Is it ok for the rest of us to blast Edwards, the rest of his staff and Peterson yet????? After the display put on yesterday, I hope you are with us now!!
Is it ok for the rest of us to blast Edwards, the rest of his staff and Peterson yet????? After the display put on yesterday, I hope you are with us now!!
There were a couple of occasions when Law's man was either wide open or he would just run right by someone without tackling them.
Kolby Smith couldn't seem to catch.
We had false start penalties.
There are lots of things that are on the players. I do agree that bad decision making and play calling plays a huge part. I just don't think that players should be exempt. After all, there are fewer coaches than players, and you can always find more good players each year. :p
Everything happens for a reason.
Just like the ole cliche goes, at the end of the day, the players have to make plays. Most all teams have the same playbooks with a tweek here or there but the coaches can only do so much. Now, our coaches seem to be on another planet sometimes but I would still think our players could get through a game without false starts, delay of game penalties ect....
I agree for the most part. Why should players be above contructive criticism? They are superior athletes, nobody questions that. That is why they are being paid the way they are. But it is our right as fans, the people who pay their paychecks, to question their decision making process among other things. For example, Bernard Pollard's stupid penalty yesterday.
I call em as I see em. Kolby deserves a pat on the back. He stepped in and did a good job in his first game at RB. He dropped passes, but so does LJ and Priest.
There are other players that need to decide if they want to continue to be a part of this organization IMO.
All of those mistakes are mental. That is what happens when coaches don't prepare their players mentally.
What the hell kind of comment was that by Herm saying he didn't want to kick the field goal because he "didn't want to put that kind of pressure" on the kicker??
Kickers are a different story. Bash them all you want. They have one job to do, and it doesn't change at any level.
Rayner is killing us almost as bad as Herm at this point.
Sure wish we would have picked the guy from Green Bay, since we had the chance to do it before Medlock in the draft.
Yet another crappy decision by the administration!
If you ask me, that is a cop out! If a PRO athlete is counting on the coach for motivation and preparedness, he needs to check himself!!! These guys are paid millions and all they talk about is winning the whole shabang!!! If you can't find it in yourself to get prepared on your own and motivate yourself, you should be on the bench or selling insurance!!! How much motivation and preparedness do you think the Indy or New England coaching staffs have to do?
I agree partially. Athletes are paid extraordinary amounts of money to be extraordinary, not average.
It is the coach's job to have his team prepared, it is a player's job to execute the game plan. The mental mistakes being made by some players are ridiculous as are some of the mistakes being made by the coaching staff.
They don't have to do it. They do it because they like winning games, and not having all of those mistakes.
Fundamentals need to be practiced EVERY SINGLE DAY of practice!!!
I think we went over this some time back, and I stand by my opinion. Fundamentals are just that: Fundamental!!!!
Mental mistakes aren't fundamental. Their stupid! The coach can't prepare you to not jump before the balls is snapped, The coach can't motivate you to not grab a guys facemask ect....
My point about those other teams was that the players are committed to being prepared and motivated every single game on their own!!! The coaches don't need to babysit these guys! They are grown men that have been playing this sport they love so much and are handsomly paid to do for 20 years!!!! Do you need your boss to prepare you to do your job to the best of your ability every single day? I hope not and doubt it.
A coach is supposed to be more than just a boss. They are more of a parent in my opinion.
And I do drill the fundamentals to my son every time I see him.
When he screws up, I sit him down and explain to him why what he did was bad. I then punish him in a way that will ensure he doesn't forget why he is being punished.
A coach has the same ability with their players.
Those guys that are making those mistakes need to run drill, after drill, after drill if that is what it takes.
These guys are earning millions, and it isn't because they are the brightest among us, just the most athletically gifted.
Do you not get that, or what???
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