Agreed!!!
Hopefully the message was received. I’m sure they were focused going into last week and some drop off is natural but good for coaches for calling it out. Hopefully we’ve seized on it and have been able to focus yesterday and today.
We need to be ready to play well this weekend
I also love the passion with which Key spoke those words (from my reading of them), at least to Chad Bishop (and I assume to the team).
It's not about appealing to their minds. Telling them "You've got to step up to each game" is great and all, but if you just tell them that, it's not going to sink in. It's about making sure they FEEL it. That they know that their coach is fired up about seeing a lack of effort. That he expects them to give 110% each time, and that means every practice, every drill, every rep. Coach Key goes at 110%, all the time, even when speaking to a reporter - and expects nothing less from them.
Man, what a contrast from the past few years. I love it.