Why Gase goes one game at a time

[DKphin]

SAN DIEGO -- Adam Gase is managing a team that is young and still very new to winning. And so when he was asked late Sunday afternoon what he thinks of his team being 5-4, following the exciting 31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers, the coach pretty much waved that off.
“We’ll be 0-0 on Wednesday,” he said. “So we’ll worry about winning one more game.”
And I’m a jerk sometimes. It’s not genetic, or anything. It’s just that when I get too much bad press box food in me, it just doesn’t sit well with me.
So I asked Gase if he’s 0-0 on Wednesday, after winning the past four games in a row, does he not believe in momentum?
“I mean,” Gase said, ‘We’re going to worry about winning the next one when Wednesday comes.”
And that was Adam Gase tearing a page from Nick Saban’s coaching playbook. It was classic Saban. It was a coach wanting to make sure his team -- which is still learning how to win -- does not look past the next assignment. And the next assignment is always going to be winning the next game.
The next assignment ...
Is not analyzing how far they’ve come from 1-4 on Oct. 9. Is not feeling good about the rally against the Chargers. Is not about looking forward to big AFC East games the final three weeks of the season.
Gase is keeping the focus small, as they call it.
It’s the only way, he believes.
And I’m fine with that. If that’s what it takes, cool. If that’s the recipe, go with it ...

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[DisturbedShifty]

And rightfully so. I like this approach very much.

 

[uk_dolfan]

Eh Philbin did this as well, its very common

 

[MD]

Eh Philbin did this as well, its very common

Just because you take the approach doesn't mean the players buy into it.

 

[montequi]

Saban? Sounds like Shula to me.

 

[4th And Drunk]

Saban? Sounds like Shula to me.

Well considering he actually worked with Saban, you know.....

 

[royalshank]

He goes one game at a time because you can't play two games at once.

 

[cuzinvinny]

At this stage Gase has not been very impressive infact the contrary. Undisciplined team, christ Shula would have stopped it in a heart beat and we are going into what the 9 game and we see it every week....

Never seen a team trying to hand the game over to the opponent like this one. Strangest thing is the last two games the opponents also didn't want the Win...we tried our best to give it to them though.

Gase IMO sucks and its obvious he is learning on the job. He maybe a good HC someday but he doesn't seem to be at the head of the class in learning... We see way to much of continued mistakes made in the previous games and not getting fixed. Hey we won but were not really going anywhere I'm afraid.