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Originally Posted by dammage79
I like this new suck in the 1st and turn it on for the rest of the game direction they're heading in. True grit and determination not to let a bad period get to them and earn the W has paid off in spades so far in the early part of the season. Once they Iron out those pesky first periods, this team won't be one to trifle with.
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Based on what Hartley said it seems that teams come at us with pressure in the first. The reason is probably because they think their experience can beat our energy when they are the most fresh, as Hartley said the plan is to weather the storm and survive the pressure with a minimal deficit.
I read and hear people talking about full 60 minute games but it's impossible to play with 100% intensity the entire game as it would lead to exhaustion halfway through the game. Today was one of the most well coached games we've had in a long time.
Also it was important that Hiller kept us in it in the first, had we been down 3-0 in the first we may have not come back to win. Seems like once Hartley saw the Jets pressing hard in the first he adopted a kind of rope-a-dope style where we wait until the momentum naturally shifts and in that moment the team started to apply pressure and the game completely changed.