Sentences with phrase «rebuilding team expected»
Every spring, a rebuilding team expected to go through the motions gets off to a great start fueled by surprising performances and a little bit of luck.
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And out of all the Power 5 opponents they've hosted over the years, no one would have expected a rebuilding Virginia team to be the one to deliver a nationally televised embarrassment.
But expect them to do a rebuild - lite, trading veterans when they can, giving time to younger players, but still signing short - term stop gaps to field something resembling a Major League team.
If you were expecting a rookie driver with a moderate - sized team in the midst of rebuilding to instantly be a world beater, then your expectations were out of whack.
With Arsene rebuilding season after season you would not have realistically expected him to achieve much yet he took Arsenal to the CL final, two League Cup finals, and led the team to title shouts in 2007/08, 2009/10, and 2010/11.
The Yankees have nothing to be ashamed of: they were expected to show positive signs in a rebuild, and instead, they pushed a 100 - win team to the brink in the ALCS.
After losing All - Big East quarterback Donovan McNabb and nine other starters from last year's 8 - 4 team, Syracuse expected to rebuild this year, but six weeks into the season the resilient Orangemen were 5 - 1 and ranked No. 16.