I am pretty sure there is some weight attached to the coach at all times. Otherwise you would really get close to fixed minutes for all players at strictly follow depth chart, which is obviously not the case.
I worked this out to mean there is always some weight attached to the depth chart, but obviously I don't now 100%.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."