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Given the evidence it seems fairly clear at this point that, in practice, you get Good Chryst. There's nothing on the line, he can play loose, etc. But when there are problems (at SDSU where the line was bad, at U$C when we got down early, at Oregon State where we didn't have Love) he stops playing loose and we see Bad Chryst. As you've said the coaches mostly see Good Chryst. They know he can be good, better than Hogan even, and can't force themselves to see that he can also be the worst QB we've fielded since 2007.

Probably true. In the Oregon game, everything work as planned, just like practice. Good Chryst.

I have to say that the handling of this QB situation is by far the most baffling thing this coaching staff has done.

You aren't baffled by it. I think you just explained it. However, at some point the coaches have to understand that the "Good Chryst" isn't reproducable in a pressure situation.
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I'm still baffled by it because the evidence that Chryst can have really, really bad games is very readily available to them, and I have trouble believing that Costello is somehow less prepared than he was against Oregon and Utah. Given that the two have similar demonstrated upsides, I really don't understand not playing Costello against ORST.

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[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=17791.msg208621#msg208621 date=1509112911]
Given the evidence it seems fairly clear at this point that, in practice, you get Good Chryst. There's nothing on the line, he can play loose, etc. But when there are problems (at SDSU where the line was bad, at U$C when we got down early, at Oregon State where we didn't have Love) he stops playing loose and we see Bad Chryst. As you've said the coaches mostly see Good Chryst. They know he can be good, better than Hogan even, and can't force themselves to see that he can also be the worst QB we've fielded since 2007.

Probably true. In the Oregon game, everything work as planned, just like practice. Good Chryst.

I have to say that the handling of this QB situation is by far the most baffling thing this coaching staff has done.

You aren't baffled by it. I think you just explained it. However, at some point the coaches have to understand that the "Good Chryst" isn't reproducable in a pressure situation.
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I'm still baffled by it because the evidence that Chryst can have really, really bad games is very readily available to them, and I have trouble believing that Costello is somehow less prepared than he was against Oregon and Utah. Given that the two have similar demonstrated upsides, I really don't understand not playing Costello against ORST.