Wimsatt was not a dual threat QB. He was supposed to be a pocket passer who could run fast in a straight line. Problem is he was a poor passer and that was the big gamble Schiano took that back fired.I don't think I agree with this. First, Greg's first real purchase was Wimsatt and it was with the intention of having a running QB. Second, we've had QBs (The Jobu Package) that Schiano would let on the field with zero intention of ever even letting them throw a pass. And third, we keep trying to run RPO plays with QBs that clearly don't have the speed and athleticism to do it.
I think he's just a terrible judge of QB talent and he has no ability to make the below average talent he recruits better.
Yes, there was a Jabu package which was a sanitized way of saying that we had a backup that we didn’t trust to throw the ball so if he had to play, we had to use him to run. That’s a coaching failure, not evidence that he wants a running QB.
Your point about the RPOs is my point though. He doesn’t want QBs running and thus their speed is not a priority during recruiting. If he wanted them running, then we’d have guys like we’ve seen at Va Tech, Ohio U, BC, etc that all can run and all who probably Rutgers could have gotten.
i don’t think the issue is as much of a lack of an eye for lack as much as recruiting the wrong archetype, then QB development and QB management.