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Greenville Griffins 17- Cape Fear 33

Tough loss this weekend. It's a game that was definitely there for us to win but we just did not seize the chance. Our poor tackling made them look like superstars and gifted them some easy tries. We started very slow and let them in for 2 easy scores hat put us 0-12 in the hole before we woke up. That gave Cape Fear life and was exactly the start they needed after traveling 5 hours. We have not had the ideal start to the season with practices due to the weather and the cancellations. So that has hampered our ability to run as a team and work our game plan. But there are two things we all need to work on outside of practice that can't be coached: Fitness and Releasing your Inner Mongrel out on the field.

Fitness: We are definitely not fit enough. Everyone needs to be out running between practices. Gym work is only so good. There is no substitute for hitting the roads. We all need to be fitter.

Inner Mongrel: This is about playing with fire. That when you have the ball no one is going to stop you. When the opposition has the ball you are going to do everything to get that ball back. When you make a tackle the other player is going to feel it. You have to play this game with targeted aggression. It's about switching on and wanting the ball more than the opposition does.

We have Charlotte 'B' at home this weekend. We need two bloody good practices this week. We did some stuff good on Saturday which we will continue to work on and we did some stuff not so good that we need to correct. Time to kick it up a gear as we get ready for Charlotte this weekend.

Posted by Webmaster February 8^th, 2010

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