Never, but there’s always the thought it might come. The offense definitely stepped up finally, but from team morale losing a leader tells other guys to step up. I think it’s all related, they are human beings and don’t play in a vacuum. Emotions and mindsets matter, teams always talk about “bunker mentality” and fighting with who you have. Scoring early lets the defense play more free, but I think the scoring early is maybe partially the players realizing they need to step up now, and obviously the 10 weeks of developing they’ve done.
Never, but there’s always the thought it might come. The offense definitely stepped up finally, but from team morale losing a leader tells other guys to step up. I think it’s all related, they are human beings and don’t play in a vacuum. Emotions and mindsets matter, teams always talk about “bunker mentality” and fighting with who you have. Scoring early lets the defense play more free, but I think the scoring early is maybe partially the players realizing they need to step up now, and obviously the 10 weeks of developing they’ve done.