Blood Runs Blue's Take on the Heaps Transfer:

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I am wondering now that it has been a few days if he is having some regrets over his decision?

Personally - I would hope so. It's not too late for Jake to re-think, and decide to stay. I think both Bronco & Brandon would welcome Jake back with open arms. But, I think they would have a "heart to heart" man talk & lay down the law. Jake would have to man up & accept the hard work in his future - including a possible redshirt. Who knows, stranger things have happened.

Ddawg wrote:
Personally - I would hope so. It's not too late for Jake to re-think, and decide to stay. I think both Bronco & Brandon would welcome Jake back with open arms. But, I think they would have a "heart to heart" man talk & lay down the law. Jake would have to man up & accept the hard work in his future - including a possible redshirt. Who knows, stranger things have happened.

If that were to happen, then the redshirt would have to effectively start now, without Heaps being involved in the Bowl game in any way shape or form.



But since it won't happen, I'm not going to speculate any further. Heaps is gone, and he aint coming back.

Ungoy wrote:

Personally - I would hope so. It's not too late for Jake to re-think, and decide to stay. I think both Bronco & Brandon would welcome Jake back with open arms. But, I think they would have a "heart to heart" man talk & lay down the law. Jake would have to man up & accept the hard work in his future - including a possible redshirt. Who knows, stranger things have happened.

If that were to happen, then the redshirt would have to effectively start now, without Heaps being involved in the Bowl game in any way shape or form.



But since it won't happen, I'm not going to speculate any further. Heaps is gone, and he aint coming back.

I think that's 99% true. I think there is that small 1% chance Jake would re-consider. After he looks @ the landscape, losing a year of eligibility, and realizing he won't be anointed but has to fight for a starting job in a school where he has no friends. I think there is still a small chance.

IF Jake were to come to Bronco and say he made a mistake and wants to be a part of the program again, I wouldn't put it past Bronco to accept it, but with stipulations.



And I bet one of those stipulations would be similar to OC: You can rejoin the team in a year - but you're paying your own way until then. I bet Jake wouldn't be on scholarship while he "redshirted."

He'll transfer back, sit out his jr year, and in his senior year be 3rd string for Hill and Mangum.

we could use another ball boy to get the Field goal balls off the all-state net.

scott715 wrote:
I am wondering now that it has been a few days if he is having some regrets over his decision?

i doubt it. things were too bad for him to stay. it was not a good situation for him or for the team.

He isn't coming back. You don't publicly announce you are leaving and then have a change of heart. Even if you start rethinking your decision you have too much pride to come back. Jake is gone.

CougarClaw wrote:
we could use another ball boy to get the Field goal balls off the all-state net.

Ouch! Ha-ha-ha! That is very funny. :D

Why would Heaps want to come back to a program where one of the most critical coaches (The OC) has stated his affinity for athletic QB's? Jake's got a lot of things going on in his head, but I don't think he's that dumb. He knows that he can't move for crap and therefore doesn't fit into Doman's ideal QB whereas Riley and Hill do. Can Mangum run? Hope so.

Doman has affinity for QBs who are efficient and can move the ball consistently down the field. That wasn't Heaps this year. Heaps has shown that you don't have to be a runner/athletic to run Doman's offense, you just have to be efficient.