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*throw in disclaimer about loving the coaches here* BUT our coaches don't seem to understand the concept that if you are going to recruit blue chip players you have to be ready to manage the egos that come with them. You cannot play turds like Fuller and Baccellia and not at least throw a bone to your vastly athletically-superior, younger players and expect bad feelings not to develop.
You saw it when Sirmon and Yankoff entered the transfer portal after spring because Haener got gifted a spot in the "QB battle" with Eason. You saw it when Camillo Eifler left because the coaches played favorites with BBK during the whole Azeem Victor debacle and I'm worried you're going to see it in the WR room when guys with astronomically higher ceilings than Baccellia and Fuller don't even get garbage time reps against BYU.
And fuck off with the "BBK was an All American" retort because I'm not saying that BBK shouldn't have gotten the majority of reps. I'm saying that guys like Puka, Spiker, Osbourne and Eifler are elite talents and the coaching staff has to find a way to develop those guys and keep them engaged and feeling like they are getting a fair shot to show their talents. The defensive back room has the most talent on the team and Jimmy Lake finds a way to rotate his young guys through and give them meaningful reps as non-starters. If the position group with the most talent can find a way to do it then the position groups with the least talent should have no problem making it happen.
Fairness and feeling valued isn't some weird concept, it's simple human nature.
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Puka is getting reps and will continue to get more, hes just not getting the ball thrown to him.
Spiker ran a 4.8 at a camp. He was ranked highly because of his high school production, not because he’s an incredible athlete. He came in really skinny too. Osborne was a lower middle 4 star recruit. Neither of those guys are going to be stars.
Nothing wrong with that. Not every 4 star is going to be a really good player. Star ratings are percentages. That’s it. Quit taking them so literally.
And no, if a guy sucks I don't want him to play. I just have a hard time believing that Spiker sucks so much that he has earned essentially zero in-game reps.
Oh and "why the fuck didnt we redshirt Fuller?"
Azeem dug his own grave, that had nothing to do with the coaches.
Bad examples.