I don't think you know what the definition of FACT is. As you are posting hypotheticals I'm posting facts. It's a fact he was on the injury report both weeks and was ruled out both weeks before the game started. It's a fact he dressed and warmed up. It's a fact he played the entire game vs USC. Then common-sense kicks in.
He played the entire game vs usc, got burned, and did terrible per every grading site/mechanism there is. It's a fact he got chewed out from Freeman during the game after what appeared to be some serious loafing going on at times. He then proceeded to be deemed questionable for the next two games, but ok to warm up, then two days after being ruled out, he's no longer on the injury report.
It's so obvious what happened. It's great we had a bye and 2 easy games for him to sit and "get right" in the middle of the season.
Effort is a decision, he wasn't giving it at all times vs usc, and like freeman said, you don't give effort you aren't playing. He had to mentally get right and show the level of effort needed in practice (once again as freeman said) allowing him to play and start vs pitt. Freeman verbally will protect him and state it was a physical thing, no coach is going to come out and say he was mentally soft or not focused even when it's the truth. Freeman is talking all about technique with schmidt. Same thing, it's all mental. Schmidt was drilling long kicks in warmups, but he's clearly not confident in the game.
