I don't buy that narrative on Rick being forced into a non-coaching role. And that narrative wouldn't have stopped Rick from doing a better job identifying good QBs his last few years at UGA anyway.
It got so bad for him that he had to acquire a QB that UVA didn't want--Greyson Lambert. He did a really bad job either identifying QB talent or coaching it up his last few years.
I'm not sure why you don't buy it. Even most Georgia fans will tell you that was the case, but I suppose you won't be convinced regardless. I don't know much about the QBs he recruited the last few years other than being fairly highly ranked so I can't say for sure, but I would lean toward not coaching them up, whether he had a true opportunity to thoroughly coach them or not. Again, I don't believe he was doing much actual coaching outside of the CEO role the last few years, but agree to disagree there.
Main thing is that we'll just have to see what he can do with the guys he brings in here. He seems re-energized in every way since coming to Miami, so I'm confident. I'm interested in seeing what Allison can do after being a non-factor last season. Nkosi already looks very sharp and he can extend plays well, but he just needs to put on some (good) weight.
As far as Milton and the actual topic goes.. I'm not sure why so many are so high on him while shytting on Sitkowski. Milton had a pretty bad season as well, and it's not hard to figure out why Sitkowski can seemingly be very capable of making so many throws while having bad stats. When your receivers consistently fail to create separation (not to mention playing in essentially a wing-t, but that's another topic), a great majority of the throws you make have to be **** near perfect, thread-the-needle type to really succeed. Taking that into consideration, it's easy to see why he threw so many picks and didn't have a high completion percentage.
I'm not necessarily trying to make excuses for him, because I am not completely sold on him either. However, he has all the tools and is very solid mechanically, so I think he will have a huge year now that he actually has some talent around him, playing in a real offense. If he doesn't, Richt has already shown he isn't afraid to drop a kid if he ends up not wanting him.