I gotta say, I was pretty dismal earlier in the season. It felt like a lot of the same stuff that plagued us last season had set up a home. And then slowly but surely the team got a little bit sharper, a bit more cutthroat on offense. The running game rose from the ashes and started laying down chunks, RW and the receivers started pulling out the tentative stops and just started doing the damn thing, even on 4th and 3!
I will admit that I didn't think keeping pace with good teams meant all that much earlier - like it was heartening that we could hang with anyone but kinda crushing to lose coin flips in game terms back to back to back. But what I should have taken from that is not disappointment that we were just below a boil, but excitement that the water was on at all. Slowly but surely the Hawks have emerged as a dangerous team that is playing with a new found confidence.
So I am super stoked for tonight! We got some help around the league yesterday and we can really get rooted into the playoff picture with a win tonight. Credit to team and Pete for finding their groove and putting that fire back in my belly.
Hope I can hear everyone going to the game from my apartment tonight - GO HAWKS!
I will admit that I didn't think keeping pace with good teams meant all that much earlier - like it was heartening that we could hang with anyone but kinda crushing to lose coin flips in game terms back to back to back. But what I should have taken from that is not disappointment that we were just below a boil, but excitement that the water was on at all. Slowly but surely the Hawks have emerged as a dangerous team that is playing with a new found confidence.
So I am super stoked for tonight! We got some help around the league yesterday and we can really get rooted into the playoff picture with a win tonight. Credit to team and Pete for finding their groove and putting that fire back in my belly.
Hope I can hear everyone going to the game from my apartment tonight - GO HAWKS!