Most of this is just stubbornness. He wants to win his way so bad, it's turned into him vs everyone else and he wants to be right....he wants to be right rather than do what needs to be done to win.
I think he started reading his own press articles. It's not good, everyone can see it but him. I feel bad for him honestly, he's being blinded by something.
He SO badly wants to be as conservative or more conservative than his hero Kirk Ferentz. It makes me sick to my stomach how stubborn and conservative he is. Don't go out there and try to win the game... just try not to F up. Such a loser mentality. All our guys play scared too death of messing up... and that causes them to mess up.