re: Coach Smart’s expectations of Stetson Bennett

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I dont have a problem with questioning coaches decisions.

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On the surface, I don't either. BUT, I also understand that the coaches see so much more than we do as fans. I get second guessing a play called or a particular scheme, or not adjusting to what an opponent is doing.

But the coaches know the players better than we do. They know their practice habits, attitudes, the understanding of the playbooks and abilities to to do what is required on the field. The coaches know a players injury status....so much more, therefore I am more prone to go with the coaches decisions.

I've seen players get on the field and become a distraction with their attitudes, etc. We just don't see these things as fans.

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Tyler Catalina at LT and Isaiah Wynn at LG? Dumb as shite and i hated it all season.

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I did too, and criticized it on this board. Looking abck on how it turned out I can only assume that the coaches saw something. Maybe Wynn just wasn't ready for tackle at that point. I don't know.

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Owen Condon starting at RT over McClendon (i didnt have a clue at the time as it was game 1, but for the next 18 months... i still dont know what they were thinking).

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And we won't. Maybe McClendon had not put in the required work at that time and once the season started he began to work hard.

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There is nothing wrong with questioning personnel and usage.

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Questioning it? probably not. But we all should realize that the coaches are trying to accomplish something. They are not going to throw inferior players out on the field and chance wrecking millions of dollars on a contract for no reason at all.

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The only issue i have is that some fans make it personal. Some fans take it personal. And consequently, there is no rationality or logic in online arguments. Only hurt emotions.

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100% agree with this. But it cuts both ways. Some people take a coaches decision and make it personal about the player. The continually criticize a player for not rational reason. Last year is a perfect example of this with Stetson Bennett. What did Bennett do wrong? He went out and worked his rear end off and won the job and led us to a National Championship. He won the job, yet we had fans that criticized his height (Bryce Young is probably no taller) his throwing ability (I still don't get that) and some even his leadership. Some of our own fans said there was no way we could win a title with Bennett as QB. That alone tells me that most fans criticizing have no idea what they are talking about.

All was irrational.