For example .....(Just making this up)

Kirby decided the best approach was walk downd in the hotel, while Freeman decided to get them to a local gym somewhere to run around and work out.

That resulted in the bulldogs being sluggish on game day.

Note....not saying that happened like that...

Rather that the two staffs probably took slightly different approaches to the delay, and those prep differences could impact the game outcome

And yeah... Crowd difference might play an impact or any number of things