Good thing it isn't the coaching

[CousinRicky]

A portion of an article in today's TBT

 

"Taggart suggests that whatever is going on between halves begins between his players' ears. He calls it 'mental fatigue.' 'When I say mental fatigue, I mean just when things go bad, don't look for other things bad to happen, don't start looking the other way,' said Taggart, whose team can eclipse its 2013 victory total with a win at Tulsa (1-5, 1-1).

'I understand why our guys do it, because it's been consistent for a period of time around here now, and that's something we've got to learn to get out of and change our attitudes. When we're up in games, let's go finish the ball game rather than hoping that we hang on to win it. And when something goes bad, not look for something else to go bad but play the next play and make something go right for us. ' T hat's easier said than done when barely anyone on the roster has won consistently in Division I. Aside from a few fifth-year seniors and transfers, no Bulls player has experienced a winning season in college. Compound that losing culture with youth and teaching a team how to finish becomes trickier.

USF's two-deep chart for the Tulsa game (not counting specialists) features 20 first- or second-year players."

 

So all of these 20 first and second year players came from losing high school programs?  None of them know how to win?  Must be the players left from Skip's era infecting the team. Couldn't possibly be he isn't motivating them at halftime or instilling confidence in them.

 

<sarcasm> Nope, everyone of them is a loser. </sarcasm>

[DELdaBull]

I am not yet convinced coach Taggart can coach. He is starting to convince me that he can recruit.

[mjadams]

Wow.....

[MaltLiquorBull]

If we lose to Tulsa, Taggert got some splainin to do.

[charsibb]

One of the warning signs of a bad coach is when he starts blaming the players...

 

I'm on the running board, with one foot out the door of the bus.

[Bull94]

and Taggart from TBO

 

“Now we need to define what it takes to win. We can’t just talk about it. We’ve got to make a play when a play is needed. We need a good call when a good call is needed. We need a good decisin when a good decision is needed. That’s on me. And we’ve got to do these things for the whole game. Learning how to win is not just saying it. We’ve got to define it.’’

 

again from Bresnahan in the Times

 

"When you come out in the first series of the second half and you've got (ECU) at first-and-20 and then first-and-30 in the first drive, and then they score a touchdown, that's unacceptable," Bresnahan said.

"And I start with myself, look in the mirror and say, 'What can we do better to get our guys to come out of the locker room and play with the same intensity?' Because they played lights-out for the first half in Wisconsin, lights-out for the first half last week, then we give up a series of plays."

 

You guys have it out for Taggart. It's quite obvious you see only what you want to see.

Edited October 17, 2014 by Bull94

[Bull Dozer]

He has a point.... Look at the second half of the Wisconsin, ECU, and Maryland games. In the first half things were going our way but in the second half when those teams started to have some success the team self destructs and starts dropping passes, committing mental error penalties, and being out of position on defense by over running plays by trying to do too much. We need to win a few of these tight games one way or another to get over that hump. This collapsing under pressure in the second half has been going on since Holtz Btw for those suggesting this is all on Taggart. Taggart and the staff are to blame as well but to pretend this is all on Taggart shows you're not paying attention....

[Bull94]

He has a point.... Look at the second half of the Wisconsin, ECU, and Maryland games. In the first half things were going our way but in the second half when those teams started to have some success the team self destructs and starts dropping passes, committing mental error penalties, and being out of position on defense by over running plays by trying to do too much. We need to win a few of these tight games one way or another to get over that hump. This collapsing under pressure in the second half has been going on since Holtz Btw for those suggesting this is all on Taggart. Taggart and the staff are to blame as well but to pretend this is all on Taggart shows you're not paying attention....

+1

 

it's on all of them and the coaches have said as much.

[Bull Dozer]

and Taggart from TBO

“Now we need to define what it takes to win. We can’t just talk about it. We’ve got to make a play when a play is needed. We need a good call when a good call is needed. We need a good decisin when a good decision is needed. That’s on me. And we’ve got to do these things for the whole game. Learning how to win is not just saying it. We’ve got to define it.’’

again from Bresnahan in the Times

"When you come out in the first series of the second half and you've got (ECU) at first-and-20 and then first-and-30 in the first drive, and then they score a touchdown, that's unacceptable," Bresnahan said.

"And I start with myself, look in the mirror and say, 'What can we do better to get our guys to come out of the locker room and play with the same intensity?' Because they played lights-out for the first half in Wisconsin, lights-out for the first half last week, then we give up a series of plays."

You guys have it out for Taggart. It's quite obvious you see only what you want to see.

LOL funny how that was left out....

[smazza]

another excuse

 

this is something he needed to keep to himself