Because no matter what he says, he can't put any weight behind it because
1. No one at UL has ever named a starting QB for the following season during a current season unless it was understood because they were already entrenched as the starter.
And
2. Des is like Napier in that he's going to say every spot is up for for grabs in the Spring, that's not changing. Especially now when the QB room will be largely inexperienced in actual game time