(09-03-2021, 02:09 PM)lex24 Wrote: It’s more than a shame. It was gross mismanagement. I have no trouble admitting when I’m wrong. So I’m also gonna point out when I’m right. And as soon as he signed with Mississippi State and I saw people on this board talking about him winning a passing title and learning under Leach, I called foul. Predicted it would be a disaster. And unfortunately was right. It was a ridiculously poor decision to make to go play for a guy who’s never really developed an NFL quarterback in his life and was going for his first year at a school which had essentially no players that had been recruited to fit his style. Whoever gave him that advice gave him really poor advice. What happened to Costello at MSU was completely foreseeable.
You completely discount what KJ wanted to do, which was get out of the Stanford football program under Shaw (who had correctly, imo, selected Mills to be the starter). I don't recall what other options were available, if any, but KJ got a chance to play at MSU - and had his 15 minutes when MSU beat LSU in Game 1. Hell, he was the talk of the sports world for an entire weekend. Do you think he gets anything close to that if he stays at Stanford as a back up? Or if he goes anywhere else?
Now, you may say - yeah, but he should have selected spot that gave him best shot for NFL. And to that I reply: c'mon now. How many starters in college football get drafted? He signed with a club as UDFA and had a shot. Didn't stick. I suspect that happens wherever he spends his last year of college eligibility.
And btw, I don't like Leach, either. Never have.