I don't have any problem with allowing Bard a chance to start. Both Bard and the FO thought it was the best thing for the team, and its what Bard wanted to do anyway. So far so good. The problem I have with the way it went down is how long it took for them to realize that it wasn't working. He lost velocity and his K/BB was horrible. It became clear early on that he was not going to be anything more than a back of the rotation SP, and we already had many of those. They should have moved him back to the pen much sooner-especially after Bailey went down-so that he wasn't ruined as a ML pitcher. I have my doubts that he can regain his previous dominating form.