Your tired boring response sounds like an opinion of someone that has put in absolutely zero effort into researching the current staff and previous staff. Herein you have a former player that was with Larry K. and Tommy C. for many years pre and post mission – interviewing a current player that was with both staffs and they are strongly comparing the positive and negative energies experienced with both staffs. Furthermore, if you have even read one or two articles from former players of Smith you would definitely see a trend of continued optimism and high energy despite the year – ALWAYS. Compare that with Both Gach and other players leaving the program because they hate the negative energy and you can start to understand the same but opposite trend that existed in the previous staff.
Now, Smith winning or losing may have zero correlation with this higher positivity and high energy. He might have high energy and positive attitude and come in and get his ass kicked in the PAC 12. Could be. But that was not the topic of the original post. I prefer players wanting to come to practice and wanting to work hard instead of feeling like they are laboring under a tyrant. I have a friend that loathed played for Tommy C. at Westminster, thought of him as the devil, and he was a starter and high point earner.
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