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If a team has depth, platooning is the way to go. Great teams have great depth. You don't have to have your best athletes playing both ways if there is not a big drop-off in talent when you platoon. Fatigue is a factor, and tired players will make more mistakes than fresh ones. If Corbin lacks depth, then they should definitely be playing the Smith twins both ways and keep them as fresh as possible through substitutions. But maybe the Smiths don't want to play both ways and maybe UK doesn't want them doubling their risk of serious injury. I doubt that their eligibility came without some conditions.

If a team gets there players in shape in the offseason, then they can handle it. I watched Boyle players looked ready all game long and never came out, I looked at the platoon of LCA and they were gassed. Bending over and just not in shape as Boyle County.

If platooning were a bad idea, then college and NFL teams would be platooning. Instead, they may occasionally plug their best athlete into the lineup for special situations, as Dallas did with Deion Sanders. Better conditioning is not a factor if you play a deeper team whose players are equally well conditioned but are deployed in two platoons. Platooning is also how a coaching staff develops depth.

There is no right answer when it comes to platooning. Sometimes, a team just does not have the numbers to effectively platoon and it is absolutely necessary to play players both ways. A good 6A program should rarely play players on both offense and defense. Most good 1A programs do not have the luxury of full platooning.

Were in High School, not college or NFL..  I'll agree with you on what you said.