And has seen this cycle before. I guarantee you the players heard tons of crap from fans last year after our 0-4 stretch. He's seen it before, and it's true that the worst of our fanbase will say terrible things about our players and coaches this year going forward.

Unfortunately, unless I'm mistaken and you have played D1 football, you and I haven't been in these players' shoes to be able judge what he should or should not have said.