cmhatter Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 576 Content Count: 8,174 Reputation: 268 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/02/2007 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Looking back to the hiring process... I was a CWT advocate (obviously). My thought process was simple... In the American... if we can recruit head and shoulders above other teams in our conference, we should be able to compete for conference titles. I think that I have come to the realization that the offense we are running requires an ELITE QB to be fully functional. I know this is not a revolutionary realization and many of you have been saying it for awhile. We have talent at RB, WR, OL, TE... but we are a terrible offense. QB recruiting got massively screwed up by Holtz but Taggart hasn't done much to fix it. We should be recruiting 2QBs a year until we find a gem. I'm afraid that unless we get MUCH better options at QB, or change our offensive philosophy, what you see is what we get. We are looking at at least 2016 season as we know next year's freshman QB will probably not be ready. Top JUCO or transfer is the only way I see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Toro_86 Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 176 Content Count: 8,612 Reputation: 2,660 Days Won: 28 Joined: 12/14/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Elite QB and elite OL are key to making this offense functional and we have neither. And we don't have the recruiting muscle to keep stock piling these positions in order for this offense to be consistently good year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls On Parade Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 10,199 Reputation: 1,714 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/02/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think this offense just needs a good qb...we have none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANJAY Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 300 Content Count: 7,993 Reputation: 968 Days Won: 21 Joined: 10/31/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Completing 55% of the passes is not elite. If we could hit that number you would see more drives sustained and better offense. Staff's best QB recruiting this year may be scouring the depth charts of every team in the P5 and see if any QBs are graduating who may be eligible to transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted October 27, 2014 It's the o-line more than the QB. They're not opening proper holes for the runners, and the QBs are running for their lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted October 27, 2014 How do you know we're not recruiting 2 QBs? I'm quite certain we are ... but we can't force them to sign with us. That's the real problem. We seem to be in a cycle where we can't show enough promise offensively for good QBs to want to come play at USF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted October 27, 2014 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 6,943 Reputation: 2,223 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Unacceptable excuse. We are in the middle of Florida, finding a good QB should be a non-issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Unacceptable excuse. We are in the middle of Florida, finding a good QB should be a non-issue. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I believe Taggart has the intelligence to know a good QB. I'm sure he has "found" good QBs. However, we cannot MAKE a good QB sign a LOI with us. He has to want to do it on his own. We still haven't gotten a good, heralded QB to roll the dice on us yet. It's not an excuse. If it's as easy as you make it sound, just because we're in the middle of Florida, please get in touch with Taggart immediately so he can send you out to sign a top-rated QB with the full blessing and financial support of USF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inTransit Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 15 Content Count: 399 Reputation: 28 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/19/2012 Share Posted October 27, 2014 We need more than just a QB, we are not even in these games in the 4th quarter. We are a below average squad in most facets of the game. Good teams find a way to win, bad teams like USF keep inventing ways to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls On Parade Posted October 27, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 10,199 Reputation: 1,714 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/02/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2014 We don't need elite just above average would be a huge upgrade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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