Washington State: TUESDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: Props to WSU QB Caden Pinnick for o…
Washington State"So my frustrations for the past two weeks crept up on me, got the best of me, and yeah, it's a growing process for me as well. "You just come to your senses 24 hours after an incident, you realize like, 'Yeah, I was wrong.
I need to be a better image for my team and my guys,'" Pinnick said, "And acknowledging like, 'Hey, yeah, we lost, but what's gonna change?' Props to Pinnick for owning both his in-game and postgame mistakes.
In this new semi-pro era of college football, the university and fanbase are giving him a significant amount of money to be the Cougars ' quarterback. In that literal sense, he owes WSU something better, on the field certainly, but especially in a public-facing setting like a postgame news conference.
That doesn't mean that Pinnick should be happy after tough losses. "You're not always gonna be smiles and laughing after a hard loss, but it's just the way you try to respond from it and grow from it," Pinnick said.
KEY POINTS
- TUESDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: Props to WSU QB Caden Pinnick for owning his mistakes; He shouldn't be the only one.
- Sep. 15—COMMENTARY Forty-eight hours removed from a 104-second postgame news conference in which he was short on words and visibly frustrated, Washington State quarterback Caden Pinnick returned to the podium with an opening statement to make.
- "As the quarterback of this team and university, it is my job to give this team and institution some pride and belief," Pinnick said.
- Next question," and his other terse answers following WSU's 34-7 loss at Kansas State on Saturday in which the Cougs failed to score any offensive points.