Unfortunately, that kind of success can also have its downside. The two losses gave SMU five losses on the season, one short of their total for all of last year's 44-game regular season. Yet, rather than breaking his hand in a frenzy to press that panic button, Tschida is as calm, cool and collected as ever. The Cardinals have no reason to panic. Every year you start out with a new team and your goal is to make that team the best it can be by the end of the year.
Losses are a part of the game.
It's how you handle those losses that determines whether you will be successful or not. The important thing is that you learn from those games and you get better because of them. It wasn't that we played poorly, we were beaten by a team that played better. The Cardinals were definitely the better team in Game 2, scoring in every inning en route to the five-inning rout. We want teams to come at us with their best.