[Loyal and True]

I know they have won 2 big games, but this would still be the perfect time to try to snap the team out of a bad pattern that has repeated four times over the last 20 games.

First 20 games 12-8-0

Next 20 games 8-8-4, but also four repetitive cycles of 2-2-1. First lose 2 or 3 (one loser point), then win 2. And more or less repeat.

Next 5 games vs Ana, @ Min, @ TB, @Fla (BTB game), @Car. It's not hard to imagine a loss to Ana followed by a 2-1-1 road trip. The first 2 games (Ana and Min) are the most important by far.

Need to win next game and make the next 5 games go 4-1-0 or 3-1-1 and especially get 3 or 4 points in the next 2 games. But right away you see another sloppy practice as a bad sign and the pattern continuing.

I would throw a stick 12 rows and launch some F-bombs if it got everyone's attention so that they commit themselves to snap out of this pattern and win the next 2 games.