AT some point in competitive sports you get to a point of not wanting to embarrass yourself after doing it over and over again and that is your motivation to improve. This usually happens in elementary school or middle school and builds over your entire career, at least in the background later on when you become very proficient in the sport you are competing in. I don't get the sense that either Pope or Harley have reached that point yet and every week we see the same mistakes and yet what do they do about it? Does it even bother them?
I sat in a hotel room as a freshman while competing for UM wondering who paid for the hotel room I was staying in and why would they donate money to the school for me to perform as badly as I did that day. I literally felt guilty for my showing that day. My roommate started explaining how the entire athletic department raised funds and I said, 'no, who is the one person that donated to pay for this room and for this trip that I am performing this poorly on?" That was in the mid 80's but I know our football team didn't tolerate bad performances and I, in a different sport held myself accountable for my poor performance, but then you work harder to make sure that never happens again!
What the **** do Harley and Pope do, practice dropping passes? Do they play volleyball in their off time and forget that when they are playing football and think they are setting someone at the net? I am baffled that these guys seem to not grasp the one skill for the position that they play that is what makes that position different from all other positions. Play DB if you can't catch but can run fast, but don't play receiver. I am serious they should both play DB unless they can't tackle too. And punt returns? You cant catch a pass how the **** are you returning punts. We don't have anyone on our team, recruited from all over south Florida, one person that can catch a punt consistently?
I sat in a hotel room as a freshman while competing for UM wondering who paid for the hotel room I was staying in and why would they donate money to the school for me to perform as badly as I did that day. I literally felt guilty for my showing that day. My roommate started explaining how the entire athletic department raised funds and I said, 'no, who is the one person that donated to pay for this room and for this trip that I am performing this poorly on?" That was in the mid 80's but I know our football team didn't tolerate bad performances and I, in a different sport held myself accountable for my poor performance, but then you work harder to make sure that never happens again!
What the **** do Harley and Pope do, practice dropping passes? Do they play volleyball in their off time and forget that when they are playing football and think they are setting someone at the net? I am baffled that these guys seem to not grasp the one skill for the position that they play that is what makes that position different from all other positions. Play DB if you can't catch but can run fast, but don't play receiver. I am serious they should both play DB unless they can't tackle too. And punt returns? You cant catch a pass how the **** are you returning punts. We don't have anyone on our team, recruited from all over south Florida, one person that can catch a punt consistently?
