Exactly. It’s about projection. He has the tools physically for sure..as long as it’s not jack Allison Numbers
Let's not forget that Chris Walsh looked great in HS...until he developed that bizarre hitch in his throwing motion when he got to UM.
As smooth and powerful as Brown's throwing motion is, I'd be willing to bet that a bunch of QB coaches would love to just refine his footwork and ball placement (and surround him with better receivers).
January 23, 1992
Miami Hurricanes coach Dennis Erickson scored his first major recruiting coup of the season in the shadows of the Super Bowl Wednesday by winning a commitment from a quarterback he is convinced has the right bloodlines to play at Miami.
Chris Walsh, baby brother of New Orleans and former UM quarterback Steve Walsh, told a news conference in a crowded library at St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin- Derham High that he will sign a national letter-of-intent and attend UM. It was a fittingly studious setting.
August 17, 1994
He was once the Gatorade National Player of the Year, touted as the premier high school quarterback, but now Chris Walsh is fighting to keep from falling to the bottom of the University of Miami's depth chart.
He came to Miami with much promise. The younger brother of former UM star quarterback Steve Walsh, Chris was supposed to be even more gifted.
Now, as a third-year sophomore, Chris faces his stiffest challenge. He begins fall practice fighting to overcome a hitch in his throwing motion while trying to hold off two talented freshmen who want to take his place.
UM coach Dennis Erickson signed two of the nation's most coveted high school quarterbacks last February. Now, Ryan Clement and Scott Covington are mounting challenges to leap over Walsh and take the No. 3 job behind senior Frank Costa and junior Ryan Collins.
"I haven't thought about it," Walsh said of the prospect of one or both of the freshmen leaping over him. "I'm not going to think about that now. I'm just going out to practice every day and do the best I can."
The pressure will mount over the next four days. Erickson said he wants to name the third quarterback after Saturday's scrimmage so he can proportion snaps accordingly. Clement or Covington could shed a redshirt and play this year.
"I have to go out and do what I can do," Walsh said.
Walsh arrived at Miami from St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham High with a fluid, graceful motion in his arm. Sometime between fall of 1992 and the beginning of the 1993 spring workouts Walsh developed a bad habit, the hitch. He began turning the ball outward at the back end of his windup. It took the zip off his passes, threw off his timing with receivers.
Exactly when and how Walsh's motion became a problem is a mystery.
"I don't know how it happened," Walsh said. "It just happened. I'm trying not to look back at that."
Walsh spent most every day after practice over the last two seasons working on his technique, and this spring and summer he improved. He no longer turns the ball outward, but there's still an awkward movement in his takeaway.
"I think I made a lot of improvements . . . I feel good about it," Walsh said.
The hitch clearly arrested his development and carved into his confidence. He and FSU's Danny Kanell were about equally rated as high school recruits. Both were considering Miami and FSU. When Kanell chose FSU, Walsh chose the Miami. Kanell is starting for the Seminoles this year.
It's a difficult topic for Erickson, too, who tutored Timm Rosenbach and Craig Erickson to pro careers and Gino Torretta to the Heisman Trophy. The signing of Walsh was another coup for him, but Walsh developed his problems under Erickson.
"He's got a motion problem, but it's a lot better now," Erickson said.
September 7, 1994
Third-year sophomore quarterback Chris Walsh has left the University of Miami to transfer to Minnesota.
Walsh, a former Gatorade National Player of the Year, lost out to freshman Ryan Clement in the competition for third-string this fall. He mysteriously developed a hitch in his motion shortly after arriving at UM and failed to develop as expected.
"I didn't think in my situation there I was going to get a lot or any playing time," Walsh said Tuesday from his Minnesota home. "I just felt it would be a better situation to come back home and try to play. It wasn't that I didn't like the coaches or the players."
Walsh, the younger brother of Chicago Bears and former UM quarterback Steve Walsh, said he didn't blame anybody at UM for his hitch.
"Things happen," Walsh said. "If I hadn't developed the hitch, maybe I wouldn't have played anyway. Maybe I would have. I would just like to forget that. Hopefully, I can come up here and contribute any way I can."
Walsh isn't sure yet whether he will be offered a scholarship by Minnesota. He says he may be a walk-on. He must sit out this year under NCAA transfer rules but would be eligible to play as a fourth-year junior next year.
"I didn't want him to leave," UM coach Dennis Erickson said. "But I wanted him to do what he thinks is best for him."
