J-Rod wrote:BackHarlowRoad wrote:
Are you related to Young?
LOL Yeah....it does seem a little on the optimistic side, especially since Young struggled in essentially every scrimmage....and he's clearly 3rd string based on Bohl's roster right now. Unless one of the Freshman goes all Brett Smith on us, Kirkegaard's the opening day starter.
I think that you are overly optimistic. Clearly Young is 4th string. Kirkegaard and Stratton are one and two and Thornton is 3rd string, and then Young is behind Thornton. Thornton threw 2 TD's in the Spring Game and Young, well he didn't lead anything out there.
My issue with the QB's that Wyoming presently has on the roster (minus the incoming freshmen) is that they all have a glaring weakness in their game. Kirkegaard is the best passer but he isn't really a runner and does not have a quick delivery and doesn't have a cannon for an arm. Stratton is by far the best scrambler but is maybe the 3rd best passer amongst the group. Stratton takes off quickly and seems to prefer to run instead of standing in the pocket and passing and when he is running is unable to pass anything other than short dump-offs. Thornton has a nice arm and is a decent scrambler but his decision making is limited and doesn't make the best reads always. Young does not appear to have a grasp of the offense and doesn't appear to have a quick passing motion and certainly isn't a runner. Due to these weakness' they would limit the ability of the offense to be truly balanced and therefore would make the Wyoming offense much easier to defense. Wyoming doesn't need to have a Brett Smith back there, but they do need someone that is dangerous back there and is more balanced in their game to make the offense more dangerous and difficult to defense.
My "reading between the lines" from Coach Bohl's comments, i.e. - the "QB position is still fluid" and "the competition will go into the fall" tells me that he sees the issues with the QB position and it is more than just having a QB knowing the playbook and making the right reads. It has to do with not having enough talent at the QB position. The biggest unknown is how the incoming freshmen figure in all of this. My take is that between Fort and Smith, that Smith would have an advantage slightly over Fort (but I certainly could be wrong) as he actually played against stiffer competition and was way more productive than Fort in his senior year. I wouldn't be surprised if Bohl is looking for a transfer that can be immediately available and would have one year of eligibility remaining so there wouldn't be as much pressure on the incoming freshmen, but again I could be wrong.
The QB position is far from being etched in stone for the fall and Coach Bohl has said this, so I would expect to see some changes before fall camp starts.