I don’t doubt for one second the staff told him that. It takes this staff a good 50-75% of the season to figure out who their best players are and implement them.
That probably has a lot to do with it but there is opportunity here. He sees Cager *****ing out and knows he’s better. Richards is gone, Richt doesn’t use JT4 like a true WR1. Haselwood can be the guy here year 1.