[gailtate]

I'd be more supportive of starting a game manager if either of the previous time that decision had worked out. He's now 0-for-3 on those decisions. At least it cost a maximum of one game this time - not clear that they would have won if McKee had started or played the whole second half. The other two times it cost multiple games.

Huh?  You really think we would have won against K State had McKee started and played the whole game?  You think McKee starting and playing against Oregon fresh off a mission would have gotten us the win there?  You think we had an alternative to starting West against UCLA?

In all likelihood, West didn't cost us any games.  The results of the three games might have been closer had we started a different QB, but in pretty much all of them, we were beaten decisively; and while QB issues contributed to the problem, in isolation, QB play did not cost us the game.

BC

West's impact on the three games he started is inconclusive. But one thing stands out: his failure to throw a TD pass in any of them.  When's the last time a three-time starter failed to score a TD through the air? Not saying his performance led to the losses. But it did not help.

[gailtate]

I'd be more supportive of starting a game manager if either of the previous time that decision had worked out. He's now 0-for-3 on those decisions. At least it cost a maximum of one game this time - not clear that they would have won if McKee had started or played the whole second half. The other two times it cost multiple games.

Huh?  You really think we would have won against K State had McKee started and played the whole game?  You think McKee starting and playing against Oregon fresh off a mission would have gotten us the win there?  You think we had an alternative to starting West against UCLA?

In all likelihood, West didn't cost us any games.  The results of the three games might have been closer had we started a different QB, but in pretty much all of them, we were beaten decisively; and while QB issues contributed to the problem, in isolation, QB play did not cost us the game.

BC

West's impact on the three games he started is inconclusive. But one thing stands out: his failure to throw a TD pass in any of them.  When's the last time a three-time starter failed to score a TD through the air? Not saying his performance led to the losses. But it did not help.