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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1910352, member: 40"]
Agreed--there isn't a hard and fast rule to apply.
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[*]At key positions of need or units where there is no experienced depth [ex--DE], they have to play since there aren't other options
[*]If players are injured and haven't played to the mid-way point of the season, the coaches probably should not burn the redshirt
[*]Players that don't fit into the coaches' long term plans shouldn't be redshirted so that the coaches can cycle them out of the program more quickly
[*]Positions that are easier to recruit than others might not need to redshirt.
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It sucks that a player like Sean Riley was rushed out onto the field, when he would have stood to benefit so much physically from redshirting [to your point about wasting it on ST].  But on the other hand, even though Riley looks like he'll be a multi-year contributor for us at WR, maybe the staff feels like WRs are easy to recruit, and Riley is a dime a dozen.  :noidea:

There are obviously exceptions, but I believe that the vast majority of recruits we bring in would benefit from a redshirt year, to learn the system, acclimate to the speed of the collegiate game, and spend a year immersed in a collegiate S&C program to physically prepare them better to contribute at this level.  We aren't landing too many [any] blue chip recruits who are ready as-is and wouldn't benefit from the redshirt.  I look forward to when burning a redshirt is a luxury rather than necessary due to depleted depth.
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