Overheard in the Coastal Division

Posted Sep 9, 2009
"You’ve just got to be positive and tell them to focus on the little things," coach Butch Davis said of the receivers dropping balls at practice. "It’s like somebody that’s missing three-foot putts – you don’t just want to stand there and say, ‘Well, make it’ and just starting screaming at the guy. You want to talk about guys getting the yips. It’s, ‘Hey, you want to focus on the X of the ball.'" (ESPN.com)

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