Like him, but I’ll not believe he can beat a very good team until I see it. Too many happy feet, skittish, uneven performances against the best teams we’ve played. I’m like some others here - not mad, not excited. I’m pretty sure everyone saw this coming though. It’s kind of a shame we’ll likely never see Jurkovec get meaningful reps. I did like what little I saw during the season.
I will say that our ceiling is pretty defined (yeah I know he helped us go 12-0 as a starter most of the year). I’m very happy to have a B to B plus QB, however this team probably needs a guy with higher upside to close the gap and Book ain’t it based on a pretty extensive track record.
I liked his improvements at the end, but it gives me no confidence that he won’t “Clemson” or “Michigan” again when challenged by a very good team. Not saying Phil should play in front of Book next year (Book put the competition away in his last games this year), I just was looking forward to seeing if Phil turns out to be what everyone hoped.
Pretty unfair to say if he can’t unseat a QB like Book (very good record, pretty good in most games), that Phil stinks. My hope is he stays for the degree realizing he’s a play away from being able to prove his mettle. If Book runs more as he has lately, that chance is not a long shot.
At the end of the day Book is stability. Phil probably leaves. If Book gets nicked up, Clark provides backup duties (unless Pyne tears it up in practice). Pyne beats out Clark in 2021 and place holds for the next savior in Buchner. I’m a big fan of him and think he’s the real deal.....although I’ll admit I was a pretty big fan of Phil too
Either way, these are good problems- having 4.5 star QBs leaving because the guy in front of him is too good to beat out.
