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Lots of Pritchard hand wringing over an extremely small sample size.

I'd say Burns was ready to lead the offense--he got us to 3-0 against some pretty good teams.

Absolutely true.

Once Chryst took over he seemed to develop well (and could still end up starting @ Stanford). Things certainly didn't end well for Burns but if Pritchard's only failure is that he couldn't make a guy that ran a single-wing offense in high school into a viable starter that's not a whole lot of evidence.

Actually, I would argue that both QBs main problem was accuracy. Yes, there was lots to question about the OL and the receivers, and yes, they both did throw some nice passes. But they both threw way too many passes off the mark. Hogan was a good fit for the Stanford offense in that if we got stopped on first down runs, he would reliably hit the short to medium "dink and dump" passes that make the "West Coast" offense work. This year, lots of those passes were 5 feet over the receivers head or hit the ground five feet from the receiver. Hogan was not nearly as good on shots down the field, but he completed quite a few. This year, it seems we tried hard to throw deep but were not generally successful. This was a lot poor protection, but lots of those passes were uncatchable.
From what I have seen, coaches have a poor record in improving accuracy. If you don't have it by the time you get to college, you don't develop it (Counter-examples appreciated).

[Goose]

Lots of Pritchard hand wringing over an extremely small sample size.

I'd say Burns was ready to lead the offense--he got us to 3-0 against some pretty good teams.

Absolutely true.

Once Chryst took over he seemed to develop well (and could still end up starting @ Stanford). Things certainly didn't end well for Burns but if Pritchard's only failure is that he couldn't make a guy that ran a single-wing offense in high school into a viable starter that's not a whole lot of evidence.

Actually, I would argue that both QBs main problem was accuracy. Yes, there was lots to question about the OL and the receivers, and yes, they both did throw some nice passes. But they both threw way too many passes off the mark. Hogan was a good fit for the Stanford offense in that if we got stopped on first down runs, he would reliably hit the short to medium "dink and dump" passes that make the "West Coast" offense work. This year, lots of those passes were 5 feet over the receivers head or hit the ground five feet from the receiver. Hogan was not nearly as good on shots down the field, but he completed quite a few. This year, it seems we tried hard to throw deep but were not generally successful. This was a lot poor protection, but lots of those passes were uncatchable.
From what I have seen, coaches have a poor record in improving accuracy. If you don't have it by the time you get to college, you don't develop it (Counter-examples appreciated).