I get that some people are shocked by Newman's fall.
There was a significant contingent on the board that doubted all of these moves from the outset. His "incredible success" at Wake was bolstered by a handful of crucial plays like Hinton's 4th down game-winning leaping catch, or Sage winning an absurd number of jump balls in close games. When Newman sucked in his last bowl game and got pulled for Hartman way too late, some excused it with injury talk, but plenty of posters saw the missed short throws, lack of timing, and recipe of a big d-line plus double coverage on his top receiver as predictably successful in derailing him. Plenty of eyebrows were raised over Donovan's Greene's numbers when he suddenly got some looks from Hartman.
But look what the media is saying! Look at the mock drafts! UGA guaranteed him the starting job in a pro-style offense, Clawson must have misused him! Remember the arguments about how Clawson's style held Jamie back and was bad for Wake overall because no QB's would want to come here?
This isn't a told-ya-so argument, it's just pointing out that all that criticism of Clawson and his offense, the indignation about any Hartman vs. Newman argument as crazy, etc. - well it turns out Clawson had a much better approach to Newman's skillsets than all the whisperers, agents, and folks that got caught up in the hype machine did. And there were plenty of fans who recognized that reality even before Newman's last year at Wake.
Maybe those of us who remember the Caldwell years are less likely to take Clawson for granted, hopefully players who watched the Newman debacle will think the same way. Clawson and Wake are not what is holding these players back.