I said it was just my preference and have said it that I don't think he is a starter on a championship caliber team. He reminds me of a Steve Eyl type who was a key player off the bench for a championship team.
The way I see it is that if the players good enough to play here then they would want a guarantee starting spot. The ones that don't mind coming off the bench is probably not any better than we already have.
I know you don't care but there are very few power programs who play true non conference road games. We played two last year so it isn't like we never play on the road.