re: I'm Hearing So Much About Harris' Immaturity & Poor Work Ethic

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But, if I were the coach, it would be difficult to reward such behavior.

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I can certainly sympathize with this argument. But I think at some point you still have to throw him in. It's just like the business world. I've seen it time and again. Sometimes you've got a young guy who has a ton of potential and you want to promote him but he just doesn't put in the extra effort. But when you finally do promote him he realizes he's the guy and steps up to the responsibility of the position. And sometimes you have a guy who does all the right things, tries really hard and you give him the promotion for his efforts. Then he gets there and just coasts. Like "Hey, I'm here now. No reason to kill myself anymore and continue to improve."

Very rarely do you get the guy that has great potential AND the work ethic. Apparently LSU doesn't have that guy now but at this level of football you need to take a shot on the other guy IMO.