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[QUOTE="FloridaCuse, post: 5410212, member: 8912"]
Question about the team: Does anyone know whether the players on this team are particularly close personally?  While we can fix some responsibility on the coaching staff, there also may be something missing among the players as a group.  As others have said on here, they have talent but they seem to be missing Heart, Head, and Hustle.  Urgency, intention, and confidence also seem to be missing.  Not necessarily something you'd find on a team with a close bond.  It also may be due to coming into this season with such high expectations (having great talent and ranked #2 preseason) that not only did they have thoughts about the final four but also about winning the national championship.  These high expectations may have been dashed by the loss at Maryland and then the debacle at home against Harvard.  While the team has shown great energy, intention, and confidence at times since (especially the first half vs. ND), at other times they seem to be sleepwalking through the game.  Maybe they've lost their spirit along with their preseason great expectations and at times (too many times) are just playing out the season.  A lack of playing with confidence seems to be particularly missing too often on offense.

I may not be articulating this well but I wanted to throw this out here to see if anyone who knows the players and the team has any insights on this.  In Gary's first year as head coach I had been told by a reliable source that some thought he had lost the locker room midway through the season.  Does anyone have any sense that could be happening again?  Thanks very much for any thoughts on this.  Go Orange!
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