Doesn’t really matter where a guy is at after spring. It’s after summer we need to worry about. If he had a tough spring he could grind over the summer to save it. Hopefully he doesn’t need to though.
In Dans situation it was stupid and he should have been starting. I’m not going to speak on other situations. In general though, coaches lean on guys they can rely on because their floor is much higher than a mercurial guy who is unreliable.
It’s rare but does happen some times. Dan Hendrickson was a victim of that before he started. But again, it’s rare, and as we all know, talent is a very small part of the equation.
Every year for every team there is a moment for the underclassmen where the reality sets in for college football. They’re no longer being recruited and they’re mostly at the bottom of the depth chart. Some react with humility and work ethic. Others form a victim attitude. Consistently the first group rises to the top and the other either takes a while for things to click or they fizzle out.
Bottom line, if he could catch he would have been getting the ball all over the field. There is a reason they had to move him back to RB. Sucks losing anyone but the door is always wide open for anyone who doesn’t want to be here. I hope he lands on his feet and finds an offense that suits him.
That’s what every dad wants for their kid. There’s only one ball and under 100 plays. The Randy Ratio didn’t exactly work and that was with the greatest football player of all time.