When I promise minutes and starts, I  fulfill the promise 99% of the time, though I do try to cut corners sometimes, but this is a new one to me.

I promised a freshman minutes and starts. He's avg. 20 min. on a 15 min promise so no problem there. I started him the first 10 games and have started him 14/17 games so far. Today I get the complaining note about the integrity of my promises and discover that overnight his WE dropped from 47 to 31.

I guess I figured if he got 80-90% of the starts, it would be OK. I guess I was wrong. Anyone have any experience with this? Does his WE bounce back? Anyone have some hard numbers on how many starts he needs?

I would have started him every game if his IQ were higher, but I put him as backup vs. ranked in-conf. opponents, figuring I needed every break I could get. Lost the games anyway, so he'll start the rest of the season.

It used to be that 80% was enough but now it seems that 90% is necessary. If you start him the rest of the season you should get a "Thanks coach, I knew I could trust you." email and his WE should recover.