Re: Blake Barnett Transferring
Am I too late to get in on the fun? You guys are 20 pages in. This must really be important (or about Cam Newton/Auburn....I keed I keed).
Couple things that stood out:
Why risk injury on a team who clearly has no plans for you? I think its a smart move on his part. Good luck to the young man.
That's a very interesting way to look at it. The inherent violent nature of the game itself places anyone who steps on the field in danger of injury. So because he didn't get the role on the team he desired, this somehow excludes him from it? I will kindly disagree with that angle, Good Sir.
Travis Reier, on Twitter, writes:
Given the timing, JUCO only destination that makes sense for Barnett.
Finish the season at JUCO and be out in spring.
That makes sense to me. Otherwise, why on earth would you transfer mid-season? Unless maybe you think you can get a waiver to regain this year's eligibility so that he'd still have 4 years to play?
I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that if he enrolls in JUCO right now (whether he plays or not is irrelevant), he'd be eligible to play next season at whatever school he goes to AFTER he sits out for 4 games. If that is the case, the hubris behind such an assumption is astounding. Some major program is going to sit their starter after a month of football for you? Okay, kid. LOL. You got it all figured out.
Can't go into details, but I'll just say that it was time. I really don't like the timing of the move personally, but ultimately he has to do what he feels is best for him and his future. Off the top of my head, I can't think of many QBs in the League who transferred from one major program to another and had it work out for them. Flacco left Penn St. to go to Deleware. The two Florida QBs (Driskell & Brisett are in the league but not starters..both rookies this year). Russell Wilson is a special case. He would have finished at NC State had Tom O'Brien allowed him to after he had given pro baseball a shot, but he wouldn't so he wound up at Wisconsin. If the next level is his goal, I hope it works out for him. I will say, though, that both Tom Brady and Tony Romo became the faces of their respective franchises by being ready when opportunity knocked (ironically it was after injury to the same old poor sap, Drew Bledsoe).
Another irony, too, is that in our last QB battle of sorts, it was the Kent St. game that pretty much cemented it for AJ. Not that AJ was lights out, but Phil was just.....well, you saw it. In this case, Blake did some really good things, but wasn't consistent enough. What you saw in the games (good passes, but also fumbled snaps) is the SAME thing that happened all fall camp. I've already said too much. I'll leave now unless you guys need anything. Enjoy the thread and RTR.
