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					Originally Posted by genetic_phreek  I would say this holds true when it was Hartley. Gulutzan and Ward, not so much. | 
	
 
What vets did Hartley bench for mistakes or other learning reasons (as opposed to famously benching the hungover 3)?  You can’t count switching bottom line vets - that’s just roster choices.  If that’s the case, Ward has benched Leivo, Simon, etc plenty.  
This year Lucic hasn’t done anything to be benched over - making a mistake on a particular play isn’t why guys get benched.  Continual mistakes, lack of effort, a need to see things from above - those are the usual reasons.