Week 10 always brings special challenges to coaches and players. Particularly coming off an emotional victory at RMC last week, it will be real important that everyone in the program stays hungry. There is one more important chapter to write about this team. I told the team in our Monday meeting that what we do at CUA on Saturday will either add to, or detract from the final evaluation of this group.
I want to thank the fans who hung with us and gave us such a large following at R-MC last Saturday. Leaving the field at the half, I know our kids got a charge from your energy as we passed the stands and I hope you can offer the team the same support this week. I cannot recall coaching a team where the defensive group was accountable for 16 points in my 31 years. Overcoming defensive scores is difficult for an opponent to do, but I give a lot of credit to R-MC to sticking with their plan of running the ball and playing defensive football. It gave them a chance to win in the fourth quarter. Those scores and the quick strikes to Beiler really taxed our defense in terms of possession time, and it is not often that your defense plays 95 plays in a “winning” effort.
Still, working hard here and being successful on Saturday is determined by choices and the efforts the players and coaches make Tuesday through Friday to a large degree. Our kids understand that, as we chase win number 8.
The Clark girls are planning a Tailgate by the tennis courts with the Alumni Group so come out in force. If my daughters are involved expect to have fun and be primed before you take your seat.
Go Eagles.
I want to thank the fans who hung with us and gave us such a large following at R-MC last Saturday. Leaving the field at the half, I know our kids got a charge from your energy as we passed the stands and I hope you can offer the team the same support this week. I cannot recall coaching a team where the defensive group was accountable for 16 points in my 31 years. Overcoming defensive scores is difficult for an opponent to do, but I give a lot of credit to R-MC to sticking with their plan of running the ball and playing defensive football. It gave them a chance to win in the fourth quarter. Those scores and the quick strikes to Beiler really taxed our defense in terms of possession time, and it is not often that your defense plays 95 plays in a “winning” effort.
Still, working hard here and being successful on Saturday is determined by choices and the efforts the players and coaches make Tuesday through Friday to a large degree. Our kids understand that, as we chase win number 8.
The Clark girls are planning a Tailgate by the tennis courts with the Alumni Group so come out in force. If my daughters are involved expect to have fun and be primed before you take your seat.
Go Eagles.
