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johnnyO's point is that Rosen is winning without tarnish.  Rosen may be outspoken, but he's not contributing Fulmer Cup points or anything.  johnnyO contends that Rosen's field performance is far and away more valuable than the controversy of Rosen's public opinions.  Indeed, who knows if Rosen would even be speaking publicly under David Shaw?

On the other hand, you have to trust David Shaw's judgment of who he trusts at QB.  The QB is an extension of the coach in a sense, and in that regard, the trust has to be absolute.  Game execution, field observations, locker room culture, etc. are all elements over which QBs can have major influence.

The problem here is that you have to explore the counterfactual. If we grant the premise that Rosen wasn't offered because Shaw was worried about his personality, that means Rosen suffered a pretty humiliating and fairly public rebuke. Perhaps that changed him. Perhaps if we had offered he would have thought that he was doing nothing wrong, and whatever personality trait Shaw identified as a concern would have grown. We can't say.

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johnnyO's point is that Rosen is winning without tarnish.  Rosen may be outspoken, but he's not contributing Fulmer Cup points or anything.  johnnyO contends that Rosen's field performance is far and away more valuable than the controversy of Rosen's public opinions.  Indeed, who knows if Rosen would even be speaking publicly under David Shaw?

On the other hand, you have to trust David Shaw's judgment of who he trusts at QB.  The QB is an extension of the coach in a sense, and in that regard, the trust has to be absolute.  Game execution, field observations, locker room culture, etc. are all elements over which QBs can have major influence.

The problem here is that you have to explore the counterfactual. If we grant the premise that Rosen wasn't offered because Shaw was worried about his personality, that means Rosen suffered a pretty humiliating and fairly public rebuke. Perhaps that changed him. Perhaps if we had offered he would have thought that he was doing nothing wrong, and whatever personality trait Shaw identified as a concern would have grown. We can't say.