10-06-2017, 03:36 PM
When talking about Burns it's important to remember that against KSU (who ended up being a pretty good team) he didn't just look good, he looked great. His PER of 170 was the third highest KSU gave up, trailing only OU and OKST. So maybe he was worse than Baker Mayfield, but he still played really well.
I have no idea what happened to him (although it's worth noting that, by PER at least, his game against WSU was nearly as good as KSU), the OL play going to hell and making him see demons is one explanation, or maybe KSU was just a weird outlier. But based on that game I think everyone was feeling pretty confident, and his slide into mediocrity wasn't terribly foreseeable.
Meanwhile, Chryst has never posted a PER that high against a reasonable team for a full game. He was off to a good start against UNC, but got injured. I think it's fairly to say that, against decent competition, Chryst's ceiling is low.
Meanwhile, Costello hasn't posted a PER lower than 130 in his 3 games. His worst game was against Rice! I just don't know what could possibly be making Shaw do this except a boneheaded commitment to a complex playbook.
I have no idea what happened to him (although it's worth noting that, by PER at least, his game against WSU was nearly as good as KSU), the OL play going to hell and making him see demons is one explanation, or maybe KSU was just a weird outlier. But based on that game I think everyone was feeling pretty confident, and his slide into mediocrity wasn't terribly foreseeable.
Meanwhile, Chryst has never posted a PER that high against a reasonable team for a full game. He was off to a good start against UNC, but got injured. I think it's fairly to say that, against decent competition, Chryst's ceiling is low.
Meanwhile, Costello hasn't posted a PER lower than 130 in his 3 games. His worst game was against Rice! I just don't know what could possibly be making Shaw do this except a boneheaded commitment to a complex playbook.