Well, MSU has come further faster, from greater depths, than we, under the "NEXT GUY", would have to do. If it can be done there, it can be done HERE. In case anyone doubted it. We got that QB, turns out. If this Coach is too WHATEVER (choose adjectives) to recognize it, then his exit is all the quicker, all the more certain--and Treon doesn't get injured meanwhile, at least that's one way of looking at it. We got at least one more "pretty damn good one" we can redshirt waiting in the wings already too: Grier is still a bit of a gangly beanpole, needs physical as well as overall seasoning-at-this-level it seems before he'd bbe able to the things Treon has already PROVED he can do here--from the moment he got on the field, remember. Hope young Grier stays, doesn't do like others before--he's NOT near as far along in any way as Cam was (he SHOULD have been ahead of Brantley, not "even", obviously, but it was his OFF-field exploits that got him gone), or Brisset, who had lots of prep and every bit as much experience as JD. He CHOSE his move, prematurely, I say (he STILL should have stayed--I think he would have done well under Roper, this whole offense and Muschamp's chances here radically altered had he been here when JD went down last season). From what I've heard back-channel, and what we've seen from him on-field (contrasted with Treon, who got here relatively MUCH later, had just summer-practice to get "ready"--and look at how far he's come already, how READY he musta been in every way, most-importantly in his head and heart), Grier has all the tools, but needs time, experience, weight and strength and TOUGHENING in every way, has still to "catch up to the game" at this level, before he'll be ready to run Roper's offense. Tron's only gonna get better--and meanwhile he evidently has all the "uncoachables (see E-'s earlier comments above). Harris is already a "team leader". Did you see him on the sidelines , see how the TEAM, "his" offense rallied around him there AND (of course) on the field, in THEIR play? That's what gives me the biggest "lift" of all. That is the first time I've seen that, FELT that kind of "extra something" with and among QB-and-offense since, well, since #15--Sorry, NOT comparing them, but that IS what I saw.
Let's see: Comes in in his VERY 1st game, and immediately does things JD has NEVER done, does it TWICE IN A ROW, gives us back that quick-strike potential we've been lacking since Brantley, and Meyer's last, "I can't hack it" year here (with Addazio, "The Dive Master", in charge of the offense, of course, too). Then comes in in his SECOND shot, inserted 9 points behind to lead a previously SHUT-OUT offense to the 10 points need to win a game that was definitely slipping away until then.
Really hope Jones is OK. He also is really starting to come into his own--does it all. Can y'all imagine what Harris, Robinson (on a good day--which I still believe he'll have a lot more of, today's troubles notwithstanding), and a RB like Jones, spelled by 3 other real good ones who can do at least 2 things REALLY well (Jones looks to be the only one who does them ALL well right now--tho' Taylor has killer "upside", and will get better and better), together with a healthy, deep O-line and an imaginative OC might be able to do? I still think Roper has been hampered by certain realities, NOT free to choose his guy at QB at will ("Will" being the problem, ha ha, NOT funny) nor to open up his offense as far as he might if given free reign. I'd LIKE to think that, anyway--'cause otherwise, he's as blind as the Head Coach.