Originally Posted by
paulwoods13
Now that the season is over, we can see that the approach the team took was to give starters a week (or in some cases two weeks) off. Regulars who got some rest or an informal bye week over the final third of the season are: Williams, Oakman, Flo, Bede, Ouellette (2 games), Stiggers, McManis, Nicastro, Tate, Daniels, Coxie, Barlow and Hendrix.
In addition, Peters (3 games), Allen (2 games), Cage (3 games) and Phillips (6 games) sat down the stretch. And of course Kelly dressed for all 18 but sat for two games and parts of a couple more.
That is 18 regulars who were not required to go flat out for all 18 games. IMO this was sensible and impressive load/roster management, and it is to the team's credit that sitting a few regulars each week did not result in more than the single loss to Wpg.