I have a freshman who is complaing about being reshirted; will he transfer if I don't drop the redshirt? Has anyone had this experience? Looking for advise based on experience.

Thanks!


kbingham

Probably not unless you promised him playing time.  How low did his WE drop?

His work ethic dropped from 28 to 21. I took the redshirt off and then put it back on later thinking that he would be ok with it the second time, but he complained and bad mouthed me about not being able to make up my mind. The season has now started and I could take it off, but I haven't heard from him except the drop in WE.
I'd hate to lose him. I hope that you're right. I'm going to stick with my decision anyway. Thanks coaches!

Opps!! His WE is  now -28. He has almost ceased any improvement. Advise please.

Take the Redshirt off and than completely bench him a game or 2 and than try putting it back on. Go to Depth Chart and completely take him out of the rotation (which will effectively bench him). Let him sit a game to show him he's not going to play and retry the redshirt. This way you won't lose the WE points, but also not loose his eligibility of going on the Redshirt list again. If it doesn't work, reinstate him again, sit him 2 games, and than retry the redshirt. Eventually he'll get the idea that all he's gonna do this season is pick splinters out of his ***.

If his WE drops below 10, do not leave the redshirt on.  You will ruin an otherwise decent player.

I his WE had dropped from 28 to 21, I would have probably just left it on and taken the hit, as the extra season would have been worth more than the extra WE.