I just think that overutilizing one thing he does well is a disservice to his development. Rozier was basically a 50% passer and had success. JB has a big arm. He needs coaching and development on footwork and decision making. I don't know how good Dawson is at developing QBs. Dawson basically said he can't fix QBs (mechanics, etc). Bobby Petrino turned Lamar Jackson into an NFL QB.
JB has so much athletic ability throwing as well as running. It's just crazy to me that fans and the coaches write him off when you have Anthony Richardson drafted in the 1st round who was raw, and had very little average at best production in college. So, the NFL says, "I can develop all that raw talent", but college coaches (at least our coaches) can't. It just blows my mind. You have a young man with elite athletic ability. If you develop him, it puts your team into the CFP for the next 2-3 years.
I watch Caneville on YouTube. They get a lot of information directly from some of the players. They kind of hinted that since JB said he wanted to redshirt, the coaches got petty about it not playing him at all despite what was being said publicly.
Dawson and Mario have completely mismanaged the QB room. I blame Mario because he's in charge. He literally burned JB's redshirt his freshman year playing him in the 4th quarter against Bethune-Cookman in a meaningless game where all he did was hand the ball off. Gaddis and Mario didn't anticipate needing JB as a starter. Mario and Dawson did the same thing this year with Emory. It was so dumb because even if Emory was NOT needed beyond his 4 games, they didn't save him a game for the bowl game. In today's college football, you have to assume your starter may not play in the bowl game. If you're going to preserve the redshirt, then only play 3 games in the regular season and give them the bowl game to showcase for the next season.
The dumb and dumber thing is that not only did Mario burn JB's redshirt last year, if we had a winning season, it would have got burned in the bowl game if he had played his 4 regular season games. If TVD had the year that everyone expected, there would have been a great chance that he sat out the bowl game. So, the way Dawson was talking about playing Emory and JB 4 games each, one or both of them would have burned their redshirt for the bowl game. I just can't believe they didn't think about this. It's obvious they didn't because they would have played Emory sparingly making sure he could play late in the season and save his redshirt. Especially after a similar scenario the previous year.
If JB leaves (I wouldn't blame him if he does), then we'll have 1 scholarship QB heading into the Spring who has a broken arm. That's where things are heading into year 3 which has been completely mismanaged. Needing to find portal QBs is just a result of mismanagement. Perhaps since JB was recruited by the previous regime, the coaches don't have a vested interest in him. JB should take the opportunity that has presented itself and ball out in the bowl game to either secure himself at Miami or at another school.