In reply to: He blew up that bridge IMHO posted by JBrock18
His numbers the past two years are horrid. It is not his fault he was not properly developed at ND or BC. It is also not his fault he's been injured. When you have limited scholarships you have to upgrade the position, not take on a reclamation project.
But it appears the staff has their sites on better QB options in the transfer portal. Jurkovec really struggled this year at BC, maybe, in part, to things outside his control.
as it compares to Pyne, Buchner, and Angeli. What his relationship was with Kelly, Long, Rees, or anyone else is secondary to me. I watched him play a ton of games live in HS. His home field was 3 miles from my house when I lived there. He really has not progressed like I thought he might and still displays some of the shortcomings he had mechanically and from a decision making standpoint that he had at Pine Richland. He got away with it there.
I will say the fact that as a young adult and D1 college football player, he had his parents come speak to the staff about things such as playing time is an issue for me.
the on-field abiilty.
He has already made painfully (for him) clear he harbors significant resentments with ND and not just because of Kelly and Chip. How could we possibly trust that he would cohere with the team and staff after that? And why would we take him (now 2nd string at BC) over other options?
This is not a matter of hurt feelings. Just consider what he said and how he said it? The bridge has been burned and he lit the fuse. He doesn’t want to come back.
... 'we should take him' if he wants to come. At this point, we don't know what our best QB opportunity will be in the portal. I see no reason that this guy should be anointed first choice just because he was here before and hated Kelly.
Perhaps he knows how easily dumb Irish people lose their minds.
It was still a really stupid thing to post. You need to stop thinking that everybody who hates Kelly is worthy of your understanding and support. The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.
He's an idiot and most germane to the issue at hand, he's not very good at football.
He's probably a pretty good kid.
A lot of people on this board are awfully quick to render harsh and final judgment on kids who played for ND and have a rough go at ND.
some of you need to lighten up. I said some incredibly stupid shit in the last year that can't hold a candle to the stupid shit I said when I was 20.
He and Kelly deserve each other.
I think he’s a head case who seems to enjoy inviting drama