Trinity hosting two other schools for 7 on 7 this Thursday 6PM

Will Stein and Cam Smyth both started as seniors w/o startling as juniors or sophomores and I believe the team did fine. As for Bonnafon, it's tough to argue any of the other QBs in the program starting over him. As for starting a non-senior to prepare for the future, see Brohm, Petrino and Wright! I think Beatty knows what he's doing!

Trinity in the Beatty years (2000 on) has started and subbed with the best players, regardless of class. Beatty has taken some big risks too, as with the very short QB Nick Petrino in 2005-06, a risk at least in others' eyes when there were talented, taller, and older players; in hindsight, Beatty looks like a genius for going with Nick but that's hindsight for you. Nick repaid Beatty's faith by leading Trinity to some of its greatest victories, over St X in the 2005 4A game and Male in the 2006 quarterfinals. I know Beatty's former defensive coordinator talked about guys "putting in their time" as a way to earn a starting position but there were so many great D players who started as sophs, eg, Sam Robey, Jordan Whiting, Wes Weitlauf, & many others. Canon Marshall who will likely start as safety this year started last year and played a lot in 2012. Conner Foos, who started last year, will be a D beast this year as a junior. Last year there were only ca 20 seniors, most of whom didn't start, except for guys like Reggie Bonafon (who had played previous years as a flanker, occasionally as QB) and Cody Swabek, a starter since his soph year. And this year the Rocks have too much talent from the 2013 frosh and jv teams to tell 'em to wait: a combined 16-1 record mostly against the younger counterparts of the varsity's opponents, eg, Moeller, Colerain, Carmel, Ind. Cathedral. Also seniors have occasionally quit the team when replaced by a better underclassman. Beatty's famous line is "Every practice is a job interview."