I donāt think it was such a big deal. Players make mistakes. Itās one way to figure out what you can do. Taine was never someone who pushed himself (or was allowed to) in previous years.
I think itās jarring because it seems contrary to Tony tendencies, but Iām not even sure I agree. It was just a situation where him screwing up didnāt have that a big an effect.
Interesting and I hope Taine is not embarassed
I had a state line my first year something like:
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 ā¦ 3 2 0 0 0
Care to fill in the numbers?
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This is what Iād dispute, though. It didnāt have an impact on whether or not we won the game - but he was a big (the biggest) part of our sleepiness throughout the contest and the melt down over the end made a pretty comfortable and actually convincing game feel very āblehā (technical term) after the fact.
Morale is just so important right now, IMO, I know Iām a broken recordā¦ sorry about that.
Yes! And that is why you name Ron Sanchez the head coach
I think Taine was a key contributor in that game looking like 17 point blowout rather than a 27 point blowout. Which is not great! But Iād classify that as not that big of an effect.
To build of @haney a bit here I think youāre conflating team morale with board morale. Iām not sure the team is coming out that game feeling down on their performance because we won by 17 vs 27
Of course, in the grand scheme of things itās a small drop - but if weāre dissecting micro-level decisions as you know I love to do - I think it was the wrong call.
The team is still in the process of trying to āget rightā after everything thatās happened. Mondayās game would have probably felt like a step toward that otherwiseā¦ but it didnāt. And I do think stuff like that matters as youāre trying to carry momentum into your first real game against major competition.
i think weāve all been on sports teams at some level where a guy is having a really off night. It sucks when youāre trying to get something going and someone keeps making repeated mental mistakes. Regardless of whether you are up by 27 or 17 or whatever, take the dude out so the other guys can have a chance to run the offense and have some success.
Yeah, I mean we canāt know for sure how everyone is processing everything. Itās a weird time and Iām sure there are individual players who feel great about how they did.
But team sports do have this level of momentum, etc., and vibes do matter when games feel clunky or mistake-laden, or lower energy compared to when youāre just blowing the doors off a team and/or dominating them - especially when a team is still trying to find its identity compared to a team thatās already confident in what it can do.
Yes, Taine was incredibly awful in this game. But, weāve seen the entire game. Canāt tell you how many times I have yelled at the tv āGet that guy out of there!ā only to see the guy suddenly do some really good things (think AC on the gridiron and even Imac on occasion).
I think it is reasonable to think that a guy playing below his best may not continue to. After it is all over, hell, he continued to.
I thought who is this saboteur? Looks exactly like Taine but every defensive and offensive possession he is acting like a VT superfan. The 4 point play was the giveaway.
āRyan Odom Bowlā is pretty funny
You donāt need to ride or die with these kinds of players, though, when itās going so poorly. Heās not iMac or Saunders or Cofie.
And of note heās also not someone whoās upside youāre trying to develop for the future, i.e. Sharma. At least in giving someone like Ishan a long leash, youāre trying to power him through his growth curve to pay dividends either later this year or maybe next year. For Taine, a short timer, thereās not really that āinvestmentā motivation.
Iāve seen Villanova fans mention Langel a few times. Has Philly back ground/connections
Grew up in a Jersey suburb of Philly. Went to Penn. Wife went to Penn. After a brief overseas pro career, was an assistant at Penn and then Temple (followed Dunphy) until getting the Colgate job in 2011. Definite Philly guy.
Another option for them is to just hire Fran Dunphy so Fran could cross off 4 of 5 Big 5 schools.
How did Temple not hire him when they were last open? Especially given the events of the past seasonā¦
Apparently it was that guys first yearā¦ is that why he got a pass?
Holy crap, I had no idea he was coaching again. Why?!?