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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 4424675, member: 297"] This is actually partly why early in the season I said it might not be a bad idea to give CD-RW a series here or there. Help keep some tread on Shrader's tires and develop a second option a little more since we already saw in one season that it's asking a lot of him to hold up Yeah, there's a fine line between "being a warrior" as we like to say about football players and putting yourself at risk and putting your team's chances to win at risk. Shrader was moving so poorly I was afraid he'd get hurt worse. That's not how you want to feel about a guy, and when you have that feeling, it's probably suggesting your chances of winning aren't very good. I don't blame Shrader for trying to give it a go. I do think it's questionable why the coaching staff didn't move sooner once it was clear he was a shell of himself. Last week Utah's starting QB Cam Rising pulled himself 30 minutes before kickoff in favor of a backup QB against Washington State. He just didn't feel he could give the team their best chance to win. I want to be clear, I'm not saying that's what Shrader should have done. I am pointing to it as an example though of a decision that can be made. The day after the game the local radio hosts made a big deal about what that says about the program culture Utah's built, that a starting QB could feel comfortable enough with his standing on the team and what he thinks is best for the team's chances to win to say he thinks another guy is better suited to do what they need. Again, I'm not saying our coaches don't have a good program culture. I'm saying that there are examples of other choices being made than Shrader having to play Weekend at Bernie's: The College Years if he's hobbled. [/QUOTE]

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