It’s one hell of a bummer, finding out that your team isn’t nearly as good as you’d hoped, and might very well be as bad as you’d feared. I think it was former Decatur Staleys coach Abraham Lincoln who once said, “Better to have everyone think your team a fraud than have them lose to the worst team in the conference and remove all doubt.” Smart guy, that Coach Lincoln.
Coming into the season, everyone knew the offense would likely hum along, but the defense would be a work in progress, especially since they lost their best player at each level.