Some more sports psychobabble

[Box_O_Rocks]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060920/SPORTS07/609200354

"The most challenging part of my job already took place," Weis said Tuesday. "The most challenging job you have as a head coach is the 36 hours right after the game took place. Because it's not about the X's and O's, it's about the psyche of the team. It's the most important thing you need to do because if they see you waver at all, if they see you on the fence, you lose them."
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He recalled a 2004 game when New England was riding a 21-game winning streak, only to be pounded in a game at Pittsburgh. Weis, then the Patriots' offensive coordinator, remembered how coach Bill Belichick handled the situation.

"I think when we got back there, the one thing we did do before anything else -- the first thing we did -- was address the team," Weis recalled. "Say, 'Look, fellas, this is not a funeral we're going to, OK, this is a football game we just lost. We have another opportunity to go out and play.' The next week I remember we went into St. Louis, who was supposed to be pretty good, we stomped them.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Dolfins babble...
Dolphins search for answers after home-opening loss
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15560457.htm

He sat in front of a roomful of the team's leaders, his intentions made clear to each of them.
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So during an informal meeting with a few of his players Monday morning, Saban asked for some productive feedback: Namely, how could so much have gone so wrong?
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Finding that toughness -- which the Dolphins seemed to lack in a home-opening loss to a divisional opponent -- will become the team's most important priority.

Some players faulted a lack of intensity. Others admitted to complacently waiting for the big play to happen.
-----''We practice harder than any team I've been on,'' Barnes said. ``I think because we practice hard, we expect it to happen. Our coach tells us we had a good practice, so we deserve to win. But we need to execute.

``We just expect to do it -- but that's not enough.''
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Still, the 2001 New England Patriots proved a poor start does not eliminate a team from Super Bowl contention. The similarities between the Dolphins' start and the Patriots' start that season are unmistakable.

During coach Bill Belichick's second season (like Saban) as the Patriots' coach, New England lost its first two games -- the second of which (like the Dolphins) came in its home opener against a seemingly mediocre divisional opponent.
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With the Dolphins headed on a three-game road trip after Sunday's game against the Titans, the road back to success must start immediately.

Otherwise, the Dolphins will risk letting one of the most hyped offseasons in recent years go to waste.

More fish news...
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/15561365.htm

For the third time this season, a Dolphins right guard is headed for injured reserve.

Despite successful surgery to repair a torn left triceps Tuesday, Dolphins guard Bennie Anderson will miss the rest of the season, the team announced.

Anderson likely will be placed on injured reserve today, Anderson's agent Harold Lewis said.
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Seth McKinney (neck) and Joe Toledo (knee) already are out for the season.
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Former Dolphins safety Lance Schulters worked out with the New England Patriots on Monday, although he has yet to sign a deal.

Last week, Schulters' name triggered a small controversy when a few of his ex-Dolphins teammates wondered if the safety might rejoin the struggling secondary.

However, the secondary did see some improvement in the most recent game.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

"Still, the 2001 New England Patriots proved a poor start does not eliminate a team from Super Bowl contention. The similarities between the Dolphins' start and the Patriots' start that season are unmistakable.

During coach Bill Belichick's second season (like Saban) as the Patriots' coach, New England lost its first two games -- the second of which (like the Dolphins) came in its home opener against a seemingly mediocre divisional opponent."

Is this writer on drugs?
Many many teams start 0-2 and go on to mediocre at best seasons. Just what here is an 'unmistakable' similarity here to the Pats 2001 season????

Is Water Boy writing the copy?

 

[mtbykr]

Still, the 2001 New England Patriots proved a poor start does not eliminate a team from Super Bowl contention. The similarities between the Dolphins' start and the Patriots' start that season are unmistakable.

During coach Bill Belichick's second season (like Saban) as the Patriots' coach, New England lost its first two games -- the second of which (like the Dolphins) came in its home opener against a seemingly mediocre divisional opponent.

What????? Sounds like this guy believed all the hype before the team took the field. Unless they have Tom Brady coming in for Dante, then i don't see the similarities---lot's of teams start 0-2, that doesn't make you like the pats of 01

You also gotta like the different coaching styles: BB says we're not dead, we get to play again next week. While Saban gets everyone together to ask them what the hell happened!:singing:

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

What????? Sounds like this guy believed all the hype before the team took the field. Unless they have Tom Brady coming in for Dante, then i don't see the similarities---lot's of teams start 0-2, that doesn't make you like the pats of 01

You also gotta like the different coaching styles: BB says we're not dead, we get to play again next week. While Saban gets everyone together to ask them what the hell happened!:singing:

They've got it planned out, Dante is going to get blindsided by the fearsome Tennessee pass rush and taken out of the game, then "Joey" comes in to show Tom Brady how it should be done - A fins' Victory and momentum carries them back to Miami...

 

[Oswlek]

If the parallels are so clear, when was Culpepper knocked out and replace with a future hall of fame QB again? Did I miss that part of the game?

It should have happened in he second game, and it is unmisitakable. Maybe I'll go watch the Comcast replay; it must be there somewhere.