[cougarpride08]

Until you walk in the other man's shoes--it is easy to second guess---Ask Bill Belechik of the Patriots about the 4th and 2 call against the Colts last week. I was as mad as anyone at the LCC vs. PC game. But on the way home I got to thinking. Were mistakes made on purpose---the answer was "NO". Would things have been any different if we had it to do over? the answer is "probably" Hindsight is always 20-20. The kids had a great year. let's remember that this program is 5 years old. It has 2 District titles, 1-District runner-up, and 3 regional finals appearances. It has posted back-to-back-toback double digit win seasons. In the last three years it has won 31games and lost 8. I see nothing but "good things" in the future if these kids get dedicated and solve some of their discipline problems. Discipline begins at home and if it doesn't -it will have to be addressed by the coaches(whoever it may be).You can show kids, tell kids, and penalize kids, but in the end it is the kids themselves that have to be the ones to look in the mirror and see if they did all they could to make their respective teams better. It is those who can do that , that will succeed. those who can't will fall by the wayside and be lost in the crowd. Emotion must be tempered with reality. It's easy to get caught up in the minute but you can't let it happen 14 time in a season. Too many unsportsmanlike has been an achilles heel for this team all year. They must grow up and decide how good they want to be.

Windsprint let me ask you a question. Is most of the problem with those kinds of penalties dealing with your seniors? I was just wondering. You are right about the penalties, but I also feel that the option should have never been called at all after the Belfry game. I just feel IMO that when you run the ball regularly down the field and you get to the redzone, why change? I just think that we are not a option team. We run it down there throats. Most of the fumbles that we have done have been on the option. Should never have been called. I also agree that we need a lot of work in the off season on defense speed. I know they can't practice on tackling until next year, but they really need to work on there tackling. There was a lot of plays where if we made a tackle, it would have been for a lose, but due to poor tackling, it was positive yardage. I really think if we had scored instead of fumbling, the momentum would have shifted. Too much fancy trick plays.