Or at the very least he promised himself Leonard would be the starter, and now he's conflicted between breaking a promise to Leonard/himself or what's good for the team.
He might believe benching Leonard is a betrayal of sorts and he also might not be "cold-hearted" enough to do it. I wonder what Denbrock and Guidugli really think about the QB situation.
Finally, we all know there will a next time where the Leonard offense gets bogged down to the point the game is in danger. Whether Freeman has the guts to pull the trigger in that situation will be very telling whether he has what it takes or not. I'm not quite ready to throw the towel in on him just yet. Let's see how he handles the next offense-is-going-nowhere situation.
Because he knows he should be playing Angeli but promised the job to Leonard
Replies to: "Because he knows he should be playing Angeli but promised the job to Leonard"
- Marcus looked troubled, downcast and dejected during the post-game press conference. - Irishize - 7:33am 9/22/24
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- He's been that way since NIU. I noticed a couple of weeks ago. - ELP - 9:00am 9/22/24
- Because he knows he should be playing Angeli but promised the job to Leonard - MarkHarman - 8:54am 9/22/24
- RL might have been the right guy with a healthy OL, but things change [NT]
- LanceManion - 8:56am 9/22/24
- He missed the TE badly from 7 yd. away yesterday. That had nothing to do with OL [NT]
- ColeyO - 11:22am 9/22/24
- Yea that was really really bad. No defender in his face or anywhere near the receiver. [NT] - MuskyTommy - 12:35pm 9/22/24
- And a wide open RB from 4 yds away, once if not 2x. [NT] - oldirish - 11:27am 9/22/24
- Won't happen, but I'd like to see more Minchey. - iairishcheeks - 10:14am 9/22/24
- I also think Freeman might believe benching a prominent captain would send a bad message - MarkHarman - 9:04am 9/22/24
- He was made a captain before he had done anything to earn it. [NT] - ColeyO - 11:25am 9/22/24
- Not playing your best QB sends a very bad message [NT] - bobdrake - 10:13am 9/22/24
- That’s a fair point, and probably accurate. But boy is it counter to best guy plays. [NT]
- LanceManion - 9:05am 9/22/24
- Exactly. He might be too nice a guy to be a head coach [NT] - MarkHarman - 9:14am 9/22/24
- He missed the TE badly from 7 yd. away yesterday. That had nothing to do with OL [NT]
- ColeyO - 11:22am 9/22/24
- RL might have been the right guy with a healthy OL, but things change [NT]
- LanceManion - 8:56am 9/22/24
- He’s in a no-win situation w/no appreciable vision for the program - LanceManion - 8:44am 9/22/24
- He's in over his head, and everyone knows it. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:53am 9/22/24
- He’s essentially the second coming of Gerry Faust… - TakethetrainKnute - 8:11am 9/22/24
- That’s a good analogy. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 8:51am 9/22/24
- And a pinch of Willingham [NT] - LanceManion - 8:45am 9/22/24
- I missed the Gerry years. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:18am 9/22/24
- He’s essentially the second coming of Gerry Faust… - TakethetrainKnute - 8:11am 9/22/24