[NU Sports] Get over it!

[John A. DeGroat]

I the recruiting has improved over the past couple of years, which it 
seems to have, the credit doe got to Fitz.  That is one of his real pluses.

John DeGroat

Jeff Beamsley wrote:

>I've been saying for months that this was going to be a difficult season for
>us.
> 
>IMHO there was WAY more good news coming out of yesterday's game than bad.
> 
>We have a QB who can run the O and score some points.  We may not win
>another game this year, but we will score some points and prove that we are
>dangerous.  Without a QB, we are toast regardless of how well everyone else
>plays.  With a QB we can have a team next year that can be competitive.
> 
>Surprised and disappointed at the weak D and special teams?  Where you been
>the past seven years?  Tell me what sort of magic was going to turn these
>historic weaknesses to strengths particularly this year.  The issues we have
>been dealing with may have something to do with coaching, but as I've posted
>before, play on the field is only part of their job.
> 
>Substantive change in the D is going to come from better recruiting as well
>as better coaching.  From what I've read, we ARE recruiting better.  Who
>gets the credit for that?  Might be these same guys getting toasted for the
>team's poor play.
> 
>IMHO what happened on Saturday was a young team (and a young coaching staff)
>finding themselves way ahead in a game they weren't supposed to win.  They
>didn't know what to do and played the second half worried about losing
>rather than playing to win.  This was a BIG learning experience for
>everyone, but particularly Fitz.  I suspect no one is hurting more than he
>is.
> 
>At the end of the day, the coaches lost this game because the kids weren't
>prepared for playing with a big lead.  But it is this sort of experience
>that most BT coaches bring to the job with them.  In our case, we've got a
>great HC who is going to be gaining some of this experience on the job, but
>I sense he is the sort of guy who will use this loss to win a lot more games
>in the future.  
> 
>Jeff
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