Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
Yes, but I think this staff will RS fewer guys going forward. Did redshirting McKinney help us? We won't get his 5th year and almost didn't get his 4th. And I think Mullen sees that if a guy is likely not to stay 5 years, you might as well let him play early.

I'm not sure Beni or Richie are sure-fire guys to be gone after 4 years. I think Green is. Guys with his size and athletic ability just don't stay for their RS senior year.

Same with RBs. The really good ones won't stay 5 years because they're trying to reduce wear and tear, even if they aren't a high draft pick. We didn't RS Shumpert and probably won't RS Williams, despite little benefit from playing them their true freshman year.
I don't think we will redshirt fewer because we're a developmental program and we have more depth than ever.

You're going to have to be either Chris Jones freakishly good or we're going to have to have a gaping hole for someone that is straight out of high school to contribute immediately.

If you look at RB last year- we had Perkins, Robinson, and then Milton who I think was sort of on thin ice to a degree with his fumbling issues at this time last year, and then Griffin coming off of a knee surgery. Meaning we had two fairly reliable RB's at this time last year. That's why we didn't redshirt Shumpert.