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Originally Posted by Frankie
The term "the team quit" is a fairly general term and it should be read that way. You can't pin it to an individual or a few.
When a team is not disciplined and mentally prepared it plays soft. This is strictly on coaching and it was my number one objection to promoting RAC to HC. This team managed to win a couple of games this season but it was even a "worse team" than that despite all the players you named. Those players may have not have "quit" in the last game per your definition. But IMO even their level of intensity either dropped or became inconsistent after the missed kick. That's what happens when the realization of hopelessness creeps into men's mind, specially in a collision sport.
So IMO this team did "quit" whether they knew it or not. You could clearly see the deflation of of intensity in most of the players. Less clearly, but still visible among our top players.
And the good part is this team is going to be coached in a more disciplined style, and yes I can't wait to watch the players you named play with hope again.
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Bingo.
Romeo + Cassel is enough to make any grown man not give a shit.