Mental Hangover from Not Winning a Playoff Game

[BengalChris]

(10-12-2016, 11:10 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: At what point does it devastate a team mentally for making the playoffs and not winning a playoff game?

Last year, we had the game we should have won as we had the lead late and had to just run out the clock...fumble the ball...then commit TWO personal foul calls to lose the game.

It was an epic collapse. Epic.

At what point does that devastate a team for the upcoming season mentally?

I'm seeing no fire from our guys and our lines get absolutely destroyed. Guys like Zeitler and MJ look below average to bad at times.

I don't think that's the problem with this team.

I attribute Zeitler's problems to the two incompetents playing on either side of him. He's been a solid guard up to this year.

As for MJ, who knows. I think he's nearing the end.

A better question might be, "If we had a good OL how much better would this team be playing?"