Accountability?

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(11-20-2016, 01:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So far here is what I have from your thread.

AJ Green had to get the media involved becaue he felt the team was not doing what it needed to do to address the problem with the O-line.  Thta is your position, correct?  So what exactly does Green think the team should be doing that they are not?  Does he want them to cut players?  Bench players? Or does he feel like Whit and the coaches that the players just need to improve their execution?

Seems to me that you are taking a very generic criticism by Green and trying ti turn it into an indictment of the way the team is run.  I think that is just a big leap with nothing to support it other than the outrage here on these boards about the vague concept of "no accountability".

So far this year Ogbuehi has lost playing time do to his poor play.  Interior d-linemen have lost playing time when Gilberry was signed.  It seems to me that our coaching staff is taking steps to improve the team, but no one wants to acknowledge this.  

benching players when you don't have better replacements does not fix anything.  That is why it is rare for ANY NFL team to just start shuffling new players into the lineup every week.  One of the ways that NFL players get better is by playing.  That is why coaches tend to stick with the players they feel are the best.  Taking away playing time and giving it to a lesser player hurts the team in the present, but also sunts the development of the better player.  Certain units (especially the O-line) work best when they learn how to work together with the sme players.  I rememeber seeing a story a few years ago about how much better O-lines perform if they consistently work with the same players in the same positions over time.  Also QBs need to work with the same receivers to get their timing down.  It is not just as simple as "Bench every player who messes up every week and plug in some new guy".  That is why pretty much NO NFL team shuffels its starting lineup every week even after they have gotten blown out. 

I don't know what Green thinks we should do. If I did, I would share it with all of you. I was just pointing out one example of a player trying to hold his teammates accountable. 

"Seems to me that you are taking a very generic criticism by Green and trying ti turn it into an indictment of the way the team is run."

This quote is exactly what I'm talking about. I started a thread with an open ended question, open to all types of discussion. Go ahead and show me where I turned that statement into an indictment about how the team is run. I'll save you some time, you won't find it because it doesn't exist. You're assigning viewpoints to me that I never even took. You're bringing your issues with other people into my thread. Stop.

I never insinuated that the coaches weren't trying to address our issues this year. 

As for your rant about benching players, that has nothing to do with what has been said in this thread.

Your forum etiquette is making this message board a worse place. Why don't you start trying to put some more effort into actually having conversations rather than looking for places to defend your viewpoints.