Therrien knows why this one got away
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While my mission to catch Darrell Scott was fruitless, I did catch St. Bonaventure Coach Todd Therrien at the team’s water cooler after the game. I wasn’t sure if he would be in a talking mood after his team’s 25-9 loss to Crespi, but he was very matter-of-fact in his game assessment.
‘This is the best Crespi defense I’ve ever seen,’ said Therrien, who worked as an assistant at St. Bonaventure for six years before taking over as head coach this season. ‘I’d like to say they’re too hard to overcome, but, obviously, we didn’t play our game.’
Most of that lost potential came on offense. QB Tony Macarena had two passes intercepted and two fumbles.
The most harmful of the turnovers came on the first play from scrimmage when Macarena fumbled the snap in the end zone and Crespi LB Chris Carter dived on it for a TD. His other turnovers didn’t lead to Crespi TDs, but they killed St. Bonny’s chances to dig itself out of a 19-0 hole.
And the Seraphs know how hard it is to come back from a big deficit because Oaks Christian fell into one against them last week.
‘We came out flat and made too many mental mistakes,’ Therrien said. ‘The pressure got to us.’
- Austin Knoblauch
