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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 175837" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>I just think Tech has players who buy into the program and one evidence of this is the extent to which they sound like the head coach. </p><p></p><p>I suspect that CPJ largely speaks this way because he has found it the best strategy for making sure that the players strive for where he sets the bar and where his expectations are to be found and not start judging there <em>practice </em>performance on what they happen to think of that week's opponent. I have always hated the sense of watching the team I root for simply "play down" or "play up" to the opponent.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, this is likely the way CPJ wants to talk so as to avoid unnecessarily providing fodder for the opposing team to get them fired up at all. Since most Tech players do follow his lead then it also means that they are less likely to answer a question from the media about their opponent in a way that is dismissive or treats them with disrespect and again provides the bulletin board type material. We still remember Kam Chacellor for what he had to say about knowing every play Tech was going to run from the snap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 175837, member: 231"] I just think Tech has players who buy into the program and one evidence of this is the extent to which they sound like the head coach. I suspect that CPJ largely speaks this way because he has found it the best strategy for making sure that the players strive for where he sets the bar and where his expectations are to be found and not start judging there [I]practice [/I]performance on what they happen to think of that week's opponent. I have always hated the sense of watching the team I root for simply "play down" or "play up" to the opponent. Secondly, this is likely the way CPJ wants to talk so as to avoid unnecessarily providing fodder for the opposing team to get them fired up at all. Since most Tech players do follow his lead then it also means that they are less likely to answer a question from the media about their opponent in a way that is dismissive or treats them with disrespect and again provides the bulletin board type material. We still remember Kam Chacellor for what he had to say about knowing every play Tech was going to run from the snap. [/QUOTE]
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