While it is normal for you or I to chat here about this, this is allegedly a professional sports journalist employed by what used to be the best sports magazine who presenting his pet theory as Kelly's "philosophy."
Where is the evidence that Kelly is purposely holding back players who would normally have played to save a 5th year? The guy calls it a "philosophy" yet he provides not one single example of a 1st year player who was purposely held back when he clearly should have played. For example, is there any evidence that Johnson (or any other player for that matter) was "held back" when he was clearly ready to play? There isn't any. In fact, Kelly has played 1st year skill guys when warranted. The guy cites "quarterbacks" yet he doesn't name any specific quarterback when it would have been very easy to pick one, for example, Jurkovec, and say he should have played as freshman.
This guy is a hack!