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[quote author=dabigv link=topic=16012.msg177845#msg177845 date=1477887933]
May be worthwhile to add a caveat regarding at point in the season the shirt will be burned and how the season has progressed already. Burning a shirt late in a season without much to play for should be particularly discouraged.

Right, and this is my main issue with the idea of playing Costello. To what end? We're 2/3 of the way through the season and certainly not competing for a NY6 bowl. If it's a foregone conclusion that he will be the starter next year and you want to get him some game experience now, I can maybe see that. I know a lot of us weren't thrilled with the lack of playing time Burns/Chryst got last year, but neither of them were true freshmen. Also, what happens if we play Costello this year to prep him for next year and he disappoints, and Chryst improves significantly over the spring/summer? We've burned Costello's shirt for nothing.

Now, as should be pointed out, it is a misnomer to call it a "burned" shirt since it can be used whenever. It's not limited to a player's true frosh season. But would playing him this year and then shirting him next year even be an option? Off the top of my head I can't recall a time Shaw has done that, but then again I don't pay a lot of attention to that kind of stuff.
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Luke Kaumatule played as a true freshman (at tight end), moved to defense, and redshirted his true senior year.  He's now a backup defensive lineman as a fifth-year senior.

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[quote author=dabigv link=topic=16012.msg177845#msg177845 date=1477887933]
May be worthwhile to add a caveat regarding at point in the season the shirt will be burned and how the season has progressed already. Burning a shirt late in a season without much to play for should be particularly discouraged.

Right, and this is my main issue with the idea of playing Costello. To what end? We're 2/3 of the way through the season and certainly not competing for a NY6 bowl. If it's a foregone conclusion that he will be the starter next year and you want to get him some game experience now, I can maybe see that. I know a lot of us weren't thrilled with the lack of playing time Burns/Chryst got last year, but neither of them were true freshmen. Also, what happens if we play Costello this year to prep him for next year and he disappoints, and Chryst improves significantly over the spring/summer? We've burned Costello's shirt for nothing.

Now, as should be pointed out, it is a misnomer to call it a "burned" shirt since it can be used whenever. It's not limited to a player's true frosh season. But would playing him this year and then shirting him next year even be an option? Off the top of my head I can't recall a time Shaw has done that, but then again I don't pay a lot of attention to that kind of stuff.
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Luke Kaumatule played as a true freshman (at tight end), moved to defense, and redshirted his true senior year.  He's now a backup defensive lineman as a fifth-year senior.

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