Joe had Joe...And a stable of NFL draft picks....What did NU have to support him? Joe's Senior year looks like the outlier compared to his first 3. I would have taken a returning AM over returning JB in 2019 based on 2018 numbers. Coach O got Brady who completely revamped the passing game and built that O around JB. I don't think NU currently has the coaching talent that LSU has/had to initiate that type of change in one year. Not yet.
JB wasn't even on the Vegas radar for Heisman to start 2019. Guess who was....
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Heisman-Trophy-Vegas-odds-2019-Tua-Tagovailoa-Trevor-Lawrence-Adrian-Martinez-129631711/#129631711_19
I'm not saying I fault us for the choice. I still think it was the right choice with the information available.
But that doesn't mean people are just completely making stuff up when they point that out. It's pretty easy to see how an outsider could look at the situation and question the decision.