I think I know the true reason why Dickert does and will incorporate Mateer in our offense with each and every game:
Ward is a short timer.
Dickert does not want Mateer to transfer and portal out.
Mateer loves to play and wants to play every game.
Dickert keeps a short leash on Matter, with a taste of things to come.
Dickert gets him in each game....it creates an appetite, and builds him up....then....next year....it's all yours.
Now he's involved, (instead of standing on the sidelines) so Dickert retains him, stays a COUG, and we have him for next year.
Brilliant strategy for retaining talent all because of the temptation of NIL $$$ transferring out.
Your Half or partially right.
Cam is NOT going to another College, because HE CAN'T because he can't get a FREE TRANSFER because he ALREADY TRANSFER PORTALED here.
Either Cam goes to the NFL OR he stays at WSU.
In case Cam leaves early to NFL draft, that's why Dickert is preparing Mateer, that and if Cam gets injured.
WSU needs to have 73% of their recruits come from the Transfer portal, as that way transfer portal recruits won't have a free transfer.
Dickert has shown that he can effectively have WSU be a type of minor league farm team that can EFFECTIVELY RELOAD from the transfer portal.
And while it will be harder for Dickert to RELOAD from the Portal if WSU G5, next season, Dickert is still a AWESOME recruiter, evaluator, QUICK DEVELOPER, etc, and if WSU wins 9,10,11,12 games, NY6, etc, and because there are good sellable things about Pullman, WSU, that Dickert would sell effectively, etc, then like G5 BSU, etc, WSU, Dickert, would still be able to effectively reload from Portal, just like G5 BSU, and then retain them because no free transfer.
If, since BSU, Fresno St, SDSU, Gonzaga, other G5's can still effectively recruit, despite being a G5, then Dickert, would be able to effectively recruit too, IT JUST WOULD BE HARDER.
BUT HARD AND HARDER DOES NOT STOP DICKERT, WSU
Because of Dickert's RELOADING, QUICK DEVELOPMENT approach, Dickert has to get the Mateer's development, play time, or he risk them either leaving, or not being ready for the next reload season.