@swampsting
The players who got themselves kicked off the team created a perception that the fault must belong to the coaching staff and the Institute. Apparently, perception is not reality as the kids on this team showed everyone emphatically that those players were not missed and more importantly NOT needed. The rest of the team had no difficulty following the rules and doing what was asked and expected of them.
A football team is no different than any other organization that requires from time to time the dismissal of those participants who cannot follow the rules. Once those malcontents are given their walking papers, it energizes the rest of the team who can see first hand that everyone is being treated equally based on their own conduct.
IMO the biggest upgrade on his team in eliminating the
complainers was shown first hand this past season with a sophomore QB being named team captain by his TEAM. Enough said!