The issue, instead, is the charisma of the coach. Teams adopt the personality of their leader. Donahue is energetic, dynamic, and innovative. Those attributes are evident on the basketball team. The Eagles play an exciting game at a frantic pace, launching 3-pointers and diving for loose balls. They'll undoubtedly make mistakes, but it will be fun watching them grow collectively.
The football team, by comparison, reflects Spaziani's defeatist mentality. The Eagles play not to lose, or at least to minimize the final deficit. Consider their final drive of the game, with 10:16 left in the fourth quarter. Down 31 points, they ran 13 plays for 37 yards, wasting 7:01 before punting from the FSU 43. Those 13 plays broke down as 11 runs and two passes. Needing to maximize time to mount any sort of a comeback, the Eagles threw in the towel. They had nothing to lose by going for it on fourth down in FSU territory, yet they punted to the Seminoles and basically begged for mercy.
With that kind of coaching, get used to losing in the foreseeable future.
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A.J Black
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"The Punt"
Those who are Giants’ fans know what “the Fumble” was — the famous debacle against Philly with Herm Edwards. And, more Giants — how about from last year “The Punt Return” — never to be forgotten.
Let’s make Spaz’s call to punt be known forever after as “The Punt”
The Punt – is when it was clear to all — avid fans, casual fans, opponents, other coaches, media, bloggers and Matt Tennant — that Spaz was defeated and had publicly given up on BC football.
THE PUNT
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