02-08-2019, 01:06 PM
(02-08-2019, 11:56 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Ehh, we will see what is accountability and what isn't. I'm no Marvin fan, but we had a tendency to complain that he didn't hold players accountable, and then we were also mad that he didn't just put Ross and Auden Tate on the field like we wanted him too.
So time will tell if we like ZT's version of accountability or not. It'll just be interesting to see what people say and think around here if a genius like ZT doesn't make the personnel decisions we know are the right ones.
I'm not necessarily referring to him holding his players accountable, but more we as fans holding them equally accountable instead of dumping it all on the new coach just because he's young.
I'm thinking along the lines of people saying "it's the coach's fault for not getting players to buy in" vs my stance that "the players should be buying in to whatever the coach is selling regardless".
Or, to put it another way, I feel like a guy like Vontaze Burfict is just as responsible for falling in line than the coach is for *getting* him to fall in line. I don't feel like it's solely on the coach to "sell" what he wants to do - the players, as professionals, should be buying in from the beginning.
...but the storyline seems to be "can a young coaching staff get veteran players to follow". They'd better!
