miamirw
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1. I put the loss squarely on MY shoulders. I should have focused on the OLine this training camp. I should have put pressure on my Oline coach to get the guys up front ready for NFL caliber football. We will be a different team from this week forward. There will be no "time off" for the guys who had a rough day. Defense will get a rest. Offense will come in for double work.
2. Damian McIntosh will be starting in place of Wade Smith, who will be moved to back up right tackle.
3. Vernon Carey will get the start at Right Tackle, with John St. Clair, moving over to back up left tackle. Carey played well and the blocking on the line improved when he came into the game last week. We need guys in there who have an "urgent" attitude.
4. Randy McMichael's outburst should be commended. Sam Madison's should be amended.
5. I (this is Dave speaking) have complete confidence in AJ Feely. He made some mistakes, but he also hung in there despite a lot of obstacles and he WILL get better. AJ is our starter for THE REST OF THE SEASON. I will not make a change here unless there is an injury. He has the full confidence of the coaching staff.
6. The team will be running wind sprints for the penalties they committed. 20 per infraction while the guilty player watches. Maybe this will get a little fire and accountablility into the minds of my players.
7. The Oline will be serving dinner to the rest of the team the rest of the week, because they OWE everyone else a ton.
8. Leonard Henry will get the start and Lamar Gordon will back up until he knows the playbook and runs with confidence.
9. AJ Feely will be instructed to look deep. This will be accompanied by a challenge to the new Oline (McIntosh, James, McKinney, Whitley, Carey). Give our guy a chance to throw the ball.
10. Larry Chester partially tore his ACL, but he'll be back for the playoffs, when we make it in. The rest of our injured players will be back next week: Bowens, Surtain, Konrad, Howard, Morris, McIntosh and Minor. That will help us.
11. Finally, I want to state for all the world right now, that we are not a bad football team. Our Defense is outstanding and they should a lot of heart yesterday playing on pure guts. The Offense needs to step up and they will. I will find Five linemen who have enough pride to play hard for the full sixty minutes.
I hope he says this, but I doubt he will.
2. Damian McIntosh will be starting in place of Wade Smith, who will be moved to back up right tackle.
3. Vernon Carey will get the start at Right Tackle, with John St. Clair, moving over to back up left tackle. Carey played well and the blocking on the line improved when he came into the game last week. We need guys in there who have an "urgent" attitude.
4. Randy McMichael's outburst should be commended. Sam Madison's should be amended.
5. I (this is Dave speaking) have complete confidence in AJ Feely. He made some mistakes, but he also hung in there despite a lot of obstacles and he WILL get better. AJ is our starter for THE REST OF THE SEASON. I will not make a change here unless there is an injury. He has the full confidence of the coaching staff.
6. The team will be running wind sprints for the penalties they committed. 20 per infraction while the guilty player watches. Maybe this will get a little fire and accountablility into the minds of my players.
7. The Oline will be serving dinner to the rest of the team the rest of the week, because they OWE everyone else a ton.
8. Leonard Henry will get the start and Lamar Gordon will back up until he knows the playbook and runs with confidence.
9. AJ Feely will be instructed to look deep. This will be accompanied by a challenge to the new Oline (McIntosh, James, McKinney, Whitley, Carey). Give our guy a chance to throw the ball.
10. Larry Chester partially tore his ACL, but he'll be back for the playoffs, when we make it in. The rest of our injured players will be back next week: Bowens, Surtain, Konrad, Howard, Morris, McIntosh and Minor. That will help us.
11. Finally, I want to state for all the world right now, that we are not a bad football team. Our Defense is outstanding and they should a lot of heart yesterday playing on pure guts. The Offense needs to step up and they will. I will find Five linemen who have enough pride to play hard for the full sixty minutes.
I hope he says this, but I doubt he will.