Coach J, your optimism admirable...
Auburn is about as bad as LVs.....Perhaps the LVs can find it once again.
Do you have call waiting?
I am a coach, GT.
I tell teams what I want, not what they want to hear.
When I write in this forum, unless someone gets personal, I try to do the same thing here. (speak strictly as a coach...Not a fan).
What I wrote in the opening is what I would have said in a pre-game...except for the "win-keep winning" part.
at least, that would have been the opening minute or two,,,Then I would let each player (each player that needed to hear the "right words", anyway...) know what was expected of them,,,Expectations to my Alphas and encouragement for my Betas., game plan,,,"any questions,,,rituals (prayers, etc)...One last word,,,Game on
They'll find it because
I know,
they're looking for it....
more importantly they know what I know...
No matter what happened in season...If this team peaks in the SEC tourney and wins the SEC tourney ..."it don't matter, Jabroni",,,
We are in that NCAA tourney and Charlie Cream and others will be smiled at when it happens.
That's what I'd tell em GT
The regular season is only the first act...
The fat lady sings on the last act (SEC).
"As long as you are playing,, there's always something to play for!"
And a big no to an NIT invite...You don't make the tourney,,, go home!