Thanks for responding.....My views are as follows; 1st, if you can't see MG's talent than your blind and I feel we have wasted him so far. 2nd, he would be much more interesting to watch than the current QB whether he is running or throwing 30 yards for a touchdown or fumbling. 3rd, both Ohio State and Michigan have put their talented QB's in to develop them early whereas we have sat on the sideline with ours. 4th, next year is coming fast and if we don't have a QB developed everyone who is excited on this site about that being our breakout year is going to be very disappointed. 5th, Brewster has stood by the current QB with avg to dismal results-why not be courageous and take a chance. That is all.
Loki - I understand your viewpoints, but I'd rebuttal with this:
1) Gray's talent is clearly there, but he's had some opportunities in some key moments of games where he's cost the team with turnovers - particularly fumbles. When ball security is an issue, its difficult to trust him in key stretches in games. Also, as a QB he needs to have a complete grasp of the offense, something he didn't always appear to have last year.
2) Whether or not Gray is a more "interesting" a player is irrelevant. We need the player on the field that is more likely to deliver this team a win. The coaching staff feels Weber is the more suited for that right now.
3) The situations OSU and Michigan have been in with their QBs are quite different. Ohio State has a good enough team from top to bottom that they can afford to put in a raw, young QB and still win plenty of games. Michigan has no other choice, Ryan Mallett bolted for Arkansas, and they had Forcier and Robinson to play. They didn't have the option to start a more experienced veteran in the system they run. Oh yeah, and in case you didn't notice, Michigan has been worse than us the last 2 years.
4) If the season starts to go south and a bowl game is out of the picture, I have little doubt that we'll see MarQueis under center a lot in the second half of the season, as your right - there's no reason not to develop him (as long as there's nothing else to play for). Wait and see on this one. Lots of games yet to play.
5) Brewster's also in the position of trying to keep his job. A lot of people feel that if there's not improvement shown (how that's quantified is debatable), he'll be gone after the end of this season. Starting MarQueis would indeed take some courage (especially over a 5th year senior), but it would also be unfair to put that kind of pressure on Gray. Sort of a 'win to save my job, kid' situation. Starting MarQueis would take even more courage (possibly of the foolish variety) if he's not ready to be the full-time starter under center.