[BostonCard]

I think it is the difference between "depth" and "proven depth".  Depth means you have a fair number of bodies who at least have the potential to play effectively at the position.  "Proven depth" means you have a fair number of bodies who have demonstrated that they are effective at the collegiate level.

We have a fair bit of depth at wide receiver, but very little proven depth.

Given that the evidence to date has shown that West is pretty ineffective at the D1 level (and, by the way, that isn't just based on his performance in the UCLA game; pretty much as soon as he got here, there was a realization that he hadn't developed, and may have regressed, from where he was when we committed to us early in his recruitment process).  Hopefully he has improved over his years in the program, but noises from within the program had been down on West his few years in the program.  The UCLA game merely confirmed it was as bad as we had been hearing.

BC

[BostonCard]

I think it is the difference between "depth" and "proven depth".  Depth means you have a fair number of bodies who at least have the potential to play effectively at the position.  "Proven depth" means you have a fair number of bodies who have demonstrated that they are effective at the collegiate level.

We have a fair bit of depth at wide receiver, but very little proven depth.

Given that the evidence to date has shown that West is pretty ineffective at the D1 level (and, by the way, that isn't just based on his performance in the UCLA game; pretty much as soon as he got here, there was a realization that he hadn't developed, and may have regressed, from where he was when we committed to us early in his recruitment process).  Hopefully he has improved over his years in the program, but noises from within the program had been down on West his few years in the program.  The UCLA game merely confirmed it was as bad as we had been hearing.

BC