RE: in my experience players need to have a reason to have a chip on their

Report problem with this ad

Sep 26, 2015
9:46:52pm

Opietheman

No no no. Not even close to true

Report problem with this ad

Opietheman

Bio page: Opietheman
Joined: Dec 7, 2001
Last login: Sep 19, 2021
Total posts: 621 (4 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

Update: Mitch clarified his comments, and it wasn't meant for the BYU fans.

ocmyhome

9/26/15 2:30pm

Players just need to say. "We need to figure some things out and play better."

cougaman

9/26/15 2:31pm

That mentality, if fostered by the coach, will kill the program from the inside.

Turnpike Lane

9/26/15 2:31pm

wait, what did he say?

OmahaThunderCoug

9/26/15 2:33pm

Updated OP with the comment...

ocmyhome

9/26/15 2:35pm

Former player Terence Brown's comment on MM

concolor couguar

9/26/15 2:34pm

It is not anything new obviously

Turnpike Lane

9/26/15 2:35pm

I think Bronco and in turn many players feel they are entitled to comple loyalty

concolor couguar

9/26/15 2:52pm

And why shouldn't they be? I root for the team and that includes coaches.

rmsenior

9/26/15 3:45pm

entitlement breeds complacency

concolor couguar

9/26/15 3:50pm

Solid handle. They should feel a need to earn loyalty.

Cheesy Gordita

9/26/15 4:03pm

But complete loyalty? No matter what? Even after that showing? And the

OmahaThunderCoug

9/26/15 4:10pm

Nope, those coaches earn that salary because we love them unconditionally.

Cheesy Gordita

9/26/15 4:18pm

Amen!

CougarPilot

9/27/15 12:11am

were there or were there not a fair number of people on the bandwagon?

ByuMba90

9/26/15 2:38pm

kind of a pansy if you ask me. that's what he's worried about? how about his

OmahaThunderCoug

9/26/15 2:39pm

Wow, way to alienate your supporters. Dude, should be worrying about plenty of

NacoCoug

9/26/15 2:40pm

in my experience players need to have a reason to have a chip on their shoulder

capo

9/26/15 2:43pm

Getting whipped 31-0 on national TV isn't reason enough?

Kerbouchard

9/26/15 4:01pm

apparently not, how many fake punts, and hail marys and RUTS attempts do you

capo

9/26/15 9:54pm

RE: in my experience players need to have a reason to have a chip on their

Opietheman

9/26/15 9:46pm

Culture of the program. Wilson and Hoffman were tweeting almost the same thing

Ruby Soho

9/26/15 3:15pm

I guarantee I'll spend more energy supporting this team, than Mitch spent

HeismanTy

9/26/15 4:27pm

meant for op

HeismanTy

9/26/15 4:27pm

He doesn't know the extent of how true a statement

BlueNtheFace

9/26/15 3:24pm

I think this is flawed reasoning in football though

Harrison0Yfan

9/26/15 3:29pm

It's hard not to agree with this statement. Maybe I haven't paid attention, but

ocmyhome

9/26/15 4:06pm

It wasn't the best thing to say, but ...

ezeric31

9/26/15 3:41pm

That is a really stupid comment.

Kerbouchard

9/26/15 4:00pm

Yeah that's a pathetic thing to say

Bgash

9/26/15 4:02pm

It really is. At's e first thing that he worries about after a complete

OmahaThunderCoug

9/26/15 4:07pm

Looks like he adopted Bronco's victim mentality. Poor coach. Poor players.

Bgash

9/26/15 4:08pm

He should tell us that he'll run routes in bounds from now on.

Cougarfan777

9/26/15 4:16pm

The guilty take the truth hard!

TheAirForceCoug

9/26/15 4:44pm

Apparently he was referring to national media attention (not fans). Either way,

Bgash

9/26/15 5:01pm

I appreciate you Mitch but you play like a 5'9" 160 pound guy a lot of the time.

Dillinger

9/26/15 5:17pm

The Utes have one of those guys. Wish we had him.

txcougar

9/26/15 9:01pm

Awesome, glad he didn't mean the fans

Harrison0Yfan

9/26/15 5:52pm

Chances are he meant the fans and is now backpedaling. He has said this before.

Bgash

9/26/15 5:58pm

Hard to say I guess. Either way I hope they realize how damaging the anti-

Harrison0Yfan

9/26/15 6:46pm

What did Matthews say in the first place? I can't find the controversial comment

BamaCoug

9/26/15 5:57pm

Just talked about how band-wagoners will jump ship and how it's just the team

ocmyhome

9/26/15 7:09pm

Got it ... thanks for filling me in.

Posting on CougarBoard