not 100% sold that we walked away from Martinez as much as it may have been a mutual thing. he liked NE and Frost, and when they got together, it made that situation way more attractive. Helton and Pruitt did travel and visit him in home....so there had to be some ineterest in pursuing him. i'd imagine that it just wound up being a mutual deal....
as to the rest, pretty much agree. Shrout was a project, and we knew it. Maurer was less so, but there was some ?'s on the level of competition he had in that FL division, andthere was the well documented elite 11 camp, which he did well and worked his way up that ladder....
point being, neither one was brought here to be "the guy"....competition and depth. it's also why christ and the MD kid were brought in and why we were going after JT Daniels. we knew, and have known, that the QB position was in flux, and they've tried to increase the talent level and overall competition level, but none of it has panned out.
we can blame the coaches for that, ultimately, it is their responsibilty...but i don't think it's for lack of effort, or recognition, that the positon wasn't "set".....we missed on the recruiting trail, up until HB, and none of the GT's we've brougth in or tried for have worked out....and it appears even if we had gotten JT Daniels, that'd of been another bust as he's not doing a thing in Athens except rehab.
timing of all of it sucked....but....looking ahead, HB and Salter really give that room a big boost, and if we're still able to get simpson, i think you can say the QB position would be addressed....
we're just still stuck in this funk right now.....and it's gotten old.
