Again, I agree and I think you're missing the point. Yes, I understand that the preseason doesn't transfer to the regular season. That is painfully obvious. But if you have two guys that are essentially in a competition, and one very obviously and blatantly outperforms the other, are you supposed to start the guy that lost the competition, simply because "preseason doesn't transfer to the regular season"?
Is that the coaching decision you'd have made, start the guy who played worse because you have a crystal ball?