That is absolutely untrue. Cases in point.
The ONLY reason Stacy got a chance to play was because both Richardson and Cunningham were hurt. Other then that Fisher and Shottenheimer were too stupid/stuborn whatever to see his potential. Even more so when the running game was sucking and they still were not trying something different with Stacy or Pead. Pead who has actually played well at RB when given the chance.
I could see in preseason Bailey was a dynamite receiver yet he got no snaps for almost half the season. Then when
Actually Steve Smith confirms what I have felt for a long time. Fisher just can't let the best players play. He seems to have some hang up that a young and new player has to "earn" his way into the lineup by playing way way better then the current starters. At least that's what it seems like to me. And if this happens to Donald this year I am going to be pissed.
First of all, Benny was not injured to start the season. Richardson had played well behind SJ so he was going to get the nod coming into the season Fisher or not. Pead had one decent run. I don't think you could call averaging 1.7 yards per carry "playing well when given a chance". They were also trying to run an offense based more on spread concepts that would take advantage of the skill sets of DR - not a RB like Stacy. Clearly that wasn't working so they made the change.
Fisher played all kinds of young and unproven players and players you could hardly argue were
his guys. The idea that Fisher just can't let the best players play is silly at best. Just because you think you see a player play well in a few situations, doesn't mean that player is consistently showing it and doing it. We all saw Sted flash bright. But was he always getting it right on the field? I don't know and I'm quite certain you don't either. And taking the word of a player that couldn't see the field the previous season and has since retired, though supposedly healthier than ever, over what the coaches and many of us saw is a real eye roller.
Acting like you know more about football and calling our coaches stupid is pretty lame as far as I'm concerned. Cite specific instances and disagree with their choices - that's fine. But calling anyone within our organization stupid or any other name isn't really going to fly here.