Isaac Wilson

I hope Isaac does not choose to leave the program. We had a lot of problems not related to the QB. Our offensive line was simply not very good IMO. The play calling was not good, etc., etc.

I still think that Wilson has the chance to be very good IMO.

If Wilson transfers it makes things even worse because it cost Rose valuable experience. If Wilson stays at least one of our QBs for next year got some game experience.

For a team that had lost 7 straight and not bowling they played hard and never gave up. I hope we keep our good players and fill in a few weaknesses with the portal. We lose 21 seniors so the leadership of the remaining players will be crucial to keep the boat afloat.

My posts may not be interpreted this way but I am not in favor of running players, or even coaches off. I just want the job to get done every week and don’t really care who does it.

There are a lot of guys on offense who got plenty of reps this year that will need to improve and Wilson is one of them. Even though it is trending that way, college football is not the pros and these kids aren’t finished products by any means. Regarding Wilson specifically my hope is that after he recovers from whatever his injury(s) is, he is treated by the staff as one of the QB’s in the room fighting for the QB1 job instead of the heir apparent and he (Wilson) approaches the offseason the same way.

A good comp for Wilson might be Bo Nix as a freshman at Auburn. He took his lumps for years and was considered a bust. Finally, when his experience level got paired with a couple of OC’s who were willing to tailor an offense to his skillset the talent was able to show. It would be silly to claim Wilson can work himself into the 1st round and NFL starter but if he’s willing to humble himself and do the work, Wilson can still do great things in a Utah uniform.

Promising #2 status and mop up duty as long at #1 stays healthy is one thing. The coaches should not have felt obligated to make #2 the interim #1 after the starter was injured, and then #1 after the starter had his season ending injury. In hindsight, certainly, making Wilson the #1 QB seems rather foolish.

I’m old school in thinking the QB position should be merit based. The best QB plays, period! If you suck, you lose your starting position. It was clear that was not the case this year, and that made it extremely frustrating.

I put a tongue in cheek comment about him going to BYU. My actual opinion is that he could be great and I would be happy to have him stay and be in a true quarterback competition.

However, if the rumors of him being entitled and/or that the team doesn’t like him then I would transfer if I was him. Find a place you fit with the team culture. If that’s here, great, if not then we are fine without him.

Isaac Wilson continued to look like a deer in the headlights several games in. It seemed his decision making time got worse, not better as the season went on. It’s pretty bad when your 5th string comes in and looks more confident and competent than the injured starter. Hell, Bottari seemed much better than Wilson and I doubt Bottari would start for any other power 4 team.

I feel so bad for Dorian Singer. He could have gone to a pass offense so much better.

Utah will be better off if Wilson transfers. He doesn’t know how to lead and isn’t respected in the locker room. The players aren’t behind him. His dad has been shopping him for NIL since mid season.

I’m not saying Rose will be QB1 next year, but he has the respect of the locker room and the guys got behind him and were vocal about their support of him in the locker room.

People are going to have to start really getting their heads around letting go of sunk costs.

Whatever happened with Wilson/Rose.. this year doesn’t matter. Go get the best player right here. Period. Until there are multi-year contracts there’s no investing in the future. There’s paying for right here right now.

Re: Singer. He was clearly playing hard. Open so much more than he got the ball. I feel bad for the other players that showed up too though he was just one of many who were victims of a totally dysfunctional offense.

How do we know he was promised anything?

I think it is a much worst scenario. Utah coaching is just bad at evaluating Quarterbacks.

They wanted Zach Wilson to start at safety. They switched a couple other gamers to the defensive side of the ball. We assume that it was for the best but I just challenge their ability to evaluate QBs.