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Would you redshirt McCown?
- Thread starter Buffnik
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Yes, especially considering the offense next year is going to be different. There’s no need to expose him to further injury in a meaningless final four games that are against the best teams in the conference and will assuredly be 4 or 5 TD losses. Playing him would be flat out dumb
I'd let him choose
What’s he going to show against Oregon, USC, Washington and Utah? He has a lot to prove that he’s some kind of “program QB”, but he has shown enough to this point for the next coach to feel like he can compete.
Right now, everything has to be done with an eye towards making next years team more competitive. I think that means getting as many players game reps as possible. Getting McCown game reps does not necessarily preclude them from redshirting him.
If I were him, I would be trying to get as much on tape as possible. That is what the next coach and/or OC will be watching in December.
Yes it does. He has already played in 4 games
I don't know that it matters. While McCown is better than the rest of the QB room I'm not sure he's much more than a middle of the road P5 QB at his ceiling. I'd hope this is one of the positions the new coach looks to upgrade in the transfer portal. It should also be one of the easier ones (outside of CUs transfer rules).
The only thing I wonder is if he does get to 100% but sits, what message does that send the team going into next year…ESPECIALLY with the competition they’ve got coming up. It would be better for the coach to force it so no one questions his dedication.
FLounder
Think Positive and life will be Positive.
What do you have against Maddox?
do you expect any other starting quarterback, to win a game for us the rest of the year?
Personally, not a damn thing. However, his HS film is mediocre, training film is YIKES, can't beat out Carter, McCown, Lewis and Shrout = 5th string on possibly the worst P5 team in the country. There's no reason to play him. Run Shrout until the season ends. End of story.
FLounder
Think Positive and life will be Positive.
he’s a gamer. End of story
And you know this how?
McCown has shown flashes but not near enough to say he is absolutely the future at CU. He needs to play if healthy to gain more experience. If he transfers out, it's on the new coach to go out and find a capable P5 starting QB. If he/his OC can't do that, we hired the wrong guy and it wouldn't matter if McCown stayed or left.
BuffByMarriage
Well-Known Member
I'm kind of shocked by the optimism in this thread, considering the general state of pessimism surrounding the program. Saying McCown has a lot to prove and that his ceiling is the middle of a road P5 QB. I guess the transfer portal provides a lot of hope, but the idea that CU is going to get better than a middle of the road P5 QB by next year is kind of crazy to me. CU is currently one of the absolute worst P5 teams in the country. I'm not aware of many one year worst to first type of rebuilds in college football. I don't see many talented QBs beating down the door next year no matter who the coach is.
I don't think an Adrian Martinez or JT Daniels or something like that is realistic. You're not getting a 4 or 5 star who failed somewhere else. The best you can hope for is another JT Shrout level, and even that seems optimistic. While I don't think anyone's position on the team next year is 100% filled and you never know, I think it's optimistic just to hope that McCown chooses to stay with this dumpster fire of a program rather than transfer. And he's almost assuredly the favorite to be the starter next year if he does stay.
Basically, I think McCown, with what little flashes he's shown, has all the power and gets to choose what he wants to do.
I don't think an Adrian Martinez or JT Daniels or something like that is realistic. You're not getting a 4 or 5 star who failed somewhere else. The best you can hope for is another JT Shrout level, and even that seems optimistic. While I don't think anyone's position on the team next year is 100% filled and you never know, I think it's optimistic just to hope that McCown chooses to stay with this dumpster fire of a program rather than transfer. And he's almost assuredly the favorite to be the starter next year if he does stay.
Basically, I think McCown, with what little flashes he's shown, has all the power and gets to choose what he wants to do.
Depends who the new HC is.