No, there doesn't have to be a better _______ than this on the bench

Saguaro Cat

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Coaches come in with more information and have a good idea of what will work. Coaches see these players every day. They know who is better and what they can do. Their job is to get max effort and results from their best players to win the game. To come up with a strategy and see it through from beginning to end. Make adjustments, not start over. Coach up the best players to do right, not replace them with a worse player and just hope they've magically gotten better since practice yesterday.

(Some) Fans come in ignorant and project that on everyone else. They don't know who is better and assume we should put bench players in constantly as experiments. They think "there has to be someone better than this" on the bench. And if a strategy didn't work for a series, let's scrap and try something else. Put Gunner Hoak in, only run Snell, don't run Boom, don't pass any more, give up on Johnson, don't try to run up the middle, give up on McWilson, play all the freshmen from Kentucky.

Ive seen some posts where, "if he doesn't pull Johnson he's given up. Just to see." No. Pulling the starting quarterback is giving up. The coaches have already seen.
 
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Bill - Shy Cat

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How many carries did snell get the first two games?
Good point. Snell is without a doubt, the best running back on the team. He would have made a difference in our loss to Southern Miss had he not been on the bench. Running game would have kept the ball in our hands for longer periods and given our defense more time to rest.