01-11-2017, 07:44 PM
Anyway, if "more true freshmen" are your desire, I'm not sure why "more true freshmen QBs" are the best citation for your example. True freshman QBs nearly always stink -- while everyone's singing the praises of Jalen Hurts, and justly so, it's a classic example of inflating a rare event into a common one. Jalen Hurts is super rare; you might as well base your stargazing strategies around finding Haley's Comet as your offensive strategies around finding Jalen Hurts.
More common is Jacob Eason. Eason was the #5 .. player in the entire country. And how good was he? 6.6 YPA, 55.1% completion percentage -- pretty mediocre.
If Shaw's offensive strategy locks out true freshman QBs... but somehow enables redshirt freshmen ones like Luck and Hogan ... this is the most minor downside of a tradeoff I've ever seen.
More common is Jacob Eason. Eason was the #5 .. player in the entire country. And how good was he? 6.6 YPA, 55.1% completion percentage -- pretty mediocre.
If Shaw's offensive strategy locks out true freshman QBs... but somehow enables redshirt freshmen ones like Luck and Hogan ... this is the most minor downside of a tradeoff I've ever seen.