12-10-2016, 05:15 AM
If true, this excerpt from the article suggests all is not well within the locker room:
"He mentioned a mid-season speech to the defense, after a loss to the New York Giants. He talked about the need for selflessness and self motivation. He told the players that day, “I coached what some said was the best defense in the history of the NFL,” the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. “They were together, they were not selfish. They played and practiced their butts off. That’s how you guys used to be. You lost that."
Now, how much of that was just 'motivational' and how much of it was rooting out an actual problem is fuel for the imagination. I say it helps explain what we've been seeing on the field. Uninspired football at best, for most of the season, with the Eagles game showing they got the message. Probably too little - too late. Looks like a lack of focus here on the coaches, for failing to see this kind of problem earlier in the season.
"He mentioned a mid-season speech to the defense, after a loss to the New York Giants. He talked about the need for selflessness and self motivation. He told the players that day, “I coached what some said was the best defense in the history of the NFL,” the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. “They were together, they were not selfish. They played and practiced their butts off. That’s how you guys used to be. You lost that."
Now, how much of that was just 'motivational' and how much of it was rooting out an actual problem is fuel for the imagination. I say it helps explain what we've been seeing on the field. Uninspired football at best, for most of the season, with the Eagles game showing they got the message. Probably too little - too late. Looks like a lack of focus here on the coaches, for failing to see this kind of problem earlier in the season.
Some say you can place your ear next to his, and hear the ocean ....
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