words bestest friend DeVier Posey. Posey should have just forced open Pryor’s mouth and taken a dump – would have been just as supportive.

I agree, it’s on the coach to manage egos.

Coach won’t bench him, defends him despite his glaringly obvious faults (which don’t seem to be improving). Fans turning on him and while Morelli was never hyped to the level of preseason BTOPOTY, he came into our program with huge expectations following him, and even after a season of mediocre play, we all had our hopes that with the year of experience, he’d finally get his apprehension and mentality under control, only to find that he was completely uncoachable to be a QB at any level other than HS.

Minus Pryor’s rushing ability anyway. Every time Morelli ran, my heart stopped because if he got hit, that ball was coming loose pretty much every time (although Pryor does seem to have a fumbling problem, right Mark Rubin?)

Fans, media, coaches – everyone is responsible – including many of the people who frequent this site – for the overhyping of Pryor. Just like Willie Williams, and even back to Ron Powlus, there are too many factors (even some that are out of the control of the athlete) that determine how successfully players translate to the next level.

Either way, this should be a reminder for everyone here and who follows the game not to get so wrapped up in recruiting. You want good players coming into the program, but you can’t be too focused on single cogs. QB14/MRob/DC17, Poz/Chris Colsanti – those should be all the lessons we need to remind us that hype does not translate to production.

Also, Pryor still has a hell of a lot of time to develop and by all means OSU could roll in to HV and beat PSU this year.