[Card Fan in OR]

I'm with Outside Fan (and jacketree) on this one.

What is the resistance to simplifying the playbook to get the best players playing and contributing ASAP?

And, what if Costello is hurt?  Do you play a lesser talented walk-on so you don't have to play the True Frosh who has elite talent and potential? 

The hope is that the walk-on actually is an adequate stand-in, but if he isn't, do you flush your season down the toilet just to preserve your - overly - complicated offense?

+10.

"Simplifying the playbook," whether a good long-term decision or not, does not have to be permanent, but if we are precluding our best players from playing--especially at times when we may really need their talent--simplifying the playbook sounds like a really good option to me.

[Card Fan in OR]

I'm with Outside Fan (and jacketree) on this one.

What is the resistance to simplifying the playbook to get the best players playing and contributing ASAP?

And, what if Costello is hurt?  Do you play a lesser talented walk-on so you don't have to play the True Frosh who has elite talent and potential? 

The hope is that the walk-on actually is an adequate stand-in, but if he isn't, do you flush your season down the toilet just to preserve your - overly - complicated offense?

+10.

"Simplifying the playbook," whether a good long-term decision or not, does not have to be permanent, but if we are precluding our best players from playing--especially at times when we may really need their talent--simplifying the playbook sounds like a really good option to me.