Time to Reboot & Prepare

Well, It was a tough loss but sometimes you learn a lot about a team's character from the way they handle a loss.  I guess when you get the other team's coach stirred up and upset, it can either be a very good thing or in our case last week; not a good thing. 

I am still wondering how we are going to beat this Gold team.  They are so fast & they work very well together that I can really see why they are the only undefeated team in the league. So, my team is 1-3.  We have 2 very important games this week that I feel we MUST win in order to stay in the hunt.  We lost our first game due to lack of experience and a fundamental error on my part and that was to try to make a kid feel good and touch the ball in a high pressure situation.  I can't blame a bad call for the loss, because those are going to happen in almost every game.  I've got to admit that the blown call didn't help our cause, but we shouldn't have allowed that other team to stop us. 

We played well this last week, but they played better.  We did something that to my knowledge, has NEVER been done before in SVFL history, we ran "The Statue of Liberty" play *(which worked to perfection) & a flea flicker in the same game... THAT made me VERY HAPPY!!!

 

So, now we prepare to meet up with the Twisters once again, and we seem to be a much more prepared team.  We have a new player who is very eager to get out there and make a difference. We have more understanding of how to contain the game to our style of football. So, this week we worked on blocking and basics & I really hope the kids come prepared to play on Saturday.  

I want to be 2-3 by the end of the weekend and 3-3 by the end of next week with a full head of steam going into the middle of October... I can't do it all. I just need to remember that the coaches can only teach the kids & they have to find it within them to really play hard!!!

Till next time...

-Coach