Good news, they won. Bad News, is how many players will be suspended? Also, Mullen should tune it down a little.
Agreed—but believe me: His players see that and LOVE HIM FOR IT!
And meanwhile, the officials weren’t doing the SLIGHTEST THING to protect our QB-One—so of COURSE Coach was livid, felt he HAD to say (and DO) something...and BOY! Did he!
Yeah, he prob went a little further than he meant to (as indicated by his post-half AND postgame comments, where he toned down/revised his “description-of-intent”), AND it WILL now no doubt adversely affect our onfield strength against UGA next Saturday, but did you hear Trask’s reaction about what ensued in the locker room? Unlike the SEC commentators, did y’all LISTEN to what he in fact SAID??! It sure SOUNDS as if it had a real POSITIVE EFFECT on the TEAM AT LARGE AS A TEAM!
And that’s huge. Do NOT underestimate the power of that kind of “coming together” of “team energy”...I don’t KNOW if it can outweigh more personnel losses, but that very kind of “EMOTIONAL UNITY” has propelled us forward ftom ADVERSITY in the PAST:
Remember “The Promise”?
And THAT was from a LOSS: This time we went on to WIN—BIG time.
Depending on what happens next, it may be too much to overcome, at least as far as beating UGA in our likely state next Saturday—But in the long run, it MIGHT JUST one day be looked upon as another “TURNING POINT”.
And I think we needed SOMETHING, something LIKE it to finally JUMPSTART what was getting-to-be a “well-stocked, well-COACHED squad” that just didn’t, COULDN’T put it all together”!
Well, now perhaps we can, and WILL.
In spite of myself, and after reaching a certain “low mark in my level-of-HOPE” in the first half yesterday against Mizzou, I finally feel a REVERSAL NOW: Sure, I can’t say I EXPECT to win in Jacksonville now—but I’m at least excited going INTO it...And (even depleted) give us a “FIGHTIN’ CHANCE”!
“And I WON’T . BACK . DOWN .”