[Cadwallon]

It seems to me that Gocard14 got close to the core of the issue when he speculated that "Shaw is convinced that Chryst is better AND pulling him would have deleterious long-term effects on his psyche."  What I think I saw last night was Chryst hesitating to throw the ball.  In other words his confidence seemed to be shot perhaps by the early near interceptions.  He seemed to get markedly worse after them.  Shaw must believe that Chryst has the physical and some of the mental tools to in theory be a very good quarterback.  Perhaps he believes Chryst has more upside than Costello or at least is closer to achieving it.  The problem is that sports in general is replete with people with outstanding potential, but who fail to achieve it because of what's going on between their ears.  The Oregon may game may have convinced Shaw that Chryst had broken through and he was waiting for Chryst to snap out of it.  The problem is athletes with these sorts of issues usually just continue to have ups and downs and great inconsistency.

[Cadwallon]

It seems to me that Gocard14 got close to the core of the issue when he speculated that "Shaw is convinced that Chryst is better AND pulling him would have deleterious long-term effects on his psyche."  What I think I saw last night was Chryst hesitating to throw the ball.  In other words his confidence seemed to be shot perhaps by the early near interceptions.  He seemed to get markedly worse after them.  Shaw must believe that Chryst has the physical and some of the mental tools to in theory be a very good quarterback.  Perhaps he believes Chryst has more upside than Costello or at least is closer to achieving it.  The problem is that sports in general is replete with people with outstanding potential, but who fail to achieve it because of what's going on between their ears.  The Oregon may game may have convinced Shaw that Chryst had broken through and he was waiting for Chryst to snap out of it.  The problem is athletes with these sorts of issues usually just continue to have ups and downs and great inconsistency.