devnet said:
So for all you know he isn't getting the job done in practice and yet the coaches are supposed to "let him run" and see what he can do in a game?
For all you know he IS getting the job done in practice. We're not there and arguing about this microtopic you've brought up is worthless.
What I'm saying to put him in when its not a short yardage situation. Opposing defenses know what's coming the minute he walks on the field and it sucks that the coaches have become that predictable. Run him outside instead of right up the gut. Give him the opportunity to be a running back instead of limiting what you use him for. That's it. If he sucks after that, then he sucks and no amount of opportunity will change it.
I'm not sure I would go so far as calling it a microtopic. And it is clearly not worthless. Bo, Beck, and RB see this guy at practice everyday. They evaluate him every day. Don't you think they would call some plays to the outside if they thought he could beat college defenders? I'm no football genius but I would venture to guess that these coaches know far more than any of us what Cross' abilities are with regards to their game plan.
And I would also go back to the question I asked earlier in the thread. If Cross got 15 carries per game every game, would we win more than 9 games? My opinion is no and probably a lot of other folks would feel the same way. So what difference does it make?