Clark,
I have been thinking about this since I read it 4 hours ago. I can only assume the coaching staff knew that Kato was the backup going into this game at Miami and as the backup, you can be thrust into a game at any time. The staff practice with these kids everyday. They should know what they can do. They should have a plan B if the starter goes down. I think, because your post got a couple of my brain cells to rub together, that the staff must make one game plan and if the starter goes down, pound the square peg in the round hole for the rest of the game because that is definitely what they did last night.
This is the epitome of bush-league coaching.
We deserve better.