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| QB Dylan Thompson leads players only meeting. |
South Carolina Gamecock players held a
players-only meeting this week.
Led by senior and team captain
quarterback Dylan Thompson players are taking the season into
their own hands. It may be the best - and most mature - thing they can do at this point.
The Gamecocks' defense has been
miserable, collapsing late in the fourth quarter, to lose two games.
The Gamecocks would have lost a third if not for Georgia's inability
to capitalize.
The theme of the closed-door meeting:
“The season is only half over.” It’s not time to give up just
yet."
For the players to take responsibility
may work. It's obvious the SC defensive coaching staff has no
answers.
Even before this year, there is
evidence that Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Ward was in over his
head. Despite some of the best defensive talent in the land, the
Gamecocks have, prior to 2014, struggled at times to stop offenses
that were stoppable by lesser defenses.
Many Gamecock fans have resigned
themselves to the fact that the 2014 will get no better, and SC may end
up with a losing record.
But if players come to the conclusion
that they are on their own, and not getting much help from the guys
paid to develop them, it could turn an ugly rest of the season into
something of hope.
Regardless of the outcome, it cannot get much worse on defense.
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