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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4380611, member: 225"]
Guys, guys...

Time to move on. Does it surprise me that we wanted Sean to get the record and so he played? Nope. Does it surprise me that we sent the starters out for the first series of the second half. Nope. That is pretty standard. Could it have been a disaster? Yep. Should Dino have at least taken that into account? Yep, and he probably did. Did it all work out in the end (as far as we know)? Seems that way. It could have blown up in our face but we apparently dodged the bullet.

I will say that, despite it being SOP to open the second half with the starters, even in blowouts, this game could and maybe should have been an exception. The Wagner coach metaphorically laid down his queen, albeit a queen that had already been run over by a steamroller and asked to shorten the game. I could see that very rare and unusual circumstance as one that would over-rule the normal practice of playing the starters to open the half. Clearly, we were stat-chasing and I understand the rationale even if I question the wisdom.

Also, I'm surprised that Tucker didn't get a few breathers in the first half. We certainly could have given Allen a series or two then. We were trying to get Sean familiar with the new schemes, we were trying to fluff up his numbers to offset the past few games, whatever. Take your pick. Probably a combination of those two factors.
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