GW Field Guide // Straight Comparison
One card for the whole roster vs sorting by snaps for high school football
| One card for all 60 | Sorted by snaps and extra reps | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $0 | $0 |
| Time per week | 0 minutes | 5 minutes to sort, plus one question to the position coaches |
| What the starter gets | Same 3 lifts as everybody | 2 lifts, 30 to 40 minutes, lower body 75 to 79 percent of 1RM |
| What the backup gets | Same 3 lifts as everybody | 3 to 4 lifts, full development window, nothing held back |
| Catches the injury rep spike | No. A doubled rep count never appears anywhere on the card | Yes. The Monday question names the kids who absorbed the reps |
| Where it fails | Starters accumulate, backups stall, and both failures look like bad luck | Fails if the sort happens and the weight room card never changes |
| What it cost URI in 2021 | 27 percent of the team too injured to jump at full capacity by week ten | The reason the sort exists |
The verdictThe sort wins and it is not close. Five minutes and one question beats a card that treats a two-way starter and a third-string sophomore like the same kid.