[stupac2]

I'm starting to wonder if our system, despite being "Pro-Style", actually requires a guy who can operate a pro-style system and can also run.  Both Luck and Hogan posed credible threats to run with the ball.  Neither Burns nor Chryst do.

Uh, both of them are pretty good at running with the ball, I think the problem is that neither of them have the pocket presence required to make decisions about when to tuck it and run, usually doing it a beat too late and getting sacked. This is related to their other problems, it seems that the game just hasn't "slowed down" for them, as the pundits like to say.

As for Costello, asking for him does seem like tilting at windmills to me, but I'm not really sure why. Yeah, if he's really good he might not stay for his RS Senior year, but at the same time you could get Hogan-level top-25-but-not-top-5 production from him and then he likely would stay. Or by then maybe he'd get beaten out by Mills or whoever. At the same time, what really is the point? There's a decent chance we could run the wildcat from here on out and get to 9-3.

So I'm fine sticking with Chryst unless he implodes like Burns did against Colorado. Hopefully some game time and another week working with the 1's pays dividends.

[stupac2]

I'm starting to wonder if our system, despite being "Pro-Style", actually requires a guy who can operate a pro-style system and can also run.  Both Luck and Hogan posed credible threats to run with the ball.  Neither Burns nor Chryst do.

Uh, both of them are pretty good at running with the ball, I think the problem is that neither of them have the pocket presence required to make decisions about when to tuck it and run, usually doing it a beat too late and getting sacked. This is related to their other problems, it seems that the game just hasn't "slowed down" for them, as the pundits like to say.

As for Costello, asking for him does seem like tilting at windmills to me, but I'm not really sure why. Yeah, if he's really good he might not stay for his RS Senior year, but at the same time you could get Hogan-level top-25-but-not-top-5 production from him and then he likely would stay. Or by then maybe he'd get beaten out by Mills or whoever. At the same time, what really is the point? There's a decent chance we could run the wildcat from here on out and get to 9-3.

So I'm fine sticking with Chryst unless he implodes like Burns did against Colorado. Hopefully some game time and another week working with the 1's pays dividends.