So wow, a 22 year old kid says something mildly lame. Big shocker.
Eating our own is not a good luck IMO.
While I can agree that keeping Surratt and Boogie with Hartman not just ready, but chomping at the fucking bit, to be THE guy - is a better outlook than losing Surratt and Boogie and keeping Newman for his senior year. However, there is no denying that Newman was awesome across 10+ games - from the State game in 2018 thru the State game 2019. Without him, we aren't in a bowl game in 2018 and we aren't 5-0 going into the Louisville game.
We will be more than fine with Hartman and Kern next year. In fact, I am looking forward to it, but I will miss Newman, just as I will Scotty Washington and Cade Carney. For me, it is the same thing. Newman graduated, end of story. He also likely made Hartman a better QB due to the competition they have had since Hartman stepped on campus.
I think Newman was always looking at this as means to an end which is post college success first hopefully as a pro athlete and next in something else. Hartman is more in this for the glory and excitement. He assumes post college success. There's a difference between the two. It IS a bit of a race thing I think, but also not. Newman was here for 2 1/2 or 3 years before he took a meaningful snap. There was no pro future for him at all until maybe after our bowl victory over Memphis a year ago. Now, it has presented itself. He leaning into it. Hartman had success three months into being on campus in our first game his true frosh year against Tulane. There is a difference between those two stories that has obviously nothing to do with race at all.