You can't un-ring the bell.
"Sorry 'bout that," as Bart Simpson would say, but the sting of finger-pointing and internal blaming lingers.
Ayuk wants out according to social media posted by people close to him. He'll change his mind later, but meanwhile, coach and teammates, you've got a disgruntled player on your hands. The fans are in lynch mob mode, going after Shanny.
Coming
soo close, giving it your all and playing into overtime, scoring on your opening OT possesion and then
losing, after all that, must hurt soo bad.Purdy, OTOH, handled himself well after the loss, shouldered his end of the responsibility, and retained his dignity. Some of the others are revealing that they didn't have much to begin with, and this admittedly tough loss brought that out.
It may take them a long time to recover.