Jerry the Jacket
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OK here is my take on things so far. Basically it is on the players. They are the ones making the mistakes, turnovers and lack of execution. When you look across our roster we have guys with good size and athletic ability. I don't sense that we are our outmanned by our opponents to date. In fact I sense the opposite so far. Now down the road as we play Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame we will be outmanned.
At some point, these guys have to look in the mirror and commit to fixing the problems. It appears to me that there is a lack of internal leadership on this team and I think it has been that way at Tech for a while. We really just don't have those alpha males that take over when the chips are down and demand the best of everybody on the team. In our two losses, we actually beat ourselves and good teams don't do that. It is hard enough to win when you play your best.
I hope our guys will find a way to pull themselves together and fix the problems. If they do we have a chance to be competitive with Louisville, BC, Pittsburgh, Duke and NC State. I really don't think we can hang with Clemson, Miami or ND even if we play well to be honest. It would take something screwy for us to take one of those games. It looks like screwy is only working against us lately, but that comes with a losing attitude and that's another thing we seem to be developing and we need to eliminate.
Our coaching is unproven and to my way of thinking this staff is too much into how our players feel than they are into demanding results. I could be wrong about that but that is my general impression. Collins has a vision and a goal of molding Tech into an elite program. I know he understands that he has to produce at some point in time or his dreams will go up in smoke. Despite the 7 year deal, if things don't begin to turn in a positive direction he knows he will not reach his destination. I'm pulling for all these coaches. I think they all are good people, and truly love what they are doing. The challenge is they have to produce results or they won't get the opportunity to continue what they love. They have to demand more out of our players.
I just feel like we could have won these last 2 games with a better effort. We are not good enough to expect to beat anybody but we are good enough to be competitive with most everyone left on our schedule but we have to eliminate to a large extent the mistakes we have been making so far.
Go Jackets!
At some point, these guys have to look in the mirror and commit to fixing the problems. It appears to me that there is a lack of internal leadership on this team and I think it has been that way at Tech for a while. We really just don't have those alpha males that take over when the chips are down and demand the best of everybody on the team. In our two losses, we actually beat ourselves and good teams don't do that. It is hard enough to win when you play your best.
I hope our guys will find a way to pull themselves together and fix the problems. If they do we have a chance to be competitive with Louisville, BC, Pittsburgh, Duke and NC State. I really don't think we can hang with Clemson, Miami or ND even if we play well to be honest. It would take something screwy for us to take one of those games. It looks like screwy is only working against us lately, but that comes with a losing attitude and that's another thing we seem to be developing and we need to eliminate.
Our coaching is unproven and to my way of thinking this staff is too much into how our players feel than they are into demanding results. I could be wrong about that but that is my general impression. Collins has a vision and a goal of molding Tech into an elite program. I know he understands that he has to produce at some point in time or his dreams will go up in smoke. Despite the 7 year deal, if things don't begin to turn in a positive direction he knows he will not reach his destination. I'm pulling for all these coaches. I think they all are good people, and truly love what they are doing. The challenge is they have to produce results or they won't get the opportunity to continue what they love. They have to demand more out of our players.
I just feel like we could have won these last 2 games with a better effort. We are not good enough to expect to beat anybody but we are good enough to be competitive with most everyone left on our schedule but we have to eliminate to a large extent the mistakes we have been making so far.
Go Jackets!
