My read of the QB situation FWIW is as follows: West has been in the program longer and probably reads defenses a bit better. However, he doesn't have great arm strength. He is accurate on short and medium passes when he has time. He gets flustered and makes mistakes when under pressure. The ball sails on him. McKee is more athletic and can throw the ball much further. However, as of right now he has accuracy issues. He misses lots of guys that he sees are available and he also fails to see receivers that are available. All QBs do these things, but the object is to do it as little as possible. If we had a good running game and could survive on dink and dunk, West probably would be fine. He wouldn't be pressured very often and would only need to make relatively short accurate throws. He did that last year against Oregon., that is why his stats look so good. However, that often isn't good enough to win.
If we can believe the Shawspeak, McKee practices better than he played last Saturday. I assume he hits the open man more often. If that is even vaguely so, we are indeed better of with him out there because he could possibly do enough for us to win. With West out there, somebody else is going to have to win it for us. West may be able to play well enough to not lose the game if he isn't forced to attempt to win it. If he is forced to carry the team, he is going to make mistakes.
If we can believe the Shawspeak, McKee practices better than he played last Saturday. I assume he hits the open man more often. If that is even vaguely so, we are indeed better of with him out there because he could possibly do enough for us to win. With West out there, somebody else is going to have to win it for us. West may be able to play well enough to not lose the game if he isn't forced to attempt to win it. If he is forced to carry the team, he is going to make mistakes.