In a world where Hollywood fixes all problems, I had a dream (really I did) of Ronnie ‘Sunshine’ Bass rolling into Morgantown, his hair blonde Fabio hair blowing in the wind, and rescuing West Virginia’s football season with a couple of perfectly placed spiral passes and a kick ass locker room speech. I mean, if he could unite T.C. WIlliams his HS team, surely he could overcome whatever’s going on with the Mountaineers, right (maybe)….
But let’s be real. ….Neil Brown is still our coach. This is the same Neil Brown who anointed Jared Doege as his first quarterback prodigy and since then, well… let’s just say QB development hasn’t exactly been the QB whisperer’s strong suit. Doege might have been his Jedi warrior but unfortunately, the Jedi training program has had a few hiccups. .. and he turned out to play like a deer in headlights instead of a Will Greer clone. No other quarterback has emerged to lead us to the promised land. And do we really expect ‘Sunshine’ to survive under Neal’s system?
Even with Sunshine’s arm talent, the heart, it’s hard to see how his golden-boy magic could shine through the intricacies of our current coaching playbook. Sure, he could step in and throw a 60-yard bomb on his first snap, but then we’d still be asking: “Why are we running a 2-yard screen pass on 3rd and 12?”
So, Sunshine, as much as we love your hair and your can-do attitude, I think coming to West Virginia might be a bigger mistake than not fixing the QB room in the first place.
But let’s be real. ….Neil Brown is still our coach. This is the same Neil Brown who anointed Jared Doege as his first quarterback prodigy and since then, well… let’s just say QB development hasn’t exactly been the QB whisperer’s strong suit. Doege might have been his Jedi warrior but unfortunately, the Jedi training program has had a few hiccups. .. and he turned out to play like a deer in headlights instead of a Will Greer clone. No other quarterback has emerged to lead us to the promised land. And do we really expect ‘Sunshine’ to survive under Neal’s system?
Even with Sunshine’s arm talent, the heart, it’s hard to see how his golden-boy magic could shine through the intricacies of our current coaching playbook. Sure, he could step in and throw a 60-yard bomb on his first snap, but then we’d still be asking: “Why are we running a 2-yard screen pass on 3rd and 12?”
So, Sunshine, as much as we love your hair and your can-do attitude, I think coming to West Virginia might be a bigger mistake than not fixing the QB room in the first place.