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I'm not talking about the decision to offer him. I'm talking about the decision to start him Week 1. Frankly, the evaluation that he was anywhere near the same level as McKee.

In practice where everything is pretty much scripted, West may be fine, even pretty good. McKee was initially having some accuracy problems, so it may have been closer than you think. West also did somewhat OK in his stint against Oregon last year, so the thought was that the game had slowed down for him and he was not a "deer in the headlights" any more. Turns out his decision making and ability to cope with pressure and in game decision making still sucked. I can understand the first game of the year being a close call. It is much harder to understand after that point. West just brainlocks. He doesn't react to pressure most of the time and gets sacked. When he does react to pressure he is very likely to throw a pass to the wrong team. I can understand not wanting to put Patu out there and possibly cost him a year of eligibility, but if he simply doesn't throw interceptions with high frequency he will be better than West.

[Goose]

I'm not talking about the decision to offer him. I'm talking about the decision to start him Week 1. Frankly, the evaluation that he was anywhere near the same level as McKee.

In practice where everything is pretty much scripted, West may be fine, even pretty good. McKee was initially having some accuracy problems, so it may have been closer than you think. West also did somewhat OK in his stint against Oregon last year, so the thought was that the game had slowed down for him and he was not a "deer in the headlights" any more. Turns out his decision making and ability to cope with pressure and in game decision making still sucked. I can understand the first game of the year being a close call. It is much harder to understand after that point. West just brainlocks. He doesn't react to pressure most of the time and gets sacked. When he does react to pressure he is very likely to throw a pass to the wrong team. I can understand not wanting to put Patu out there and possibly cost him a year of eligibility, but if he simply doesn't throw interceptions with high frequency he will be better than West.