What do you attribute the team’s fast start (slide) to?

I think both the fast start and the struggles our team has had of late can be attributed to the amount of mistakes we have made.  I am just a rookie, but from what I’ve been a part of so far and from what I’ve seen on film, the talent level of basically every af2 team appears fairly similar.  What makes the difference between winning and losing in this league is whichever team makes the fewest mistakes and does the least to beat itself.