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Message: [QUOTE="veryolddog, post: 4049966, member: 129"] I think, and it is my opinion only, that the loss of that game occurred in the human minds of those players before the game even started. These "kids" lost the eye of the tiger. They lost the hunger. If you keep being told by other outside souces that you are really good and that the opponent cannot compete with you, you relax and feel that you can just roll to victory. They just did not grasp the idea that they could lose before that game. I remember when the team that won 4 Championships in a row, there was a game where Stewart et al were just lumbering along against a nobody opponent in the other league, Geno pulled them out of the game and sat them down. There was a lesson being taught. This lesson must be accepted by every player no matter the situation. And, I also remember that another lesson where if you are not shooting, do the other things to disrupt and assist in a win. The Marine Corps teaches the entire Corps to never give up on the intensity to accomplish the mission. Everyone is a rifleman including cooks, motor transport, whatever. To adapt, improvise, and overcome. I think....that Geno tries to do this with every class. But his job is even more difficult given the nature of his "college" environment. Please forgive me for bad typing and writing. My mind thinks it, but it just does not get to the keys and into a sentence anymore. [/QUOTE]