I'm still recovering from my heart attack back when I saw Casey take the first shotgun snap in PSU history.
I honestly don't think it would have made a ton of difference. Rashard's decision making wasn't very good, and he developed a lot of bad habits, including sailing throws and not using his blockers when he took off and ran. Rashard had some really good physical tools, but he just wasn't a natural quarterback. I think people got carried away based off his recruiting ranking and thought that he was in the same class as a Michael Vick and he just did not have that kind of ability. Ronald Curry at UNC was much more physically gifted than Rashad, and he couldn't cut it at quarterback either. Not every dual-threat quarterback is going to make a great fit for JoeMo's system.
I honestly don't think it would have made a ton of difference. Rashard's decision making wasn't very good, and he developed a lot of bad habits, including sailing throws and not using his blockers when he took off and ran. Rashard had some really good physical tools, but he just wasn't a natural quarterback. I think people got carried away based off his recruiting ranking and thought that he was in the same class as a Michael Vick and he just did not have that kind of ability. Ronald Curry at UNC was much more physically gifted than Rashad, and he couldn't cut it at quarterback either. Not every dual-threat quarterback is going to make a great fit for JoeMo's system.
I think he would be too old
Even in Jay and Galen's "HD Spread" Casey would have been imposing. While not as powerful a runner as MRob, Casey was more elusive.
Casey's incident in New Jersey also illustrated JoePa's character in a nutshell....people are innocent until proven guilty, don't jump to conclusions and let the process play out. A lot of coaches would have thrown Casey under the bus in a New York second. I've always admired Joe for sticking to his guns when it came to that incident.
Joe took a lot of heat from the media in that. And he stood his ground and when was proven correct some of them simply couldn't handle it and held it against Joe.
And then got their revenge in November 2011.
I honestly don't think it would have made a ton of difference. Rashard's decision making wasn't very good, and he developed a lot of bad habits, including sailing throws and not using his blockers when he took off and ran. Rashard had some really good physical tools, but he just wasn't a natural quarterback. I think people got carried away based off his recruiting ranking and thought that he was in the same class as a Michael Vick and he just did not have that kind of ability. Ronald Curry at UNC was much more physically gifted than Rashad, and he couldn't cut it at quarterback either. Not every dual-threat quarterback is going to make a great fit for JoeMo's system.
And was early proof that even if proven wrong, the media will not go back and make it right.Joe took a lot of heat from the media in that. And he stood his ground and when was proven correct some of them simply couldn't handle it and held it against Joe.
And then got their revenge in November 2011.