It's also his job to recruit players leaders, kids who love the game and don't quit just bc they don't like what's going on around them....things they can't control. Does that mean they would have quit several games ago if they had 2 losses? Does that mean they'll quit next year after losing the 1st game?
Posters can say players didn't quit but i call BS to the loudest possible level. You don't give up 500 yards rushing with ANY sort of effort. Period. A loss is a loss, and while painful and tough to accept at times, they happen. If the team played hard and lost, it's easier to accept being the less talented or lesser coached team. Saturday was not that.
It wasn't just players though. Coaches quit too though. They quit by not having this team ready to play a ranked team to end the season, for a NY6 Bowl bid. They quit by playing guys who weren't going all out. They quit by NOT making changes to scheme to combat the embarrassment taking place. Why not put 8 in the box? Why not try a 4-3 under with 5 guys on the LOS? Why not do ANYTHING else than what you were doing that sucked. I wouldn't have cared if they play Ford, Nesta, Blissett and Roberts as the down 4 with Phillips as the standup OLB in the 4-3 under. Just do something.