Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo owns up to his responsibility for last season’s disappointing 3-10 record. The Midshipmen simply did not perform to typical expectations in 2018 and ultimately the blame falls on the coaching staff.
“It all starts with me. I’ve got to coach better and I’ve got to find a way to get our team to play better,” Niumatalolo said prior to the start of spring football practice.
“I think some of the things I’ve cried wolf about before have kind of fallen on deaf ears. It’s not falling on deaf ears anymore,”’
“I think everybody recognizes that coaching, playing and recruiting have got to be better, but support from the athletic director and administration – the superintendent and commandant – is also needed in order to compete at this level.”
“Now, the powers that be might not want to hear that, but this year I’m not holding anything back. There are things we need.”
“Not everybody can get what football gets. That’s just the truth. I don’t want to hear that so and so is not getting Muscle Milk. My response is that so and so is not playing Notre Dame,” ……… “We can’t worry about distributing things evenly. Those are the kinds of battles that I’ve been fighting behind the scenes for 12 years that nobody knows about. I think we’ve been winning for so long there has been this feeling that football will be okay.”
“If we’re not willing to make those sacrifices, if people are too concerned or don’t want to do that, then I’m cool with that and let’s just go into the Patriot League,” ……….. “Army wasn’t concerned. They were tired of losing and did everything it took to turn things around. That’s kind of where we’re at now.”
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