With all that said, Weeden didn't really look comfortable in the pocket until after the Texas Tech game. He is already the strongest and most accurate passer I have ever seen in college (and no just the five-yard hitch passes, either), but I expect his decision-making to become better and faster. With another year of experience - for both he, the offensive line, and the receivers - the sky is the limit for Weeden and his offense this year.

If oSu improves on last years record, wins Bedlam, and plays in the BCS Title Game with Weeden at QB this season, it will be widely perceived that Gundy and Monken successfully polished Weeden no matter how many yards or touchdown passes he throws for.

If their efforts to polish results in a greater number of losses than last season, the efforts will be widely considered in vain.

Losing sight of the primary mission while focusing on accomplishing secondary tactical tasks is a strategic failure of leadership and command.

With Bedlam, a BCS Bowl invite, and/or a Cotton Bowl Trophy on the line, rewarding a given player with playing time is not the primary mission. Utilizing every available asset to accomplish the strategic goal is.

Polishing Weeden enhances the prospects of accomplishing the strategic mission and making every effort to enhance his Draft stock along the way is both admirable and honorable but unwittingly sacrificing the strategic mission for the sake of getting him playing time in any game regardless of his capability to be effective is egregious strategic and leadership failure of the highest magnitude.

Were lesson's learned from the 2009 Season? Hopefully Weeden will remain healthy and we won't have to find out the hard way again because we've heard no admission's nor contrition... only rationale's and excuses.

At the very top where the air is equally thin, the decision-making line that separates Champions from Losers becomes razor thin and ever more critical.

The primary mission is to win the National Championship. Each and every available asset has to be considered expendable at some point towards the accomplishment of that primary goal... Zac Robinson and/or Brandon Weeden included.

Yes.

Did you ever play a leadership role in the successful accomplishment of a strategic mission, NN... and by leadership and strategic, I don't mean just being a member of a High School team.

Man I'm amazed and impressed with myself and how much I retained from that business strategy workshop that I attended.

Not to be Squatterphobic but I wonder if my distaste for the Bedlam and Cotton blunders of 09 doesn't mean that I'm really a closet Dirt Burglar at heart? A REAL oSu fan would have applauded Gundy for those decisions and enjoyed those results.