DrDolemite

Adversity. We all have it. How do we respond.

Coach Saban was 6-6 his first year at Alabama. That first year he lost to Northeast Louisiana. The rest is history. From there he developed his PROCESS method of developing his team. From there he taught his players to view the games of playing one 5 second play at a time and to do everything to prepare for their best for those 5 seconds.
When questioned about outcomes by the media he responded do you want a team that is concerned just about the wins or instead developing players to do the things that result in wins. The process will take care of the wins.

That is where we are with Coach Kiffin. Notice I said coach Kiffin and not Lane as some in the media refer to him. That is because I respect the title he has earned. He is not just a coach but he is our coach. At least he is for me.
I think we are so fortunate to have him at a time he has gone through the challenges in life that break some men. The way he reponds to adversity is typical of the Saban process.students. WE can learn from him. We can enjoy him as he works the puzzle with us. For those of us on DROPPINGS how do we respond to the adversities in our lives. How would we look on national TV when the camera zooms in on us. Turn for a second to how the Bama coach looked on TV at the end of the game after some adversity. He went Ballistic and lit up a player caught on camera with intensity lighting up the player who made the bad play yelling YOU cost us the game. In my opinion he is miserable and about to crack. I truly feel sorry for him. I have not seen that type of throwing players or anyone else under the bus by Coach Kiffin.
So, what can we who as frequenters of Dropppings. - We can support our coach in the way we do best in Louisiana at a time like this in His adversity. Our kindness can mean the most not only for him but his family. We can treat Coach Kiffin with respect and not try to push him off the ledge in any media forum. We can treat him like he IS our guy, because he is. And we might consider treating others in our lives that way too. We never know what people are dealing with and how much encouragement can matter.
God's blessing to all of us.
Dr Dolemite .

Is Nuss playing? A sack on every down.-------

Yes - that would equal TREE FIDDY

The good -
Past coaching situation was toxic. That is over. Thank God. Next play.
Coach W held things together. No players have opted out. They prepared well considered the circumstances.
The team showed up ready to play from the get geaux.
Defense did enough to win this game like the first games
MVB can develop into a weapon as did Jayden Daniels. Not saying is good but good. Do not pay 2 million for someone else. He has not been given opportunity yet to develop. He could, Also, he was fun to watch and it is supposes to be entertaining.
22 is very good. He made the Oline look better than they are.
The team played hard until the end. That was impressive.

The bad
First half offense looked like the first 8 weeks.
The decision to try to score at the end of the first half rather than running the clock down and go into halftime down by only 7 was bad. Coach W admitted that. Refreshing to see coach own up to that.

The ugly
Way too many pass drops highlighted by the 3rd and 8 from our own 3 when under pressure. MVB put the ball right on the wide open receiver who may still be running but dropped it. We were down by 8 with 7:30 on the clock. If that play had success which it could have then anything would become possible.
The many referee intrusions and bad calls. Moving the ball back on the MVB slide overturning the call on the field potentially altered the game since we were within striking distance. The ref on the mic could have just as well said we are marking the ball back enough to make it fourth down.. That run created momentum. The momentum was disrupted by stopping for a review and then moving the ball back.
Coach did a good job post game interview in a professional way. However, in my eyes when he was asked about MVB play in the game, he gave supportive remarks which were appropriate. BUT he went on to say that MVB has to work on holding the ball with two hands related to the fumble. He did have two hands most of the cock back. The Alabama guy breathing down his throat from the left side may have had something to do with it. For much of the time in the game he ran for his life and made very good throws with several key throws dropped. Honestly I do not think if the quarterbacks changed Jersies that the Bama QB would have done as well running for his life. As a matter of fact, compared to his other games he did not do so good.

Going forward here are some suggestions.
Let's try a new experiment that has potential. Give Nuss a rest this week to heal from whatever injuries he has had. He has tried hard. It is time to reward him with a deserved rest.
Let MVB prep this week to start, I think it would be more fun to watch and after all this is supposed to be entertainment.
Keep the Defensive coaches in place. They are not the problem. Imagine what some offensive production could have done to help them this year.
Consider Joe Brady as coach and let's do a summer of 10,000 catches again like Jefferson and Chase did in 2019. Seemed to work for them. And I think MVB can run that same 2019 Offense.

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To the original poster - let me guess, you are not a Catholic is that correct? Do you attend any Christian church regularly?

What is your eternal viewpoint?
Are you agnostic or atheist?
Do you believe in an afterlife and what does that look like to you and how do you feel that will work out for you?
Thanks much.
Dr Dolemite

We have been fighting the wrong battle. Our tools for victory are spiritual.
-Turn off the bad news that creates chaos
- receive the sacraments regularly
- do random acts of kindness for many you encounter throughout each day. It will soften hearts.
- encourage all you encounter each day including yourself
- remember the battle has already been won 2000 years ago. Live as a victor not a victim Anything else is a lie and just noise. Don’t listen to the lie. Only the truth.

All this in an atmosphere of a state that elected a top official that said hold your nose and vote for the crook. And we did.
We are righteous it seems when we want to be.
Coach Wade did not steal millions. He was small potatoes it seems in the big picture when it comes to breaking rules. Even in his profession and for sure when you look at our culture in general.

Since there was a window to respond it seems it would have been less disruptive to wait a week or two until the run is over. That was a possibility. Especially since they said in their signed statement that firing coach Wade does not mean they agree with the allegations.

That makes sense

What was the cost of the roof you just had installed. Also square footage of your house
Thanks much