Our football team lacks grit.

[hogfanshan]

grit-
courage and resolve; strength of character.

"he displayed the true grit of the navy pilot"

    synonyms:   courage, bravery, pluck, mettle, backbone, spirit, strength of character, strength of will, moral fiber, steel, nerve, fortitude, toughness, hardiness, resolve, resolution, determination, tenacity, perseverance, endurance; informal: guts, spunk
"just the grit we're looking for in a candidate"

I believe Paul Rhoads may have it. Hopefully it's contagious.

But overall, we've lacked it for a while. From the head coach on down. We're not tough. We don't have the will-power to persevere through games. I see no tenacity. The resolve of our team is questionable at best.

It's what makes good teams, great!, Makes mediocre teams good. Even bad teams become competitive when the have grit.

We don't have it. Not sure what it'll take to get it. But until we do, we will continue to see very average/below average performances by our football team.

[Seebs]

Grit - Otis Kirk. I am glad they lack Otis.

[Calling All Hogs]

The kind of coaching we have rhymes with grit.

[RME]

Vinny Gambini: What's this over here?
Grits Cook: You never heard of grits?
Vinny Gambini: Sure, I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.

[DeltaBoy]

GRIT is some thing you have to learn or be raised with.

[Hogdomer]

grit-
courage and resolve; strength of character.

"he displayed the true grit of the navy pilot"

    synonyms:   courage, bravery, pluck, mettle, backbone, spirit, strength of character, strength of will, moral fiber, steel, nerve, fortitude, toughness, hardiness, resolve, resolution, determination, tenacity, perseverance, endurance; informal: guts, spunk
"just the grit we're looking for in a candidate"

I believe Paul Rhoads may have it. Hopefully it's contagious.

But overall, we've lacked it for a while. From the head coach on down. We're not tough. We don't have the will-power to persevere through games. I see no tenacity. The resolve of our team is questionable at best.

It's what makes good teams, great!, Makes mediocre teams good. Even bad teams become competitive when the have grit.

We don't have it. Not sure what it'll take to get it. But until we do, we will continue to see very average/below average performances by our football team.

I agree and the weird thing is, we did have it in 2014 and even 2015.  We have regressed.

[Danny J]

How much grit would you have when struggling on the field you look over to your HC/Leader and he literally looks clueless.

[Dr. Starcs]

Grit - Otis Kirk. I am glad they lack Otis.

Beat me to it. Lol

[The OTR]

How gritty can you be eating jelly sandwiches like it is kindergarten recess?

[Danimal]

I'm starting to think we have too many "cool uncle's" on staff -- We need a Wilson Mathews or 3.

[Boardon Hamsay]

How gritty can you be eating jelly sandwiches like it is kindergarten recess?

Agreed. Jelly sandwiches are like halftime quaaludes.

[Boardon Hamsay]

GRIT is some thing you have to learn or be raised with.

Disagree. Grit can be obtained via an unmarked, windowless, cargo van, a burlap sack, and maybe a guy named Vinny.

[Seebs]

That entire generation lacks grit. It only gets worse from here folks.

Now get off my lawn.

[farmhawg]

GRIT is some thing you have to learn or be raised with.

One of the things Brett said our team would have? Nothing, nothing he has said has worked so far.

[HardCore]

Teams take on the persona of their leadership.  Not much to go on with dopey, confused stare into space.

[hawgon]

I'm confused.  Is this where I'm supposed to bet on the darned bear?

[bigeasyhog]

Groups more often than not, take on the persona of their leader. So, when you're having those office days on the clock in flip flops and jamming reggae, hey, it's all good. Wonder if Saban has those kinda days at the office? Maybe he has casual Fridays and week offf Wednesdays? I think the SEC network should follow him and do a special.

[mckinneyhog5]

We're two games into the season..a psychological write-up isn't needed.  Good grief people man up because I'll tell you the team will. The only group that has given up are the bitchy fans.

[gawntrail]

We couldn't win a bar fight in the chemistry lab. 

[greasy_corner]

That entire generation lacks grit. It only gets worse from here folks.

Now get off my lawn.

Bullsh!t.  It's our coach (from my generation) that lacks grit.   

[mckinneyhog5]

Teams take on the persona of their leadership.  Not much to go on with dopey, confused stare into space.

I hope they don't take on your persona. You seem to like giving up early into the fight.

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

The kind of coaching we have rhymes with grit.

Legit..?

[DoubleReedHawgCaller]

I don't know, BB looks like a grit eating summabitch.

[PonderinHog]

Legit..?

Monosyllabic word for excrement.

[threeNout]

Legit..?

unfit ?

half lit?

[DoubleReedHawgCaller]

unfit ?

half lit?

nit wit

[bigeasyhog]

We're two games into the season..a psychological write-up isn't needed.  Good grief people man up because I'll tell you the team will. The only group that has given up are the bitchy fans.

Yeah, and if we were playing Louisville tomorrow night, our former coach would hang half a hundred on us. Carry on!

[BoarnSupremacy]

We're two games into the season..a psychological write-up isn't needed.  Good grief people man up because I'll tell you the team will. The only group that has given up are the bitchy fans.

I hope so but hogs have had several games last 2 years where they gave up.  I don't think I have seen that before much.

[mckinneyhog5]

Yeah, and if we were playing Louisville tomorrow night, our former coach would hang half a hundred on us. Carry on!

Doubt it...did you forget Kentucky, Houston and Lsu from last year?

[bigeasyhog]

Doubt it...did you forget Kentucky, Houston and Lsu from last year?

No, and I still haven't forgotten Auburn, and chocking on applesauce against a bad Mizzou and the embarrassment of the department store Bowl, and oh yeah, the road grading we got from LA State at home no less.

[mckinneyhog5]

Yeah that skull drugging LSU put on in the "no one cares about bowl" was embarrassing. I can't believe most of the Louisville fans were wanting t just ship after losing the last three games of the year.

[bigeasyhog]

Yeah that skull drugging LSU put on in the "no one cares about bowl" was embarrassing. I can't believe most of the Louisville fans were wanting t just ship after losing the last three games of the year.

Good point,  but they also tied Clemson with a 7-1 conference record in the Atlantic Division last season, including a dominant win over Florida State, all in their third season in the ACC. We've gone 7-1 once in 25 seasons in our conference. They're also 2-0, and ranked 14th today. I'll watch them play on ABC tomorrow night in prime time. Don't know if they'll win, but they damn sure are in a much better place than we are and are nationally relevant. Something we haven't seriously seen since the same coach left us. I haven't checked their message boards, but I have a sneaking suspicion they got over that bowl loss, and are excited to watch their team tomorrow night, and think they actually have a real shot at beating Clemson, something hog fans haven't felt since said coach got dismissed.

[HognotinMemphis]

The kind of coaching we have rhymes with grit.

lol

[HognotinMemphis]

Agreed. Jelly sandwiches are like halftime quaaludes.

Surely they do not go in at halftime and lay down on nap pads and eat a few vanilla wafers with a glass of hawaiian punch.

[rlamb]

To witness grit, watch Razorback games in the 60's and 70's and you will see GRIT.
We had grit to spare back then. We even ran to the line of scrimmage from the
offensive huddle.

We had assistant coaches on the sidelines that a sleepy grizzly wouldn't want to
meet. Frank was always going crazy, in a good way. We have not had that type of
coaching  since the late 80's, and our record shows it.

[Porkchop#1]

We've got a big ole nice ship, but we don't have a working rudder.  So no sense of direction.

[Porkchop#1]

Surely they do not go in at halftime and lay down on nap pads and eat a few vanilla wafers with a glass of hawaiian punch.

CBB's halftime talk....Boy I am sleepy, you guys sleepy?