What in the blue fuck does that mean? Don't you recruit them all and groom them to be...hopefully...great?
The fact stands that no QB under the Gushlee tutelage was demonstrably better for their teaching. All success has been had with QBs trained elsewhere.
Still disagree. One of the reasons is pretty simple. He's made a habit out of recruiting JUCO quarterbacks. More often than not you're going to play the more experienced guy.
Would you agree that Sean White, when healthy, was one of the most efficient QB's in the nation? Stats say he was. You can't attribute that to anyone other than Gushlee. I'd say that's pretty damn good.
But let's look at those QB's that were "trained" by someone else.
Chris Todd threw a grand total of 35 passes in mop up duty at TT. In 2008 at Auburn, he was a 55% passer for 903 yards with 5 TD's and 6 INT's. Lost his job to Kodi Burns. Under Gus, he started all 13 games, passed 2,612 yards at a 61% clip with 22 TD's and only 6 picks. Why doesn't Gus get the credit for development and the huge improvement. I'll wait on all the excuses from the board. Oh wait. Todd had a gimp arm so scratch everything Gus did.
Nick Marshall. In Garden City, he was a 57% passer and led the nation in interceptions with an astounding 20. I believe they only played 8 games. Also sacked 15 times. Great "training". He comes to Auburn. The SEC West, mind you. And his line went:
2013: 59.4% 1,976 yds 14/6 143,2 passer rating. 1,000 yard+ rusher
2014: 61% 2,532 yds 20/7 151.1 passer rating
Again, about 250 less rushing yards in 14' with 25 less attempts. But admittedly, working off a guy like Tre before the brain damage probably opened things up a bit more.
Cammy Cam: Not gonna' lie. Nice stats at Blinn. 61% passer. 22/5 with 16 rushing TD's. But again, he goes to the pathetic SEC West and on 56 less attempts than at Blinn, he was a 66.1% passer. 30/7 with 20 rushing TD's. National Championship and Heisman Trophy winner in Gus' system.
Look, I realize Gus may be an 8-5 coach at this level. That may be it. Maybe this year, he finds the formula by stepping away completely and letting his guys coach. That might be what gets him over the hump. Maybe not. I don't think there's a soul out there that that doesn't think this year is truly make or break.
But while I would never question the fact that he's had several key QB's he's recruited say "Pop go da weasel", has anyone ever thought that maybe recruiting JUCO guys or transfers with experience IS his M.O.? Sean White proved he can do it from scratch. But he's also proven he likes to plug in guys with experience. And lastly, he's proven without a doubt he can take every one of those guys, whether their prior "training" was shit or not, and have them significantly improve in the SEC West.
I'll hang up and lissen for all the excuses as to why those stats above mean nothing.