re: As much as I would like to gush over Tua, I think there were other forces at play

Worst case scenario is that he's Dobbs and will take until his senior year to really develop as a passer but even in the meantime he'll be a great player. BUT you have a QB coach no? AND you don't have Butch Jones. People forget Dobbs was came in pro-style and LEARNED to run because our OL blew. He developed the habit of having his head on a swivel which hurt his biggest issue: setting his feet win passing.

BUT Tua show all the arm talent in the world.

FWIW, he's the only QB recently that made me say "oh frick." Fromm, Bentley et all are good but Tua is better.