QuarterbackU wrote:
Two guys who may transfer if Heaps is not the QB are Van Noy and Apo. I don't think either are LDS and I believe Heaps has been instrumental in getting Apo to BYU and in our retention of Van Noy.
If Heaps goes on a mission we do stand a chance of losing him. That's a fact. If we start him this year I don't think he goes on a mission, meaning we don't endure the possible risk of losing him.
Van Noy was committed to BYU long before Heaps came along, and he recommitted after his troubles long before Heaps committed. Heaps may be buddies with Van Noy, but you are grossly mistaken to state that Heaps was "instrumental" in the retention of a player who was retained long before Heaps even committed to BYU himself.
If anyone transfers because their friend isn't good enough to win the starting spot on performance alone, we don't need those players. If Heaps doesn't win the starting job and transfers, what's the big deal? We lose a backup quarterback when we have a logjam at the position.
Like I said before Matt Barkley will be a stud next year and I hate to say it but Jordan Winn is going to be a thorn in our A$$ for a very long time thanks to Whittingham's vision of the future. Sitting QBs on the bench is a proven technique in the NFL but in college a 4 year starter is going to make a difference.
Sitting QBs on the bench is also proven in NCAA football. All things equal, give me a redshirt freshman quarterback over a true freshman quarterback any day of the week. You also forget that Barkley was one of the best freshman quarterbacks to come out of high school in the past 5 years. Heaps is the best quarterback in the worst quarterback class in 10 years. Apples and oranges my friend.
Think about it, Max Hall could have used another year in our offense if you ask me. Each of us have endured Max throwing to the right 90% of the time and keying in on one/two recievers for entire seasons....
Seriously???? Max Hall had three years to fix those problems, and he never made any improvements. You really think year four was when he was going to turn a corner?
Another issue that was brought up by one of you is-will Anae and Bronco have the courage to bench the starter whomever that may be if he is underperforming mid-season? If there is anything we know about Bronco it is that he prefers consistency, he doesn't switch things up or take many chances at all. Whoever he names starter out of spring ball will be the starter for the year.
The problem with your fear-mongering is that the problem would exist regardless of who the starter is---If Heaps is the starter and is underperforming mid-season, will Anae and Bronco have the courage to bench him? It's a neutral argument that doesn't have any bearing on the issue.
At the end of the day, it's nakedly apparent that you simply think Heaps is the shiznit and should be the starter regardless of his performance simply because of his hype and high school stats. Thing is, we already have other four-star quarterbacks and another Parade All-American quarterback in camp, all of whom have more experience with the coaches, practices, playbook and college football in general than does Heaps. At this point his hype means nothing. Our two most hyped quarterbacks before this point were Paul Shoemaker and Ben Olsen. They combined for all of 63 pass attempts at BYU, and Olsen didn't exactly pan out in greener pastures.
Like every other player to come through the program, Heaps will have to earn his playing time. When it comes time to name a starter, we can only hope that the coaches are smart enough to name their guy based on his performance in practice instead of his high-school highlight films.
