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Message: [QUOTE="xc84, post: 383627, member: 1526"] Marrone's MO is to play the players he believes give the best opportunity to win the game. That's why Paulus played and Nassib ended up starting the next 3 years. And with his job on the line, it would be really hard to ask him to not worry about a win and try to plan for next year so his replacement can hit the ground running. As Coach P found out, a single loss can determine whether or not a coach is fired. Or, if they preemptively tell Marrone he will be fired (ala GRob style) at the season end, they should just replace him with an asst. for the rest of the season. At that point, the assistant can determine who to start. I just don't see how Marrone, at this point, could be expected to do anything less than make winning a priority over tryouts/seasoning for next year. [/QUOTE]