a. Foresight? I dare say I'm one of the only people online that has been writing about all of the risks that have been taken, while constantly writing big picture articles on the subject with such depth. I've outlined the quarterback high-wire gambles every step of the way.Never should have stepped foot on campus...but I'll go with terrible out of respect to the kid.
I get where you're coming from...but at the same time I guess I expect a little more foresight from some of you guys knee deep and up close to not only the program but the recruiting process. Guys bust all the time, but Heard was essentially declared as much around here before taking a single game snap. And maybe he will bust....it was Rice for god's sake. But the narrative around here for months was it was Swoopes or disaster with nothing to base it on other than practice snaps.
People are wrong all the time....hell I was dead wrong on Garrett Gilbert. I just prefer seeing before believing.
b. My position on Heard has constantly been that he's a redshirt freshman that is being asked to be great before he's probably ready. It's a trend that Texas has been running through for more than a decade. Like Swoopes, Heard needed more time than he received before being asked to carry a heavy torch. I've also been one of the only people weighing the consequences of what he has potentially battled off the field.
It still might be a disaster. Let's not take that Rice performance and pretend it carries much true value. I don't know that the Longhorns are close to having a plus-player at quarterback.
