05-25-2021, 03:36 PM
(05-25-2021, 12:11 PM)PDub80 Wrote: - Discussing PA and the Cowboys players not liking his ideas on how to play OL
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/blue-star/jjt-cowboys-fire-offensive-live-coach-paul-alexander/263322/
A quote from the article
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]La'El Collins, who has committed a team-high seven penalties, has been among the most disappointing players on the offensive line. The Cowboys say he's struggled most with Alexander's style because he's an aggressive player by nature.[/color]
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]If you think the Cowboys O linemen were just sitting quietly about this and not talking to people in the organization that they didn't like what Alexander was teaching, I don't know what else to tell you. Quotes like this are in several different articles and easy to piece together.... and I haven't even begun to get into audio clips and media coverage from interviews.[/color]
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)]Couple that with Alexander's own interview quotes as well as quotes from players in other articles essentially [/color][color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)]saying that the they didn't want to change styles and you can understand a [/color]volatile[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)] situation leading up to Alexander being fired.[/color]
FWIW, I don't disagree that PA's idea on line play/technique fits todays NFL.... Circling back to the original discussion: THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EVALUATING COLLEGE TALENT FOR DRAFT POSITION. You're just grasping at any straw in hopes to have some semblance of being right - and it's POSSIBLE that you are in some aspects. For the most part, you've been shown multiple times that the sky is (more than likely) blue, yet keep insisting it's definitively green.
You’ve gone from quoting three players not blaming Alexander to an anonymous source who commented Collins struggled. That’s a statement of fact; not even a complaint, let alone incessant whining by the offensive lineman.
And keep in mind, those players were answering questions asked of them about Alexander’s firing. It seems anyone answering a question about Alexander’s firing is, by some weird definition, considered an incessant whiner for answering a question in an interview and telling the interviewer it wasn’t Alexander’s fault and they need to play better.
