hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
This is only saying that there are different levels of quitting, which is not true. If we had JR as backup this season we would be loaded with depth at qb. But JR chose to quit on his teammates because he was no longer going to be the starter. You can bang the drum about the timing of the quitting, but is only one level of quit.
I call BS here. You make the straw man argument that JR "owed" it to the team to stay as back-up for depth. You have no idea whether or not he was "encouraged" to seek other opportunities. You have no idea if he was told other QBS would leap-frog him. And you assume that because pretty much EVERY person that wanted him gone voiced it--ad nauseum--that he would have gotten any "support" or "kudos" for staying.
But what IS factual is that several players--CJB included--publicly stated that DW quitting was as much about playing time as it was his father's illness. What IS fact is that CJBs dad did a "sanctioned" interview saying they needed to look at their options after the season. What IS fact is that Jake Rudock was, for the most part, not welcome to stick around by a good many people.
What is ALSO fact is that, thus far, it's worked out just fine for everyone involved. CJB is doing a fantastic job, Jake is doing what he does best, and Willies is where he belongs from a maturity standpoint. Only thing we haven't heard--at least publicly--is whether his dad moved to Texas, or if he is doing okay, health-wise. Since that, ostensibly, was the reason for his quitting, it would be nice to know if his father is doing okay. That, alone, could go a long way toward making DW more able to balance school/sports/family.