And we find WRs with supposedly less talent, getting more reps/catches/touches than Manning, Betts, and Toure. I believe that was the case against Minne. I don't understand the WR rotation either.There seems to be absolutely no rhyme or reason as to who plays each week and when. Rahmir who started off the season sitting at like 4th on the depth chart...is fast but then our OC's try to play him like he's Yant/Andy Janovich only to get blown up and knocked out of the ball game like he did at Minny. For all we know Stepp will be the starter against Purdue seriously.
Damon Benning had someone close to Betts that emailed in to his show. Damon himself is close to Betts. It shed some light on why we're using him the way we are. It was an interesting listen. Supposedly Betts is in the doghouse for things (wasn't a shock to Benning or the Emailer) but they still play him out of necessity, but like you said there is really no rhyme or reason to when they play him. The emailer and Damon both agreed that this will stunt Betts' growth on and off the field, as he is the type of kid that has been used for his talent all his life, and using him for his talent while punishing him all at once will confuse him. They agreed it would be best to sit him completely and work with him on his shortcomings, then play him once it is all fixed. At the end of that convo my take away was, those close to Betts feel like this staff doesn't really know how to handle his situation. Kinda worries me.
But, some fans go crazy if someone doesn't play because they are "in the dog house". They tend to blame the coaches instead of the kid.
Ultimately up to the coaches to know the players they coach. Just sharing what I heard on the radio about Betts situation.
Yeah I heard that segment as well. Sounds like he struggles in school and just the overall grind and commitments that happen on a daily basis as a student athlete. Benning mentioned that Betts is more than capable of it but he needs the proper guidance etc. to get there. The staff is sending mixed signals to him regarding playing him, then not playing him etc. Basically they said like was mentioned above that it would be best to just sit him until he gets it all figured out.
Understand and I agree. It just always puzzled me when we obviously have had a culture issue on the team for a long time with players not doing what is necessary to be successful on the field, but when a coach sits a player because they aren't doing what's asked of them....then the fans get upset.
I think people just get frustrated when we bring in all these scholarship WRs and we literally rarely ever see them.
You think we have rarely seen our top WRs this year? Sure, there are times when I would question why a player is on the field or not. But, Martin and Toure are our top WRs. Allen and Vokolec are our top TEs. I'm pretty sure all 4 have been on the field for the majority of the time unless they are injured.
No I am talking about all of the scholarship WRs Frost has recruited over the last 4 years. Chase, Houston, Nance, Fleming, Brown, Nixon, Grimes, Hardy etc.
I would definatly say our previous WR coach wasn't getting it done and that's proof. I would say we upgraded.
Just confused how Brody Belt for example gets on the field before Alante Brown. Is Brody Belt a better player than Alante?
Was a great listen. I think it was pointed and intentional how much Benning used the word trust overall.
Don't know and don't have any way of knowing the effort Brown has put in to get better.