Well, I didn't really appeal to authority though. I said they might have a good reason, but they might not have a good reason. As in, maybe they are wrong. My point wasn't that the coaches are automatically right, it's that they are very likely looking at a number of factors we are not considering, and they are working with a lot more information than we are. By our very nature, as fans, our opinions are based on a lot of assumptions. And we tend to insert our biases while ignoring other factors. The coaches could be wrong, but they are not automatically wrong because Moritz Seider is not getting as many offensive chances as fans would like.
But right or wrong, my point is it is deliberate, yes. There is a plan, yes. Where there is likely a divergence here, between a message board and the coaches, is the criteria that makes the plan good or bad, successful or shitty. Our criteria are probably not quite the same.
In short, you are all wrong