruit 2 or 3 maybe a jc qb for the next year.
It is outdated? Based on what? He can have plenty of mental toughness and if he gets his brains beat in behind a bad offensive line, you have a real problem on your hands. It not applicable to every situation, but I would say people are getting way ahead of themselves with Hirschman.
If he never sees a snap this year, it does not mean he automatically sucks. "They have either have it or they don't." Okay, so if a true freshman cannot come in and turn around a team that has had four straight losing seasons, you can definitively say he doesn't have it? Interesting.
And please tell me you are not serious about recruiting 3 QBs in one class.
USC, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, KSU, Wyoming, Utah etc. have all used freshman qb's without any serious damage to them. They either have the brains, heart and guts to perform or they don't.
Next year we will only have 2 qb's on scholarship and so far neither has proven themselves, so to answer you directly, yes we may need to take three qb's next year.
If they don't pan out they can be moved like Lobato (apparently) and Evans.
. Do you seriously think a coaching staff can convince three above average QB prospects to sign in the same recruiting class?