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Re: How much blame is Linehan due?
I voted for both the players and coaches being at fault equally. Linehan's offseason workout program may have them in better shape physically, but I doubt his ability to motivate his team and prepare a game plan to make them successful. I just don't think that the players have either adjusted from the Martz plan to the Linehan plan, and/or they don't have confidence in him or his abilities yet. If a team seems so unprepared mentally to play, and the game plan does not match what the competition is doing, then I lay much of that at the coach's feet. However, it is not the player's place to question either. They are highly paid and skilled atheletes that have a job to do. Many don't seem to be putting in the effort. I lay that mainly at the player's feet. They just don't seem to be meshing as a group with the new coaching staff or the new philosiphy. The coach needs to demand more accountability and show some fire himself at the press conference, on the field, during practice and in the locker room. I can't recall a time when this team has come out at the half fired up after a brutal effort in the first half. There seems to be no guidance or direction from the staff or the leaders on this team.
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