Feleipe Franks

[dgibbons]

I'm not sure what your point is now that you say this but above you were making an argument for a transfer:
"A JC guy or a grad transfer would balance out the QB roster. But if it's just a guy that's going to fill a scholarship slot, I'd rather see them take a flyer on a defensive prospect."
I was saying, due to numbers, I don't see how a transfer would balance anything out. We have 5 QB's.

No upperclassman on scholarship, so a JC or grad transfer would balance it out.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

No upperclassman on scholarship, so a JC or grad transfer would balance it out.

But what are you really balancing out? As you said in one of your earlier posts on this thread, getting a guy just to check a box doesn't make sense. We have more pressing needs on our depth chart than QB if you aren't bringing in a guy who you think is better than our current group of QB's.

 

[dgibbons]

But what are you really balancing out? As you said in one of your earlier posts on this thread, getting a guy just to check a box doesn't make sense. We have more pressing needs on our depth chart than QB if you aren't bringing in a guy who you think is better than our current group of QB's.

Thank you for repeating what I posted above.

 

[Coug95man2]

No upperclassman on scholarship, so a JC or grad transfer would balance it out.

Now you understand the difference between what you were saying and what I was saying.

 

[CougPatrol]

I certainly hope that Cooper is the guy. Seems like it's time for a HS QB recruit to pan out. Especially a four star guy.

He'll have to crack the 3-deep first.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Thank you for repeating what I posted above.

I guess we are just going in circles and waving our hands in different directions while we are saying basically the same thing. The only key difference is that some are assuming that Cooper and Cruz are fine and there is no need for a different guy and others are saying that we should consider another guy just in case? And you are lobbying for an upperclassman in that instance to balance out the classes instead of stacking players in the same class that is likely to lead to our players heading to the transfer portal?

 

[dgibbons]

I guess we are just going in circles and waving our hands in different directions while we are saying basically the same thing. The only key difference is that some are assuming that Cooper and Cruz are fine and there is no need for a different guy and others are saying that we should consider another guy just in case? And you are lobbying for an upperclassman in that instance to balance out the classes instead of stacking players in the same class that is likely to lead to our players heading to the transfer portal?

I'm not lobbying for anything. You're welcome.

 

[dgibbons]

He'll have to crack the 3-deep first.

Well, three seniors are gone.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

I'm not lobbying for anything. You're welcome.

lobby, argue, suggesting, making a point.........whatever phrase that you want to use. I don't really think we need to break out a thesaurus to find the exact right word.

 

[OrangeGravy]

It's also important to remember that Minshew grew up as a fan of the Air Raid and really embraced it. I have no idea if Franks is a good fit for the Air Raid, but he got benched at Florida and they were better without him. East Carolina was just a hot mess all around and was bad whether or not Minshew as in there. As mentioned above, he was playing in a system that wasn't the one he signed up for as well.

Minshew has created an addiction for our fans where we are always looking for the next GM II. Gubrud ended up demonstrating that just being a grad transfer doesn't mean that Leach is going to sprinkle fairy dust on them and they lead the country in passing. He might have....but it's just as easy to say that WSU wasted that scholarship this past season.

If Leach sees the right guy, hell yes he should go after him. If he's really concerned about the ability of our young QB's to handle the situation, we should look at a new guy. At some point, it becomes a point of concern if we never get any young QB's that we can develop into starters. We aren't there yet, but based on this desperate desire to land every QB that enters his name in the portal, it sure looks like our fans don't respect Leach's ability to recruit and develop young quarterbacks.....and the bullsh!t excuse about "never turn down depth" doesn't make sense when we will have at least five quarterbacks on the roster in 2019. A sixth dude isn't going to make a material difference when it comes to "just for depth". At that point, you're saying that you don't think Leach is doing his job well.

If I remember correctly, East Carolina went from an air raid coach to not and that put Minshew in that place for a QB where he wasn't necessarily a fit for the new system. At least there was talk of that. He got caught in a HC transition of some sort and was kind of the odd man out being a graduating senior.