It's refreshing to see a post that questions leadership rather than "I trust my coaches."
I would completely agree that the QB situation was terribly botched. No argument there.
We've had zero TDs in the last two games. You could rationalize that by saying NDSU has a great defense, which they do, but MSU is the only other team this year not to score a TD on them. The day we accept that we are on par with MSU is the day we re-evaluate even having a FB program. ISUb....we couldn't get a single TD there either?
With a healthy Davis, we were scoring TDs....every game. We were even scoring TDs against #10/#11 WVU (7-1). Hell, we were even winning 14-7 in Q2. Despite having solid RBs, Davis was our leading rusher that game. Most of the teams WVU played this season (5/8) scored as much or less than YSU did (21).
...and then the concussion. That changed everything. Trent's season ending injury made a bad situation worse. Mays played well, and for some reason doesn't get the "he's just rusty" excuses that Wells gets, even though Mays is a Freshman who was working with the scout team.
Wells. He's not the solution. It was outrageous to believe he was. If Wells had legit D2 prospects, and he sacrificed a year of eligibility to start a few games, and then get benched again, then he got screwed royal. If a promise was made to start Wells for the remainder of the season, then the coaches doomed our season. The only scenario that makes a sliver of sense is Wells had no decent D2 prospects, and wasn't promised anything other than another shot...even then Wells should have been behind Mays on the depth chart. IOW, the entire Wells ordeal was botched in one way or another.
Decisions made in 2015 and 2016 led me to believe that there are some serious judgment impairments in the coaching staff.