These are the thoughts of a former player that I read in an article this morning.
After the loss, in the locker room, as the regular season finally came to its end against Pittsburgh, two University of Miami football players fought last year it was senior vs freshman.
"Most of that issue is gone, just because most of those players who were so upset are," said a departed Miami senior who still is close to the program and requested anonymity.
"When the older players saw there was nothing big left to really play for in the season, they started thinking of protecting themselves and the money of the pros,'' the former player said. "You can't blame them, in a way."
But they were just doing what good businessmen do in looking out for themselves at some point. Everything before that Florida State game contributed, too. The players didn't have great faith in the coaching, especially the complicated defensive system of Mark D'Onfrio.
"Instead of winning on athletic talent, they wanted to win on a complicated system,'' the former player said. "Then we ran a three-man front at the goal-line against Virginia, and no one understood that.''
A few thoughts -
There were some disgruntled players who are now gone.
It's very important the type of players that you recruit, team type players that love football and love to play no matter what. I don't know if this is possible anymore in the me me world.
There is no excuse for running a 3 man front on the goal line. The defensive coaches better change the way they do things this year or they may have a repeat on their hands if things get tough.
After the loss, in the locker room, as the regular season finally came to its end against Pittsburgh, two University of Miami football players fought last year it was senior vs freshman.
"Most of that issue is gone, just because most of those players who were so upset are," said a departed Miami senior who still is close to the program and requested anonymity.
"When the older players saw there was nothing big left to really play for in the season, they started thinking of protecting themselves and the money of the pros,'' the former player said. "You can't blame them, in a way."
But they were just doing what good businessmen do in looking out for themselves at some point. Everything before that Florida State game contributed, too. The players didn't have great faith in the coaching, especially the complicated defensive system of Mark D'Onfrio.
"Instead of winning on athletic talent, they wanted to win on a complicated system,'' the former player said. "Then we ran a three-man front at the goal-line against Virginia, and no one understood that.''
A few thoughts -
There were some disgruntled players who are now gone.
It's very important the type of players that you recruit, team type players that love football and love to play no matter what. I don't know if this is possible anymore in the me me world.
There is no excuse for running a 3 man front on the goal line. The defensive coaches better change the way they do things this year or they may have a repeat on their hands if things get tough.
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