[cardcrimson]

Obviously, it is hard to play five QB's. I think if Myles and Charlie were going to leave, they would have done it by now. I agree Brown should be getting some playing time for the future, but maybe for Reich the future is the rest of the season since he is not planning on being here next year. He perhaps thinks BG needs all the time he can get since he is new to the team.

IMO your last sentence is the driving factor. This season is the priority and winning as many games as possible is the goal. The team needs to play full on all the way to the end of the game in order to develop the mindset to win close games. Replacing your QB1 sends the message that the rest of this game doesn't matter, it is an L so we won't play at a high intensity is in Reich's opinion a bad choice. Eventually that may change, but for now I think he is correct. We are already going to need to limit the number of guys that transfer out. Surrendering early, even if the game is basically out of reach, sends the wrong message at least at this point of the season.

By not playing guys will ensure they will be transferring out. Even at Stanford. Bear saw the writing on the wall; so will others . . . . .

[cardcrimson]

Obviously, it is hard to play five QB's. I think if Myles and Charlie were going to leave, they would have done it by now. I agree Brown should be getting some playing time for the future, but maybe for Reich the future is the rest of the season since he is not planning on being here next year. He perhaps thinks BG needs all the time he can get since he is new to the team.

IMO your last sentence is the driving factor. This season is the priority and winning as many games as possible is the goal. The team needs to play full on all the way to the end of the game in order to develop the mindset to win close games. Replacing your QB1 sends the message that the rest of this game doesn't matter, it is an L so we won't play at a high intensity is in Reich's opinion a bad choice. Eventually that may change, but for now I think he is correct. We are already going to need to limit the number of guys that transfer out. Surrendering early, even if the game is basically out of reach, sends the wrong message at least at this point of the season.

By not playing guys will ensure they will be transferring out. Even at Stanford. Bear saw the writing on the wall; so will others . . . . .