How's everybody staying encouraged? Mike Leach shares the mood of the Mississippi State locker room
Even though Mississippi State has dropped to 1-4 with four straight losses, there is some reason for optimism in Starkville, according to coach Mike Leach.
“Honestly, it’s committed to improve,” Leach said about the mood in the locker room. “Not happy with the results. I think Kobe Jones does a really great job as far as keeping the energy and spirit of our locker room at a high level, and to be honest with you, I think we’d improve even quicker if we had more Kobe Joneses. The guys that echo the message and lead by example type of thing.”
Leach also explained what keeps him encouraged about the outlook of the season.
“I like the enthusiasm that our team has,” Leach said. “Also, just to get as good as you possibly can one week to the next and some of these guys are young enough that I’m really excited to go through the offseason, spring and see what develops there as well.”
Leach said the transition for a first-year coach and staff has had a lot of stops and starts, but he’s glad to be able to play this season.
The Bulldogs look to get back on track this week when they play Vanderbilt in Starkville.
Vandy’s coming to town=Mississippi State notches a 2nd win for 2020.
I hope so. It’s certainly not a given.
That’s all we need right now. Just keep eyes forward and focus on improving. It’ll get there.
I saw where Nathan Pickering said that Leach holds them to a higher standard and that’s what the team needs…good to see some positivity coming from the players.
That’s refreshing after the last two years.
Leach really likes to throw subtle shade at his team. First he says a lot of his players could learn from Smith on how to work hard every down. Now if he had more players like Jones they would be better. Subtle way to say his team doesn’t work hard.
In the FWIW category, I often think of of when Bear Bryant had his first training camp at Texas A&M (before my time, but I think that I’m right) when I think of our current situation. The comparison is replacing a more lax attitude with much more discipline. Guess that big of a culture shift makes some waves.
extra base just so you know, darthA is just a piece of $h!+ troll who goes on to various team sites just to offer troll type contents. He’s a loser, basically. I think he sleeps in his mother’s basement, or maybe with her.