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(11-19-2012 01:30 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(11-19-2012 12:36 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  

(11-19-2012 12:33 PM)rook360 Wrote:  All i want to know is, if anyone in the media or close to the program asked why he has a deathwish against Ab and why JP cant see the light of day on the field?

It would be good to hear why.

I have a feeling it has been asked and not answered though. JMO.

Here's my take:

McGee doesn't believe JP can help us get to where we need to be. He has decided (for whatever reason) that he doesn't want JP back next year. Our of respect for JP, I won't spectulate about why because I have no idea, but that message seems clear from my distant perch. So, McGee will not play JP no matter what.

I suspect that McGee won't publicly say anything negative about JP since he doesn't want to trash a kid in that way, but he clearly has permanently benched him.

Also, he may be looking at these games as a learning opportunity for AB. "When things get tough out there, I'm going to leave you in the fire and you're going to have to do what I've taught you to get out of it." (i.e. stop holding the ball so long, make the reads faster, and read the defense and make the right checks, etc.) This idea would be geared toward the future more than this year's results (not that he is trying to lose).

AB is seriously injured. Hard to learn or focus when you have at least one serious injury.
All the stuff you said about JP, I believe to be true as well.
Like I said in an earlier post, I guess that doesn't leave any options. But DAMN, it sucks for AB to playing in the condition he's in and I hope it doesn't leave long lasting physical problems.