There are only so many times a football coach can open a press conference following a blowout loss with some version of: “We ran into an excellent (blank) team. We ran into some adversity and didn’t handle it well.”
Only so many times a football coach can address his team after it gets trounced by five touchdowns and make them trust and believe things will improve.
Only so many times a football coach can have the same conversation with his athletic director who needs a winning program to sell tickets and spearhead the brand.
Tim DeRuyter doesn’t have many times left.