I think it's a tough situation for all involved. I understand why Tippet does not trust Rundblad, in my opinion he is hands down the worst defender of all the dmen and probably several of the forwards as well. It's hard for him to get better without experience though and he's not getting that riding the pine. If you could look into a crystal ball and see that playing Rundblad now guaranteed he'd turn into a stud d-man in a couple of years it'd be easier but you don't have that guarantee. Tip could play him and 2 years from now he still may not have developed enough to justify the games lost as a result of putting him in. As I said, it's just a tough situation. Ideally next time Rundblad gets a shot, he'll play well enough that Tip can't bench him. That's basically what OEL and Yandle did, hopefully Rundblad can take that next step as well.