Can the FB coaching staff keep everyone motivated to finish strong?

Sorry if this is too "feelingsball" of a post - mods can delete if so.  Despite how much of a gut-punch last week was, there are still more goals that can be achieved here to prove that the program continues to be headed in the right direction.  One of which is this: under Harbaugh, the team has yet to finish a full season (including bowls) with more than 10 wins.  They've come tantalizingly close, but still haven't broken through.  While not being as satisfying as a conference title or CFP berth, it is still an accomplishment.

The question becomes how can the staff keep these guys motivated (or motivate them further)?  Now that sitting out bowl games is "a thing", and with other players thinking about transfers, NFL, etc, how does the staff keep the kids from "checking out"?  We all saw the team loose to a very, very beatable South Carolina team last year - with a 2nd half collapse for added insult.  That loss bothered me much more than most of the others last season, since there was less justification for it (and being the only Big Ten team to lose their bowl game made it all the more insufferable).  Hopefully we don't see it again.