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Originally Posted by FAX
Based on the numbers (I missed almost all the first half), we couldn't have played any worse than we did in the first half of this game - I'm not sure anyone could. We dug a huge scoreboard hole, put the defense on the field way too long, and gave the offensive players every reason to give up.
Then, lo and behold, the guys come out and make a game of it in the second half. What that tells me is that we don't suck necessarily due to lack of talent as some peeps would have us believe. It's a factor, yes. But, we're losing games mainly because we have a coach that won't let the guys just relax and play from the first snap - not just when we're behind.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
FAX
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Anytime you're down 24-0 at half, you can probably disregard anything good that happens in the 2nd half. It's human nature for the winning team to let up a bit when you're up by that many. Even if they weren't playing the "prevent" defense, they had that mentality.
Same thing as when a team plays like crap until they're mathematically eliminated from the playoffs in week 12, then go out and win 3 out of the last 4 to make you think they've got momentum going into the next season. Then the next season they go out and suck again.