Sentences with phrase «first losing season»

When he finds himself on the brink of his first losing season, Bell decides he must make a risky move to protect his job: under - the - table dollars for talent.
Fisher's trying to avoid his first losing season in Tallahassee, where he's won 83 games — including a national championship — over the past eight years.
When O'Neal is double - teamed, the best passing center in the league will create open shots for the Heat's remaining complement of veterans, who are more than good enough to help O'Neal avoid the first losing season of his 15 - year career.
This game does also mean something to the Florida State program, as the Seminoles are looking to avoid their first losing season since 1976.
While 2017 marked just his first losing season in Indianapolis, the Colts» sloppy play and inability to compete in the AFC South without their star quarterback ultimately spelled his doom as the team's head coach.
They are on their way to their first losing season since 1976, Bobby Bowden's first year.

Not exact matches

Not mentioned in the MLB.com article is yet another potential example: The New York Mets, who were patient with general manager Sandy Alderson, despite four losing seasons in his first four years.
The logic: It's been a streaky season for the Blue Devils this year, winning their first four games, then losing six in a row before winning their final two to become bowl eligible in the final week of the season.
The 2008 Lions lost to the Green Bay Packers 31 - 21 on Sunday, making them the first team to go winless through a 16 - game season.
And from what i hear, Chelsea are gonna guarantee him first team football for some games so i wouldn't really blame him for considering, The fault i with Arsenal, we shouldn't have let all these players contracts run down coz now the Club is in an impossible position of either selling the players now or risk losing them for free next season and possibly to rival clubs.
«We lost the first game of the season and we came back with a good run and a lot of wins.
And if we want any chance of losing in the first or second round of Champions League next season LOL, then we need to beat City
Conte would have enjoyed his first taste of FA Cup football as he hopes to deliver silverware to the Chelsea faithful in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge, and the Terry sending off aside, it was a perfect response having lost to Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the week.
Having lost our first two Group matches, Wenger is well aware that only a win will be good enough to give the Gunners a chance of making the knockout stages this season.
Last season our first major problem is we do not score enough goal, when we lost Walcott we have no pace in attack.
The season will not as some seem to think be won or lost in the first 3 weeks of the season.
And last but not least, Spurs, who'd only lost the first game of the season, got beaten by Newcastle at home.
West Ham have lost their first choice left back Aaron Cresswell due to injury and it's been reported the Englishman will be out for the first four months of the Premier League season.
IT was just the second time they've been shut out this season, and they've now lost back - to - back games for the first time since November 30 — December 1.
Nothing will change expect rubbish summer transfer window, lose the first game of the season, poor november and injuries.
We lost our first game at the start of the season, at home, and against a team like West Ham.
It was the first time this season the Lightning had lost by at least four goals.
I say this every season, even before the Dinamo match, that whenever Wenger rests players for a game, it is either in that particular game or the next one where first team players come back that we drop points ie lose or draw.
Last season Seattle became the first team in league history to win its division with a losing record, as the Seahawks beat the Rams in the season finale to rise to 7 — 9.
White was less than impressed by Hoyt's prediction, and told him if Duke lost to Mercer, he would give him first - row season tickets at the 50 - yard line.
The duo enjoyed a great end to the season in the new formation, and could finally be set to play a hugely important role in our first - team, and it would be disastrous to lose them just as they are finally excelling and meeting their true potential.
Welbeck out for 5 months the season was over when we lost the first home Game.
The Texans look bad, now because they lost a surging Watson as well as their defensive stars, but when we played them the first time they had all those pieces (while the Jags did not have to face Watson this season).
He had four fumbles in 2016, one of which he lost; three fumbles in the regular season this year, of which two were lost; oh, and another fumble in the Divisional round of the playoffs on the first drive of the game against the Falcons.
After losing three of its first four games for the first time since 1976, Miami won its final seven games, including a 35 - 24 defeat of a very good Syracuse team in its season finale.
If we don't sign any, have a poor season and lose Ozil / Alexis / Bellerin, then there is only one man to blame and his first name isn't Stan
The former Orange O - lineman took over a program that lost 43 games in five years and in just his second season led it to its first bowl since» 04.
At Preston [his former club] we lost our first six and were around the play - offs at the end of the season.
It could be forgiven if it was the first time it was happening, but I have lost count of how many times this has happened and I can bet all my money on the same happening next season.
The German is not the first player that we have lost thanks to playing against the Canaries this season however, having lost three players following our encounter with Norwich City in November.
Manure lost the first match to everton in 2012/13 season but later won the league.
«That means in the first eight games we lost our championship and that's what we have to address next season and start strong.
Apollon were knocked out of this season's Champions League in the qualifying rounds, losing 3 - 1 to Zenit on aggregate, after winning the first leg 1 - 0.
Now don't blame him for we losing the title, we lost it cus of our poor defending during the first half of the season.
The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals, 8 - 4, on Wednesday and fell to 39 - 39 on the season, after winning 200 games over the last two seasons, including the club's first World Series championship in 108 years last fall.
The Lakers were able to win their first round playoff matchup with the Nuggets last season, but looked overmatched as they lost in five games to the aforementioned Thunder.
In Game 2, it was much of the same and for the first time all season # 1 Team Dorfman fell in two - straight, losing 2 - 0..
Considering the number of blues players that were lost at the end of last year, the women's blues have had a brilliant first half of the season and are well of track of achieving their aims for the year.
These Guys lost their first game of the season last week, a heartbreaker to Defending Champs Team Lalez, and of course it stung.
They lost their first Game of the Season to KSig SO on Thursday Night but bounced back just 5 days later to take down Team AEPi 1 in what was clearly a Rivalry Game.
After winning their first game of the season in Week 1, Team Mones has yet to find the win column again, losing three in a row.
Last week, Team Maione actually jumped Team Lalez in the Power Rankings as Team Lalez lost for the first time this season to Team Horwitz... However, this week cemented the switch in a much sweeter fashion.
Lost a tough one with Team Shamberg to close 2014 and in many ways it summed up what they'd describe as a disappointing first half of the season..
His play dipped in the second half of the season as Oklahoma closed the year losing eight of 10, but this is still the first player to lead DI in points and assists per game since the 1950s.
Team Maione would have to wait an hour to play in their first ELIMINATION GAME of the season which certainly is coming at an in - opportune time since they are currently under their first losing slide of the season..
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