Well it is now officially time for Clawson to shake some things up. Offensive scheme, redshirts' management, some new coaches on defense and special teams. Will be interesting to see if and what changes he makes. Look forward to Spring Game.
If someone transfers to Wake for his final year to be Hartman's back up, then he probably sucks. I'll take my chances with Kern. He looked pretty good in limited action.
One thing for certain - Wake can't run the same RPO with Hartman as with Newman.
First of all, I hope they do change things some with the offense - mainly having more running plays that don't begin with a slow mesh-point handoff. However, I don't see that as having anything to do with the QB. Hartman ran the same offense in the second half of the Louisville and Syracuse games and the entire FSU game and didn't pretty damn well. In fact, the mesh-point seemed to be a little faster when he ran it - the backs got the ball a little quicker and he pulled it down for passes quicker. The one area where we really need to improve next year is in the ability to pick up two/three yards when we need one/two. After failing miserably at that in the first few games, the coaches pretty much had Jamie just plow into the line and drag forward to pick those up as the season progressed. I think it is safe to say that Sam will not be as successful at doing that - nor do we really want him to try very often.
Michigan just ran a nice play for the TD. Jet sweep by slot receiver toward QB pre snap, arriving at QB just before QB gets snap. QB could hand off there. Instead, keeps the ball, does quick RPO mesh (or is it play action fake?) with RB. Freezes defense. Easy toss to wide open WR in corner of end zone. Wake's Josh Gattis given credit for play design. That could work well as part of Wake RPO base offense.
Michigan just ran a nice play for the TD. Jet sweep by slot receiver toward QB pre snap, arriving at QB just before QB gets snap. QB could hand off there. Instead, keeps the ball, does quick RPO mesh (or is it play action fake?) with RB. Freezes defense. Easy toss to wide open WR in corner of end zone. Wake's Josh Gattis given credit for play design. That could work well as part of Wake RPO base offense.
Thought the same thing. Crazy to think Gattis was getting mad heat early in the season from Michigan fans.
One thing for certain - Wake can't run the same RPO with Hartman as with Newman.
Speaking of slots, I have some weird feeling Jaquarii Roberson might be a breakout player in the slot next season. He’s played behind Dortch, Tabari, and Kendall so he’s been pretty limited on game time, but think he has the skills to be pretty good in the slot.
I hope you’re right, but I haven’t seen anything from him that says he won’t get passed by whoever is next.
6’1 with above average speed. If we do go back to the RPO heavy offense, he should be a big target to catch the 8-10 yard slant route. Won’t be a big play guy, but that’s why we have Greene and Surratt.
6’1 with above average speed. If we do go back to the RPO heavy offense, he should be a big target to catch the 8-10 yard slant route. Won’t be a big play guy, but that’s why we have Greene and Surratt.
A guy who can reliably give you 5-8 yards on a pass reception is a really valuable asset in the RPO. Makes the safety have to decide between pass coverage and run support. For whatever reason, there wasn't "the guy" who did that this past season. In 2018, Cam was that guy.
The issue is depth. Once Hartman goes down, and he will, we do not have a proven backup. Kerns and Griffis will likely be good with more development, but neither is even close to being ready to step in. If we don’t get transfer QB, we are screwed.