heres what happened with the qb situation at byu.....

[fusnik11]

it all goes back a few years to gc and the pressure he felt to win now....

beck was recruited never to be a starter but to be a backup.

his role on the team was supposed to be quite simple, provide a quality back up for 4 years, get an education and get the heck out of dodge.

it breaks down like this, now stay with me.

at byu theyve always historically succeeded with a qb who has at least one year at the helm. gc learned this from lavell and trusted in lavells recruits to provide him with that. we all know this.

berry was suppose to be in his senior year as a starter. beck was to be a sophomore as a back up this year, with ben olson the freshman backup fighting beck for the 2nd qb position. next year ben was to start beck to be the back up.....

now heres where it went wrong. berry got hurt, gc panicked and isntead of leaving beck on the bench and scrapping the season with mortensen and letting berry fully heal, gc rushes berry back, scrambles and puts in beck....

it never made sense to begin with berry winning the job. hes the exact opposite of what gc wants in a qb. but he knew that if he kept berry on the bench, when olson came back he could get 3 years from a quality qb, have his recruit and have beck as a quality backup should things go wrong.....

alas we know what happened and it basically screwed the program.