Games are not won or lost on gameday

[305Nole1111]

I am not going to go into all of the details from the game on why we lost. We all saw it. What I will tell you is that this game was lost during the week. Here’s why:

1. Nonstop praise after the ND game from media, family, friends. This really softened them up and they lost sight of work that needed to be done to prepare. Never seen anything like it. Almost like we had just won the Natty.
2. Spent more time flying around recruiting than actually gameplanning.
3. Nobody on the staff said they could lose this game. Every good coach always talks up their next opponent no matter how bad that opponent is.
Until this team, including coaches, realize the amount of work needed during the week to turn a football program into a well oiled machine during game days we will continue to see the same mistakes week in and week out. The good news is they will learn from this. These kids are different than last year. My concern has shifted to the coaches and if they are actually working hard enough…and if they are working these kids hard enough on details and preparation. I still have faith for what it’s worth. Go Noles.