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[MrTbone]

the guys who are the best players in practice are the best players in games. everyone in the building knows who they are. "giving" a player playing time in games when he hasn't earned it in practice can be damaging to a clubhouse. you compete for playing time, and it should be a fair competition.

Sal has a lot of basketball ahead of him. he needs to go out now and earn his playing time.

I believe your paradigm is overly simplistic. If it were universally true, no NFL team would play the high-draft rookie QB who empirically is not as ready/experienced as the veteran he replaces once the team goes 0-4.

I get the clubhouse morale argument and agree that guys need to earn time, but there are absolutely situations where you build for the future. Sal may not be one of those, but if we'd have won fewer games with him (or anyone else) and he came back this year ready to contribute, that would be the real win.

 

[kneepadmckinney]

I believe your paradigm is overly simplistic. If it were universally true, no NFL team would play the high-draft rookie QB who empirically is not as ready/experienced as the veteran he replaces once the team goes 0-4.

I get the clubhouse morale argument and agree that guys need to earn time, but there are absolutely situations where you build for the future. Sal may not be one of those, but if we'd have won fewer games with him (or anyone else) and he came back this year ready to contribute, that would be the real win.

I'm with TBone on this one. I think it was demonstrably clear that by the time we were at loss number 12-13-14, it was time to devote that development time to Sal at the expense of Noah and Julius.

 

[spiderman]

fair enough. you guys wanted to "give" him game time to develop him. who do you want to give him time over this year?

he got game time, he's been in the system for over a year, and he's been in our weight program. that should be enough of an advantage over Burton who was in high school 5 months ago.

I'm not giving either time. prove it in practice. best guy plays.

 

[MrTbone]

fair enough. you guys wanted to "give" him game time to develop him. who do you want to give him time over this year?

he got game time, he's been in the system for over a year, and he's been in our weight program. that should be enough of an advantage over Burton who was in high school 5 months ago.

I'm not giving either time. prove it in practice. best guy plays.

I’m arguing that he should have likely been given more time last season, particularly once we had sufficiently pooped the bed.

This year is different. Best guy plays. But if we start 4-9 we better develop whoever has the most upside. Hoping it’s a moot point.

 

[urmite]

I know we have discussed this before but now that people are starting to see players in person...
How accurate do some of the weight changes look?
Woj +5
Sal +15
Grace +20
Goose +20
Cayo +20
Golden -10

 

[97spiderfan]

I’m arguing that he should have likely been given more time last season, particularly once we had sufficiently pooped the bed.

This year is different. Best guy plays. But if we start 4-9 we better develop whoever has the most upside. Hoping it’s a moot point.

Exactly, in a lost season like last year, Sal should have been given time over 2 players who were not going to be in the program this year. Can't make the same argument this year, because we have no seniors on the team.

 

[kneepadmckinney]

Exactly, in a lost season like last year, Sal should have been given time over 2 players who were not going to be in the program this year. Can't make the same argument this year, because we have no seniors on the team.

What T-Bone said.