As this season has gone on, and I've been able to watch actual games, I actually believe Diaco when he's said that he really wants to play Boyle more. I think the kind of offense that we started the season with, is well suited for Boyle (as it was for Cochran). But the indisputable fact is that every time he gets in the game he f---ks up. Can't have that. Got to show production. My real solution to all of this, what I would have preferred, is that Whitmer (or Cochran) start - 100% of the reps, and that is that. But that's not what happened, and my only way to rationalize it, is that the coaches actually have been doing the best they can, with what they had to work with, and that started, with a power I formation base offense, pro-set, which is what Pasqualoni was attempting to develop for 2 1/2 seasons. It seems to me, that the only way it makes sense to have done what we did with Cochran and Whitmer early- with Whitmer getting the minimal snaps, was that they started with that, and immediately were starting to work in the offense as well, that we basically saw opened up against ECU.
Who knows what happens if Cochran never goes out, but my guess, is that we would have kept the I-formation base that Cochran worked well out of going, and on the side, kept developing the kind of offense we saw Whitmer run the past 2 weeks - with a threat of a QB run, and spread/read option stuff. I like the offense we saw against ECU - if we can sustain a running game out of that, - it's an effective college offense to recruit and run and score out of. I also like the pro-set as well - but we've proven for several years now, that we don't have the OL recruits to run it.
As far as Boyle goes - it's pretty simple, that if the kid was being productive on the field, that he would probably have filled in Cochran's role in the offense, but he simply hasn't, and I have formed the opinion, strongly, that anyone claiming otherwise has personal bias - because the kid is local.
I just hope we can take what we did last Thursday night, and sustain that level of play, and not let the opponent dictate to us. The rest of this is just nonsense. Whitmer is our starting QB. He's a high character individual, quality leader, and tough as they come for the position, and when he has time to throw - he's accurate. THat's the 3 most important things you need from a QB. If Boyle was better at those three things - I'm sure he'd be playing.
Whitmer, barring injury, is clearly finishing out his senior season, and I'll be cheering him and the offense on, and I wish this crap would stop with these QB discussions.
