Notes from Voluntary Practice

[samhain]

I was really hoping for a slobberknocker of an opener.  Detroit, Buffalo, Denver, hell even Green Bay.  Would have loved to seen a team that they had to get amped up for in week 1.

I'm not as sideways about slow starts.  It's just the duration of them.  It seemed like more of a slow entire first half last season.  Even when the offense got going, the defense just never had the horses to hold the line.  

I have several issues with Zac as HC, but I kind of understand the emphasis on rounding a team into shape for the most important stretch of the season.  The years that they were good, they were doing damn near everything right by early November.  They looked like a championship team in 22 before the OL injuries.  

To me, it's less about the start and more about the defense and personnel, and that's going to take awhile to determine.  

I'm fine with losing a game or 2 in September.  I'm not fine with losing games where were score 35-40.