Flat, I feel you on the bench stuff. It's been a long time since I called for the bench for a new QB but, good grief, Jayden was so terrible I wanted to see if Cooper or Cruz offered something different. It was so bad I was willing to concede De Laura was the better practice player but wanted to see if someone stepped up in a game.
I've heard in the past Camm has a tendency to get in his own head. If the bulb goes on for him, he has far superior skills. Guarantano is another phenomenal athlete who can make all the throws if he grasps the mental side of things. De Laura could also take a leap forward. Regardless, the offense will hinge on QB play. Rolo just needs to develop one.
All Rolo needs to develop is at least a GAME MANAGER.
WSU has a NFL quality O line.
NFL Quality RB's
And at least 1 NFL Quality WR in Travel.
With all that NFL Quality, all the QB has to do is:
1. About 34% of time hand the ball off to the NFL RB.
2. Do shovel passes, screen passes, passes to Flat, 5 yard passes, etc, to the NFL RB.
3. Shovel Passes, Screen Passes, 5 to 10 yard Curls, Crosses, Slants, to WR's.
4. The occasional WR Jet Sweep, or Reverse or Double Reverse.
5. The QB getting 4 yards about 9% to 17% of time.
6. The occasional Wild Cat to the RB.
7. The occasional mid range pass.
8. The occasional long pass.
9. Sometimes passing left, sometimes passing middle, sometimes passing to the right.
10. The occasional scramble, bootleg.
11. The occasional play action pass.
12. The occasional play action run.
13. The occasional Trap run
14. The occasional delayed draw.
15. On 1st down 50/50 pass/run
16. On 2nd down 38% run/62% pass
17. 3rd down: If 3rd and long, 6% to 11% run/93% pass. If 3rd and 5, 13% to 23% run/80% pass, 3rd and Short, 3% to 5% Pass, 93% run.
18. Not making dumb throws that get picked. Not fumbling, not making dumb turnovers
19. Not taking a sack, and scrambling to at least get either back to line of scrimmage or 1,2 yards.
20. Throwing Ball away.
21. Realizing there are 4 downs, and that dont have to do it all, be successful on 1 down, and that dont have to force a throw, and can instead throw it away. Also Realizing that its ok to punt, kick a fg, and try again next possession, instead of taking a sack, or instead of throwing a pick.
If the QB, Offensive Coordinator, HC, etc, do all that, etc, MANAGE THE GAME, get the ball into the hands of the NFL Quality players, etc, then doing that should win 5,6,7,8 wins
And it should be doable to develop a QB into MANAGING THE GAME as a GAME MANAGER QB.