[81alum]

To 81 alum, good points, but I wonder whether it really is a matter of Tara making changes - like with personnel as we have bandied about here - or do the coaches and players need to fortify their attitudes and beliefs from where they started the season and impose their will on our opponents? We are who we are with our known strengths and weaknesses - but the same applies to all our upcoming foes. So perhaps it boils down to who wants it more and who maximizes their strengths?

And of course it is up to Tara to figure that out.  Sometimes you can make too many changes, try to hard, when focusing on a consistent plan or the basics may be what the team needs.  Or not.  And the coach needs to know which.

After all the bloviating that I and other fans have spewed on this board, it is times like this that I am so grateful that Tara has to make the decisions and not me!  She does have a significantly better track record than I have ;P

[81alum]

To 81 alum, good points, but I wonder whether it really is a matter of Tara making changes - like with personnel as we have bandied about here - or do the coaches and players need to fortify their attitudes and beliefs from where they started the season and impose their will on our opponents? We are who we are with our known strengths and weaknesses - but the same applies to all our upcoming foes. So perhaps it boils down to who wants it more and who maximizes their strengths?

And of course it is up to Tara to figure that out.  Sometimes you can make too many changes, try to hard, when focusing on a consistent plan or the basics may be what the team needs.  Or not.  And the coach needs to know which.

After all the bloviating that I and other fans have spewed on this board, it is times like this that I am so grateful that Tara has to make the decisions and not me!  She does have a significantly better track record than I have ;P