If Ryan Herro wasn’t who he is and was a top ten recruit there would be no question he’d be a starter and it wouldn’t even be a topic. That’s a fact.
Cal played Willis over Gabriel/Skj. He played Humphries over both guys.
Cal sat Diallo.
I think Cal gives his most talented players a bit more leash to figure it out because in order to win a championship, you need those guys to figure it out and be special.
But when guys are still struggling after a while, he sits them.
If I was picking the starting 5 at this point:
It’s
Quade
Herro
KJ
PJ
RT
But if Cal doesn’t go with that lineup, we’ve got to think he has his reasons. And I thibk there’s more to it than “who was rated highest?”