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To the editor: For full disclosure, I am a supporter of coach Day. I hope that he stays at OSU for as long as he wishes because he is a very good coach. Nevertheless, in paraphrasing an adage in athletics, it reminds us that if a team beats you once, do not let that loss beat you twice. As such, it encourages losing coaches to take lessons from the loss, get better and move on. This is not what has been happening at Ohio State for the past four years. Coach Day’s obsession with the Michigan game is so over the top (and for so long) that it creates excruciating unsustainable pressure for everyone, including coaches, players and fans. When the game finally gets here, everyone is overly anxious. The coaches get super conservative, players play tight and fans get angry, and this leads to another deflating loss.
An example of this obsession is his reference to (The Game) as a war. Equating an athletic contest to the tragedy where brave men and women lost their lives in service to our country is both absurd and insulting. I am certain he does not mean it that way, but while “The Game” is important, it is not war and he should know better. We probably have the best talent in the nation, and as the big game approaches if I were coach Day I would simply reinforce that with the talent that we have and with how hard we have prepared, if we go out there and give our best effort, we will take the results. I would wager that out of the last four games we would have won at least three of them. We just need to chill a little bit, play loose and let our talent take over. It starts with the coach.
Al Bianco, Etna
To Al: Any coach who compares football to war should be immediately required to sit…
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Publish date : 2024-12-15 10:35:00
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