re: I truly don’t understand why Welch doesn’t see the field

BK has never seen this talent...I wonder if he's trying to use off-the-field performances to influence who plays

a good reason, and one to use if you really trust Kelly, is not that they don't have the talent, but they are youngsters who will make mistakes and he doesn't want them to crack their fragile egos. Players can be ruined by being thrown into action too soon. sometimes a player's mental condition allows the coach to throw him in there as a rookie. DB;s can really look bad out on the field and their mistakes are exposed to the whole crowd

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Maybe we should start playing more man coverage if all of our DBs are better at it?

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I know I'd like to see more of it, but I'm not paid to make those decisions.

Lol looks like Tarzan plays like Jane

No reason to not mix in the young guys. The more experienced players are missing assignments anyways. At some point a coach has to be able to adjust his scheme to what fits his most talented players.

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The issue is these same coaches had Perkins at ILB, and both Penn and Weeks on the bench. They also started Chestnut over Harris and let Lacy drop multiple big passes in game 1 before giving most of his reps to Hilton and Anderson. Speaking of Anderson, they touted him as an all world punt returner only to have him muff the first one and never be given another opportunity.

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Within the scope of a full college football season, these things were corrected swiftly and with intent. This is an ignorant criticism.

In Denver Harris case, his issues had nothing to do with talent.

Brian Kelly has been fair about playing the best players regardless of class, or even off the field issues like Harris this year and Boutte last year

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In Denver Harris case, his issues had nothing to do with talent.

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Sure sure got "aligned" quickly, after Coleman exposed our weaknesses at CB.

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They also started Chestnut over Harris

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I don’t think this had anything to do with talent. Harris wasn’t even with the team just a week before that. That was definitely disciplinary. He started game 2.

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Speaking of Anderson, they touted him as an all world punt returner only to have him muff the first one and never be given another opportunity.

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He got taken off of the kickoff team as well. Kelly said in his press conference that they weren’t going to give up on him from just 1 muff, so it must’ve been something that continued to happen in practice.

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Forgive me if I don't blindly trust the coaches to know which players will perform best when given the opportunity.

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What other choice do you have? In the case of Welch, it’s pretty clear he’s been passed up by Stamps. When a true freshman is getting reps before him, it isn’t because the coaches “value experience”. It should tell you where they see him as a player at the moment.

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Within the scope of a full college football season, these things were corrected swiftly and with intent

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Not before we lost our opener. I also don't remember Miles or O having to make wholesale changes after the opener all that often but with Kelly its been 2 years in a row. I get last year he didn't really know his team yet but this year there should be no reason for half the defense to be replaced after the opener in year 2.

I am not down on Kelly overall because as you said, he sees the issue and makes the changes quickly. But this thread is about giving a guy a chance at a position that is struggling and with the info we have, the fact that a guy hasn't played yet does not mean they aren't possibly the best guy for the job.

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also don't remember Miles or O having to make wholesale changes after the opener

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Neither of them inherited a program in the shape Kelly did either.

And specifically in 2023, the whole defense is basically new players. A bunch of them not even with the program last year. I understand big boy CFB is cut throat but they deserve a little bit of grace here.