Originally Posted by
JDG
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He's not experimenting. He's doing what is necessary to win in the long run.Our bench needs to get some games in. We are going to have more games where we're down multiple players due to international duty. If we have even a single injury at that time, we're going to need the whole bench to step up.If the players outside the optimal starting 11 don't get real game experience before we hit "crunch time", we're going to be faced with two possible problems - 1. The bench will not be ready, due to a lack of fitness/confidence, and 2. there may be some attitude from not having been played. They're all supposed to be professionals, but how much bruising can their egos take. Will they feel like a professional, if all the time they get is when the coach is desperate?Carver knows what he's doing, and he's doing the right thing by finding reasons, and ways to play everyone.