10-18-2016, 12:34 AM
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.
I find it hard to believe, in fact impossible to believe, that Marvin hasn't talked to him for years about cleaning up his play. It has to have been conversation they've had multiple times. It clearly isn't getting through.
2.) Marvin doesn't have the balls, or he doesn't care enough, to actually do anything about it. He's either indifferent to it (translation = he is a piece of shit coach) or he chooses not to do anything about it.
Benching him surely has been option. And perhaps and had he done this sooner it would have been more effective. Not only does it serve as a teachable moment for young player, but it serves an opportunity to set an example.
Make no mistake, every single coach creates a culture within their organization. Everything they do, or don't do, affects the culture they have. Perhaps benching Burfict would have been beneficial to the team as it was to the player. I think accountability, or lacktheof, is something that truly plagues this top. From the top on down. It permeates through the entire organization.
Maybe Burfict doesn't care about the fines. Maybe he's too stupid to rationalize the pro's and cons, when he's in the heat of the moment. But I do get the impression he loves the game. Maybe, just maybe, Marvin, his head coach, who has direct control over his future, could get him to change his play by taking the game away from him? Bench him. Threaten to bench him. Publicly admonish him. Do something. Do anything.
Yet he does nothing. I have never heard him rip the behavior. I've never heard him take direct responsibility, for him or the player, for poor sportsmanship. Never. If his required to comment on it, only when it's a direct question, who usually skirts the question. He'll gig a little bit, or he'll pretend that the question isn't worth the time. He'll also put it more back on the league. It's "I've told him the league" ... "The league has new rules and..." Never that it was just a bs play or that his player was wrong. Never that.
It's the same as the "a lot of teams would just be happy to make the playoffs". "Whatever. Your question has no merit. I don't care, good is good enough. Burfict will continue to play and if you don't like it's just because it's a league and rules issue.
No wonder why a lot of guys were laughing after the game. No wonder you wouldn't see that from other teams. Our coach and his staff have created a culture of lower standards. And their owner hammers that home by keeping said coach in place.
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.
I find it hard to believe, in fact impossible to believe, that Marvin hasn't talked to him for years about cleaning up his play. It has to have been conversation they've had multiple times. It clearly isn't getting through.
2.) Marvin doesn't have the balls, or he doesn't care enough, to actually do anything about it. He's either indifferent to it (translation = he is a piece of shit coach) or he chooses not to do anything about it.
Benching him surely has been option. And perhaps and had he done this sooner it would have been more effective. Not only does it serve as a teachable moment for young player, but it serves an opportunity to set an example.
Make no mistake, every single coach creates a culture within their organization. Everything they do, or don't do, affects the culture they have. Perhaps benching Burfict would have been beneficial to the team as it was to the player. I think accountability, or lacktheof, is something that truly plagues this top. From the top on down. It permeates through the entire organization.
Maybe Burfict doesn't care about the fines. Maybe he's too stupid to rationalize the pro's and cons, when he's in the heat of the moment. But I do get the impression he loves the game. Maybe, just maybe, Marvin, his head coach, who has direct control over his future, could get him to change his play by taking the game away from him? Bench him. Threaten to bench him. Publicly admonish him. Do something. Do anything.
Yet he does nothing. I have never heard him rip the behavior. I've never heard him take direct responsibility, for him or the player, for poor sportsmanship. Never. If his required to comment on it, only when it's a direct question, who usually skirts the question. He'll gig a little bit, or he'll pretend that the question isn't worth the time. He'll also put it more back on the league. It's "I've told him the league" ... "The league has new rules and..." Never that it was just a bs play or that his player was wrong. Never that.
It's the same as the "a lot of teams would just be happy to make the playoffs". "Whatever. Your question has no merit. I don't care, good is good enough. Burfict will continue to play and if you don't like it's just because it's a league and rules issue.
No wonder why a lot of guys were laughing after the game. No wonder you wouldn't see that from other teams. Our coach and his staff have created a culture of lower standards. And their owner hammers that home by keeping said coach in place.
