The Dores are done
It’s unbelievable to be writing this after the first few weeks of the season, but I think the Dores are done. Vanderbilt showed very little life this afternoon in a terrible and embarrassing 10-7 loss to Duke, one that may very well extend the Commodores’ postseason drought yet another year. Coach Bobby Johnson said what he’s supposed to say following Vanderbilt’s third consecutive defeat:
I told them we have four more games to play, four more important games. We have to stop talking about doing things and start doing things. Keep our heads up and try to keep chugging away, but we are far from finished … 5-3 is not bad, but you’re as good as your last game. We have 4 more on the schedule as far as I know and we will be there to play every one of them.
If it were still August, I’d agree with Johnson that 5-3 would be not only “not bad,” but spectacular. Since the three losses followed five straight wins, though, 2008 is beginning to look a lot like 2005, the last time the Dores flirted with a breakout season. I hope I’m wrong, but after today, I’m pretty sure the flirting is over.
