Burfict Again

[Bilbo Saggins]

(10-18-2016, 12:34 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I'm going to have to argue that this type of behavior reflects as much, if not more so, on the coach as much as it does the player.

This type of continuing play tells me a couple of things:  

1.) Marvin, for whatever reason, has been unable to teach him or get him to do otherwise.  And that's kind of part of the gig.  It's not the only part, and it may not even be the biggest part of the job.  But part of being a coach in this league is getting your players to respond to what you're saying and teaching.  Part of the job is having your players listen to you and execute your commands.  

Agree.  When I read that article about how Marvin was supposedly helping him to mature by doing stuff like babysitting him after plays where he gets into a staredown with a linemen it really struck me as odd.  The guy doesn't need a babysitter.  He needs to understand that he has two options:
1. Control himself
2. Getting cut/suspended indefinitely
He shouldn't need a babysitter is my point, just someone to remind him of what his options are.

I don't really know what to make of this supposed "stomping" tape...you can't really see his feet at that angle.  During the game I didn't see any instance of Burfict blatantly crossing the line. The thing that irritated me was that Adam Jones definitely did when he AGAIN escalated a scrum by jumping into the thick of it to shove someone.  Jones knows that Marvin would never bench him or suspend him for detrimental conduct, so he goes and makes the exact same mistake as before.   It was kind of embarrassing to watch, really.