[BostonCard]

This isn't that friggin difficult.

If a player will help you win, you play them.  If they aren't good enough to crack the two-deep, you don't.

You don't play them because they might not be around for their fourth or fifth year.
You don't play them because playing them today because it will give them experience.
You don't play them because of potential.
You sure as hell don't play them on the basis of their recruiting rankings.

Conversely, you don't redshirt them because you want to preserve a fifth year that may never come.

It's simple... does playing the freshman make you a better team?  Sometimes it's hard to judge, but that is the standard, and should be the only standard.

BC

[BostonCard]

This isn't that friggin difficult.

If a player will help you win, you play them.  If they aren't good enough to crack the two-deep, you don't.

You don't play them because they might not be around for their fourth or fifth year.
You don't play them because playing them today because it will give them experience.
You don't play them because of potential.
You sure as hell don't play them on the basis of their recruiting rankings.

Conversely, you don't redshirt them because you want to preserve a fifth year that may never come.

It's simple... does playing the freshman make you a better team?  Sometimes it's hard to judge, but that is the standard, and should be the only standard.

BC