08-22-2012, 09:57 AM
My initial concern about the Nunes choice wasn't that it signaled that Shaw is too conservative as a coach. It was that Shaw was setting himself up for an ongoing QB controversy, which is exactly what he wants to avoid.
If Nottingham had won the job, it would signal that Nunes was never going to be the starter, at least barring injuries. He would have had a choice between transferring and play somewhere else for a year or holding the clipboard and finishing his Stanford degree.
I think the situation is thornier now. That's partly because Nottingham has one more year of eligibility than Nunes. Since Nottingham is the more physically gifted of the two, and he's been in the program for less time, it's not hard to imagine that he might surpass Nunes over the next year or so. At that point you've got a real QB controversy.
Of course, if Nottingham were to transfer, that would change the dynamics. But given Kevin Hogan's progress, we may be headed toward a QB controversy sometime in the next year, regardless of Nottingham's decision.
If Nottingham had won the job, it would signal that Nunes was never going to be the starter, at least barring injuries. He would have had a choice between transferring and play somewhere else for a year or holding the clipboard and finishing his Stanford degree.
I think the situation is thornier now. That's partly because Nottingham has one more year of eligibility than Nunes. Since Nottingham is the more physically gifted of the two, and he's been in the program for less time, it's not hard to imagine that he might surpass Nunes over the next year or so. At that point you've got a real QB controversy.
Of course, if Nottingham were to transfer, that would change the dynamics. But given Kevin Hogan's progress, we may be headed toward a QB controversy sometime in the next year, regardless of Nottingham's decision.