I'll take another "Mcelroy type".....2 undefeated regular seasons, SECC, NC any day of the week. JPW would have gone down as a "Bama great" had he not been handicapped by him team being undermanned by sanctions. If Ely is another JPW/GMac type we will be in good hands.I also agree with RedStar. I don't want to be censored because it may hurt someone's feeling. This is a message board, and if a recruit is going to roam around here, understand that we are adults and we may express our opinions as adults. I personally think Ely is another JPW/Mcelroy type, not a superstar. We seem to recruit some solid QB's, but we haven't landed that super star yet at QB. Phillip Sims may be that guy, though.
Granted, a "superstar" QB.....like Cam Newton.....who can take a mediocre team to championships....... would be great but they don't come along very often. Brissett or one of the bigger dual threat QBs may be that superstar but CNS and CJM saw something in Ely or they would never have taken his commitment.
No one was complaining about Greg being a "game manager" last year. CNS doesn't want a QB that will try threading the needle to make a great throw or throwing it up for grabs to let a great WR make a great catch. He wants a QB that will audible the team into a workable play, make the necessary reads and get the ball to where the risk is less and has a higher chance of success (evidenced by his public spanking of AJ).
JPW played well enough to beat Cam Newton's team but he can't make the wide open, in the bread basket, would be TD catches.
Agree that recruits need a thick enough skin to not let criticism bother them, and sense enough to know that what fans think doesn't mean dip........it is the coaches they have to please first.
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