Blame Game

[lefty]

True, but again, it doesn't matter what scheme a team runs. You either have defensive intensity and energy or you don't. The ones who don't show up in practice will be the ones sitting next week at Drake.

yeah...that's why I never post in the "who should start" threads. The coaches are with them in all the practices and watch all the film so I figure they should know more then the rest of us in that regard.

[BUfan14]

yeah...that's why I never post in the "who should start" threads. The coaches are with them in all the practices and watch all the film so I figure they should know more then the rest of us in that regard.

I definetely agree with you they know better, I just like speculating who will start and who, from an outsiders perspective, I think should start.

I just find it fun to do, not that I know more than the coaches or that they should listen to me by any means.

[Buesch N Chips]

I agree that JL needs to take his share of blame, as do the assistants. But, coaches are evaluated by what their players do. And the players are kids. They are not always going to do what you tell them. It comes with the job. Anyone who has been a coach knows that you could work the crap out of something in practice, get to the game, and everything you worked on falls apart, and as JL said, as a coach it is mindboggling. It doesn't matter what you are coaching at any level. It happens.

We've hopefully hit bottom this year (seems like we have to go through this every year about 10 games in). Hopefully the players will realize that they hold the key to the season.

[real fan]

No question that both the players and coaches are at fault, the biggest problem I have is we seem to have this same meltdown every season at the same time and the players have changed so it is a direct reflection on Coach Les and how prepared this team is or has been at this time of the season, maybe rules or practice is not hard enough because he always seems to talk about how much harder practice is going to be and how they are going to have things taken away because they are not deserving of them.