06-11-2015, 01:22 AM
(06-10-2015, 04:52 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I have always asserted that the attitude comes from the organization (owner). If your organization treats you like you are #1; you will carry yourself as such. When Eddie DiBartalo owned the 49ers, he treated them to the best of everything, and they were a dynasty. You can see similar results throughout recent history with Dallas and New England.
Our owner treats his team as a commodity. He will look for every opportunity to cut a corner and save a nickel. We all poked fun at J.Jo when he left and pointed to a difference between here and Houston is the team provided them with Gatorade and deodorant. How much swag do you think a player has carrying in his bag from Walmart full of deodorant and Gatorade? How much swag do you think our players have travelling to local University if they must practice indoors or worse a local indoor soccer facility.
This is why our team crumbles when the lights are brightest. A Head Coach cannot “fire up” professional athletes; they must do it themselves. It is the organization’s responsibility to instill this in them by treating them as if they are more than a business.
I think both ownership and coaching both play a role. While I agree that the ownership needs to be fully invested in winning and avoid cutting corners I believe a coaches influence and the energy his guys have to feed off of come into play more in the heat of the moment when your team hasn't shown up to play that day rather then deoderent and a practice facility.
