Random Dinardo memory

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Anyone remember after we would lose a game Dinardo would say (when applicable of course) "but we won the time of possession?". Who the hell cared and what the hell did it get us??

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It's a leadership thing. Sometimes you just have to take a bad performance and say, "Okay, we did very little right, so let's just forget that one, get back to basics, and correct as many of the big things as we can, and keep working on the little things as we go." Well, if you string a couple of those together, a unit or team will lose focus, so you acknowledge the loss or unsatisfactory performance as a whole, but try to point out the things that are either positive, or at least that have been corrected, to reinforce, positively, what the team did well. E.g., team loses 31-3, has 8 penalties for 75 yards. The next game, loses 28-7, but is only penalized 3 times for 20 yards, and doesn't turn the ball over. Particularly if those issues have been emphasized by the coaching staff, the HC might say, post-game, "Our offensive execution still needs to get better. Our defense played well at times, but a combination of defensive play-calling and lack of focus in the secondary hurt us, especially in the second half, which let the opposing team put the game out of reach. On the other hand, the fact that we committed only 3 penalties for 20 yards, and no turnovers in the game is a positive that we can take into practice next week."

I know it is a contextual response, but does that help?

my favorite line was Lou Tepper trying to tell everyone they would have to wait 4 years before his defense would start taking form........FAIL!!!

We have therapists for these memories...

DiNardo was doomed when he was stubborn about Tepper and McConnell. I remember after he was fired he gave an interview at his restaurant where he said he didn't bring in Rodriguez because everyone wanted him to hire some genius who would tell him how to coach.

And now his friend Les Miles is in danger of doing the same thing with Malveto. If Les fixes this, and we get back to coaching our talented players properly, then we are right back in this thing both short and long term.

If he is stubborn about his friends, then we're right back to the early and late 90's with talented players and bad coaching, and losing records.

I remember thinking he was a dick the first time I met him.

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the time of possession

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Easily the most meaningless stat in sports.

Dinardo is one arrogant sob that could not handle crticism or pressure.

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Anyone remember after we would lose a game Dinardo would say (when applicable of course) "but we won the time of possession?". Who the hell cared and what the hell did it get us??

Not sure why I remember that

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Once Miles starts bragging about kids graduating, its over. Graduating kids is gr8, but bragging about it is a bad sign(DiNardo was doing that in 1998).

Just one DiNardo memory I have.