Woody has already proven he has no interest in playing rookies when he has a choice. Plus, he would have to at least give them some amount of consistent minutes in order for any true evaluation of their game-time abilities to take place. Of course I don’t think he needs to play a rookie 20 minutes a game, but he could have played Acie with the first team more often during his rookie year over Anthony Johnson, etc.

I think your question answers itself. If Teague sucks then he shouldn’t play. But I find it interesting that you automatically jump to the player being bad. You talk a lot about “maybe he sucked in practice”, but anyone who’s ever played any organized sports knows that practice and the game are two completely different things. Do you honestly believe that Woodson would let Acie practice with the first team? I’m betting he was instantly relegated to the kiddie court with the rest of our unused bench players because in his mind they aren’t important, regardless of the qwuality of their skill.

Woodson is a horrible coach. He makes horrible decisions in every aspect of the game, and in every sense of the word ‘coach’. He can’t adjust from year-to-year, game-togame, or even series-to-series. He says he does many things where no evidence of those things occuring exists. He should have been fired long ago.

Either way, Acie is gone so there’s no point arguing over what should have/have not have happened. All I can hope for is that Teague doesn’t befall the same circumstances that Acie did, and by Woodson’s latest comments, I have no faith in that happening.