I HAVE to think there's something to the 2 things you mention, slow decision making & a weekly matchup thing going on. Weekly matchups are part and parcel of what coaching staffs are supposed to be doing on the regular. The slow decision making and it is strictly an armchair observation based on nothing more than my experiences, is part of what CBJ is all about. We see him regularly do the "Ive got you're back you got my back" chant. I think that may be in his core. If it is he does not throw kids under the bus quickly or easily. Hence why we see players week in and week out starting after very poor games on both offense and defense. There's simply no way Thomas sees the field on any other SEC team week 2 after his horrible performance game one for example. The same can be said for Jumper on defense, we constantly see this youngster on the field when he blows play after play when on it. So seeing upper class men under performing yet still starting seems to be part and parcel of who CBJ is. Granted if a youngster is so good you can't keep him off the field, we'll see him and that example is D Barnett, but it is sort of rare. To my mind Jack Jones starts somewhere on the OL until he shows he cannot do it. Thomas sits until well or performs better. Next OL that under performs, Boulware goes in, we shift personnel around and he does not come out until he bombs out. Jones and Boulware have the dog we need in them and some of upper classmen better get it fast or sit down.
