But now that it's history, I think it might actually be a blessing in disguise.  Mack can have an openly honest QB competition between Colt, Chiles, Harris, and any other QBs that come along without having to worry about playing his 5-star stud (ala Chris Simms).

So either we stick with Colt, which I recommend,  or we get bigger stronger runners who can break tackles and run effectively when the defense keys on them ie Chris Ogb.

If by chance Colt gets hurt again and Sherrod or John Chiles comes in we will once again see a true 2 dimension qb and J Charles will flourish.

This is just one man's opinion.

ALL told Mack that Greg Davis is the wrong man for them to entrust their college/pro careers. How many marqueee QB's have to thumb their noses at Mack before he admits he needs someone new to recruit and develop our quarterbacks?

a.  The Horns, who had previously tended to adjust their offense to fit their personnel, pretty much kept with the zone read offense.  This is an offense where the QB is going to get hit.  It is one thing for a big, strong, durable QB like Vince Young to run this offense; it is another for guys that are more like McCoy's and Brantley's size.  Further, instead of handing the ball off to running backs in a power running game, we had the QB run the ball a fair number of times in a red zone situation because we don't usually use a power running game. Accordingly, the probability of a QB getting hurt or having a career ending injury in the current Texas offense is higher than I would have estimated at the beginning of the year.

2.  Colt McCoy had a better year than was expected.  Accordingly, the probability of being a 2 year or less starter is higher was expected.
   
3.  A lot of freshmen QBs started a lot of games in fairly high profile schools like Georgia and Arkansas.  Accordingly, the prospect of not playing for a while probably seems worse than it did at the beginning of the year.
   
4.  UT's pass defense was worse than expected.  As a QB recruit, I would want to practice against the best pass defense I could find.  UT was unexpectedly poor statistically in pass defense.  That's a negative.

Anyway, I wish Brantley well and hope everything works out well for him.

And I hope the Longhorns give a lot of thought in the off season to migrating to a more pro-style offense with a more power-focused rushing game.

My thoughts:
It's a hit that we lose Brantley.  Dude is a good QB and his talent is going to shine in Urban Meyer's offense.
JM hit the nail on the head.  Brantley probably saw that Colt was hurt due to the scheme and didn't want to follow that same career path.  Can't blame him, though I think that might be a little naive.
I can't say that I am upset with John because he chose to change and was at least forthcoming with his decision.  I agree with PB on that if he commits he should honor, but at the same time, he's still in high school.  My Sr. year I was still trying to figure out how I wanted to style my hair.  It changed every week.  This is a much more important decision.

PHF, we stood tall amongst all the negativity saying that John would come to the 40 acres.  Oh well.  But I am with you, Sherrod Harris: my new Favorite Longhorn.  I was SERIOUSLY hoping he would get a chance anyway.  Now it looks like he's going to have a better shot.

Face it, getting a kid from Ocala to come to Texas was a long shot.  He was probably just caught up in all of the national championship euphoria and made an initial decision that became unwise, due to geography.

And as for the list of QB's who passed on Texas because of our offense, that is a bunch of bunk as well.  I am sure the presence of a Vince Young, who was expected to be QB last year as well, had a lot to do with many of the QB's looking elsewhere over the past few years, i.e., Bomar, Perriloux, etc.