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Player Diary Week 5 Tom Cumberbatch joins the Gaiters this season after a stellar High School career at Colonel By High School in Ottawa. Cumberbatch was an AIA All-Star, a two year coach’s choice award winner and a school team spirit award winner. The bruising fullback is one of a talented freshmen class and will be a name to remember in the coming years. Tom Cumberbatch Player Diary
Going into game five against the University of Montreal we were
confident. The atmosphere in the locker room was positive and the
practice fields resonated with positivity and assurance. We scouted
Uof M hard and appropriately, but we could not execute against them.
The biggest question for the players and coaches in the post - game
analysis was why did they beat us? We, the Bishops Gaiters have the
tools needed to have beaten U de M. Our players matched up
appropriately and our scheme had the potential to succeed against
theirs. The onus is now on the players ALONE!
As a team we concluded that our inability to pay attention to the
little details and the basic elements in our scheme was the
determining factor in our loss on Saturday afternoon. Coach Legault
often stresses the importance of understanding elementary details and
executing them regardless of the situation, but it never hit me like
it did on Saturday afternoon.
As members of an extremely competitive conference we as a team have to
concentrate on winning our next three games. Our practices have to
remain at a level of high intensity and we should treat every team
like they were the best in the country. We have to be ruthless on the
field (within the parameters of the game) and play with our hearts. We
now have nothing to lose and everything to gain, therefore we have to
allow pride and determination to propel us into the playoffs.
If we, the Bishop's Gaiters place the thought of winning at the
highest regard, and allow a sense of urgency to influence our
attitudes on and off the field, we WILL find ourselves in the playoffs
and we WILL find a way to win.
Lets Go Boyz! 123
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