The only available QB in the class of 2016 is Xavier Gaines. Unsure about Jack's kid. Also
@Escambia94 you think it's going to be like the ending 1999 season expect the 1999 team was much better than this team.
I'm going to talk about that "past and future" a little bit here:
Thing is, OTHER programs manage to recognize and pull in less-heralded, "under-the-radar" types who (thru injury, suspension, surprising ineptness or WHATEVER on the part of much better known 4- and 5-star guys) rise on the depth chart, then are pressed into service under dire circumstances. They rise to the occasion. But first they had to be recognized, brought in and nurtured by a Coach and staff who, whether by necessity or wisdom saw the potential and character there--then convinced that young man to have the patience and confidence (in the coaches and HIMSELF) that with determination, hard work and attention to detail (all often lacking in the high profile, prodigious "natural talents" who get to play "hat games" on NSD) his time will come--and maybe sooner than anyone thinks.
By all accounts and signs in his previous work, and so far here at UF, Coach Mac is EXACTLY one of those guys who searches out and finds such players, surrounds himself with coaches who do the same and encourages their own best inclinations. He and his coaches have generally HAD to find them, to run his offenses, and WIN with them in those varied previous stops.
...So: Maybe WE can get a few of those kinda kids in, begin to build some DEPTH at QB, along with the work still ahead on the lines, at WR, the RBs??? Just ONE unheralded, hidden "gem" from some backwater would do, right now. And in our case, he'd know he was in the fight to LEAD, to be the starting QB at a high-profile SEC program RIGHT AWAY, if he can get up to speed fast enough.
Big "IF", yes. But I don't see much else in the way of " hopeful alternatives ". Treon has pretty well shown his range and max-upside: He can come in mid-game and spark an offense as a back-up, in case of injury or change-of-pace ("wildcat" or whatever)--but just lacks consistency as a full time starter, especially in the kind of complex precision offense Coach wants to run here.
There's also the idea of reversing the usual "UF-to-somewhere-else" flow, bringing in some "disgraced" or somehow-failed former-5-star after a stint in Siberia (in other words, humbling time in one of the penitent/hang-on/rehab programs like Blinn College, Arkansas State, etc.--there are a few others around the fringes of college football)--sure, Cam was the standout "special case", but there've been a number of less spectacular, AND less controversial ones that have been reasonably successful, in their own ways, for both the subsequent program AND for the young man's resusitated career.
All in all, the "best" choice, of the above 3 ("new guys", "reclaimed-from-heap", or "stick with Treon til WG gets back"), seems simply to carry on with first (we're doing it anyway, I'm sure), look into 2nd, and meanwhile assume the last unless/until you have something really promising from among the other two longshot hopes IN HAND--and STILL hold onto and keep working with Treon. I just don't know how "coachable" he really is. You'd have liked to see more growth by now.
Oh, and aside from all that, THANKYOU, E-: That detailed analysis and overview is superb, covers everything and therefore brings us all up to speed and on the same page moving forward. ANY discussion of what's ahead for our program, including my own here above, is made easier, hey, POSSIBLE, because of that.
