Two step's forward, two step's back, equal's BREAKTHROUGH game..

Going by what I heard from Ricky williams here..

Sparano looks at the team, and judges them Incrementally, so to the team, during the first quarter of the season, they are better relative to years prior..

Ricky williams says the energy of a football team and what makes them good at the end of the year, is, which team has the ability to bounce back after gettin punched, and who can fix those problems and learn from the mistake's, then execute the solutions, he says that Sparano is excellent at this, and is the reason why the team gets better as the team progresses thru the season.

My first question to that theory was, why are you making those mistakes to begin with?

His answer was, every team does, its about corrections and improving game to game.

He said after the 2 wins to begin the year, the team felt good as to where it was, AND THEY GOT COMPLACENT..he followed that disturbing statement that this is the path of a young team, and he said that our fans should expect a breakthrough game from the team this week...He put the pressure on himself, and says that Sparano is a genious at identifying their problems as a team, correcting them, and coming out better for it.

He told the fans to stick by the team, and become a part of their family, and to understand that the down's are necessary to learn and improve on, and not to act how the media dictates to us..and that Coach Sparano will lead us to where we all wanna go..

He said the team really trusts their coach{you could tell that ricky really respects his coach}..and that the team has goals this season set, and that those goals are right on track to be attained...

What's my take on everything he said..... Well,I see how complex the path of progression is in the NFL...Its so hard for me to understand the complacency part at home {but I have my theories. lol} but I totally see where he is coming from in terms of how this young team is being prepared to play its best football mid season to the end of the year...The ups and downs is part of the process, its not a lack of effort that are causing these up's and down's, just youth, and figuring out what the team is good at, what their weaknesses are, and fixing them as we move forward...that may sound mundane, but whoever does it the best, win's the game of progression.

I know why these past two weeks hurt so bad, imo because we the fans had a chance to create our own identity, we were ready to back the team unlike at any time during that stadium's history, we smelled a chance to become the best football team in the league if it played out like we had in our minds {4 and 0}, unfortuanately, thats not how this game and a team of 53 men work...we must understand there are gonna be steps forward and steps back, it's who corrects the steps back the best, is who winds up standing in the end, and for that process, I trust our coach, because I have seen how good he corrects mistakes, and how his team tangibly gets better as the season goes, and if we started better then the previous seasons at this point, then I would think were right on track to be competing for a playoff spot at the end.

I look forward to what a breakthrough game looks like, and if it does happen, then man!, will this explanation make sense....

Dont ever forget a flash, a flash is real...it may go away because of the mental part of the game interfering, once the mental part of the game comes, the flash will be back.

 

If I was computer literate enough to be able to post a radio link I would bro..

Its in the archives of the Sid rosenburg's show on qam..It's a remarkable interview from a professional athlete, giving insight that you never hear..

He asks us the fans to not be down on them because they lost at home, he said until they recognize their weaknesses, they cannot become the true team they know they can become, thats why its a necessary evil of sort's, and its every teams mission to identifying weaknesses and fixing them, that is the game in the NFL, and he and the team happen to think that their coach is extremely wise at it...

 

I know this, I saw a player in ricky improve on his mistakes, and look real good in the last game relative to his prior's..

Imagine if the coach can get that jump out of as many players as possible during one game.....The quest to achieve getting everyone playing their best is what coaching is all about..maybe Our coach has his ways of accomplishing it...it just takes a part of the season to organize and construct such a feat...

we know were talented, once the mental parts of the game get fixed...the flashes will start to reappear again.

 

and the whack came after the 4th game of the season... relatively quick and precise..

 

some of us were on the same page when it came to expectation's, but some have the right to expect what they want no matter how unreasonable it is..for me, this insight should tell us that incremental progression is what the NFL is all about, now taking that theory from where we started, relative to other teams, it seems like were on the right path considering we had to gut the team 2 and a half years ago.. crunch the numbers, and I dont know if any other team in history has gone from the gutter that we were in, to the big dance, in its third year.The mistakes must be made at our fandom's expense, so the best team that can correct's those mistakes are the teams left standing at the end of the season..

If there is one thing that our team as a whole does well, imo that's the ability to show tangible improvement collectively, especially in the situational dept..

we know they like the road..its home where our biggest issues are....

Interesting no?,you would think for one of the youngest teams in the league it would be the opposite...

The obstacle of playing in that stadium and learning how to win is a huge one, and I believe that our team is finding that out...lets hope like Ricky say's, they will get better at their weakness...cause it is a big one..

 

It has been my biggest beef on the record....I remember last year, when we showed our *** to the bucs and titan's at home, I ranted on this forum and folks got pissed at me, the reason why I was so pissed was because I saw the team play flat and unemotional...I continue to believe we have issues at home.

When Parcells first came aboard..I wrote and I quote, ''To get a team that can play in this town, in that stadium, will be the most difficult task, and it will take a special group of players to accomplish the goal..

I don't want to make this a stadium rant or thread, but we cannot continue to ignore that other teams do not have any disadvantages when playing in our stadium, I believe our team is trying and realizing how difficult that task is going to be and overcome...you have to learn to raise your game on your own, while the other teams brings it, and is comfortable..its a unique set of circumstances that don't favor us in any way... we just have to learn.

Its a weakness that our young players must overcome, because it is real, its just not on the playing field..

back on topic...

 

Well, since Sparano took over, I have noticed tendencies to improve upon situations after experiencing them for the first time...

Iam gonna think about your question for a while and come back to it.

 

I cannot disagree with this statement, because I believe in humility and staying hungry, but iam trying to find the answer, cause its real deep, and ya know KP, the characters on our team do not match that type of character it seems..

Maybe complacency is just something that is inevitable for everyone in the game, until you learn how to deal with it, and until you learn how to self motivate....the season is long, we'll see how this homefield issue play's out...iam totally intrigued by the dynamic's.

 

he put a lot of pressure on himself so I would say its a good bet that he performs at a high level....and thats all you can bet on in the betting business...lol..

 

Its an effort in futility...

The players are not playing in an intimate setting, they are seperated from their fan's and imo, that dynamic cannot be underestimated to a professional athlete that considers themselves Gladiators and animals on many levels..

Its something that we need to understand and consciously do a better job of self motivation if were gonna overcome it.

 

Iam sorry if I offended you with this thread...I understand your frustration...

Iam just very curious as to why a team plays poorly, is it a talent issue, a mental one, or is it a series of natural progressions that young teams have to incrementally achieve.