I share the concerns about the QB problem. Rogers lacks both the physical strength to break tackles and the mobility to evade them and that severely limits the offense. I haven’t seen enough of Robertson to know what he brings to the table and given Leach’s hesitancy to play guys with limited experience it could be three years if and when Parson takes the field. It would certainly become very frustrating to watch the team flounder for that long.Obviously can't speak for all, but for me, it's more of a growing concern over a low ceiling rather than a reasonably high floor(for MSU's standards). I'll readily admit that Leach is doing just fine, historically speaking, with essentially everything he's doing here. Recruiting, W/L records, and performance in the SEC is right on par with the coaches that we like to hold in high regard.
My problem, though, is that I'm not one to be ok with just the status quo, and a coach making as much as Leach also needs to be able to give the fanbase hope. Has he done that? I guess some would argue that he somehow has, but I'm still struggling to see it when he continues to put a QB out there with significant limitations, he hasn't developed an alternative in 3 years, and he refuses to make any adjustments to his offense that has now been completely shut down by capable defenses on numerous occasions. No options, no TEs, very little misdirection, and a refusal to commit to a run game because he allows the defensive set to entirely dictate what we do. I fully believe that the air raid can work in this league, but only if a coach is willing to adjust, and Leach just can't seem to bring himself to do it.
Like others, I'm very anxious to see what a mobile QB can do in this offense, but based on our inability to get any other QB ready to run this offense during the last 3 years, I don't have a ton of faith in Parson taking over any time soon.
Leach seems to vent most of his frustration towards the receivers but we can rarely get a good look at what they are doing wrong besides the drops. Perhaps they aren’t properly executing their jobs and that compounds problems in the pocket.
In addition to winning at least one more game this year the program needs to take another step forward next season or it’s going to become really hard to be excited. Apathy is the last thing we need when the competition will likely get even harder in a couple of years. An expanded playoff berth has to be the goal and ten wins is what that will require.