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...feel more responsible for everything that’s going on with the team,” Balestracci says. “Whether it’s playing well or playing poorly or just like the day-to-day things. Good practices, bad practices, things like that...
Keeping the team together and as strong as possible under the circumstances isn’t always easy. With two-deep players rotating in and out, the confidence level overall began to wane, but Balestracci has prevented the squad from losing heart...
...Basically at team meetings I’m saying, ‘It doesn’t matter who we have in there,’” Balestracci says. “Our backups are good. Our backups at other places would be starting. We have that much talent on our team. Talking to the guys, talking with guys like [QB] Garrett [Schires ‘05], talking with guys that are stepping up and filling in for all the injuries we’ve had this year and saying, ‘You?...
...when they didn’t, when Dartmouth rolled into Harvard Stadium and upset the then-undefeated Crimson on its own turf, Balestracci was there to right the course...
...basically said, ‘Defensively we’re not getting it done. We didn’t get it done against Lafayette, Princeton or Dartmouth,’” Balestracci says. “I really tried to get into people’s heads that we needed to have better practices, have more focus during practice, make more plays during practice...