The underrated John West.

I felt that Cole McDonald deserved the chance to play out of his extended funk; he accomplished so much in the first half of the season. I just wished, like last night, that the head coach would have had the presence of mind to make a quarterback change. Leaving a struggling McDonald out there, only exacerbated his, whatever the problem is. Mechanics? Lack of confidence? Nagging injury?

McDonald has taken a beating this season and the Army game showed that if you drop 8 in coverage that is his Kryptonite. Last night was no exception with 2ints, 0 passing TD’s and the O-line was giving Cole plenty of time to read, throw or run. He hasn’t progressed and some of that is lacking passing accuracy that is required in the RnS.

I don’t think we as fans are overreacting but if the defense drops 8 in coverage and gives Chevan the same amount of time to read, throw and run. He has the accuracy and moxie to move the chains or better.

I still want to see what Moussa has to bring the table? Thats why I say start Moussa for the SDSU and give him some badly needed live game reps.

McDonald, Moussa and Chevan are the future of Hawaii Football at QB. And we are lucky to have all 3 of them. But it would be unwise to burn Chevan and Moussa Redshirt at this point of the season.

Hawaii Bowl bound, baby!!!

Go Warriors of Hawaii

He could be the RPO QB with Corderio and Moussa bringing a more traditional RnS (no RPO for them) causing opposing coaches to have to game plan specifically for RPO. Might make it harder to prepare for going forward.

He can be the “Wildcat” QB on some series. Extra lineman, one “H”, one receiving TE and two wideouts Designed counters, power sweeps, draws, roll out R/PO (isolating SS) and straight dropback with max protect. Hard to prepare for too.

But his main role would be as a “big target” slot or a “fluidly mobile” H back. Rangy receiver able to be targeted easily with good “catch radius”. Probably would be isolated against SS or coverage LB so he could beat any of them deep as well.

I hope this can happen. Might take some time but the Prodigies are ready sooner than expected. Cole’s skillset is unique (I think he could play any skill position, defensive secondary, punt returner and even “bandit”) and may be so hard to prepare for going forward. I cant wait to see what develops. Everybody will benefit from this. So good.