Gleanings from the press conference transcript

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(01-04-2018, 09:58 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Great catch. I believe Lazor also said something else I think referring to PA.....

He said that they wanted to assemble an offensive staff where they can have disagreements about players or plan as well as arguments without it becoming emotional. He said that they need to be able to get on each other and say thing that each other might not like, but then get over it and be able to go to lunch together because they were a team and a family.

I believe he was directly referring to PA being emotional about schemes and certain players and throwing a fit/being emotional.

I really like Bill Lazor and enjoy his interviews tremendously.

(01-04-2018, 02:26 PM)Wyche Wrote: Wow, if you're right about what Bill was referring to, this just reaffirms what a lot of us have said for years.  In fact, it's even worse than I imagined.  How petty and stubborn do you have to be to start fights over doing your job?

I really like it when we, as fans, get confirmation of things that we had long suspected to be true.  Obviously, Paul Alexander had been given entirely too much sway with his "Assistant Head Coach" title, and was indeed the stick in the mud that many of us had long accused him of being.  Just the same as the quote from the movie A League of Their Own, "There's no crying in Baseball", there is also no room in the world of coaching professional football for favoritism, hurt feelings, or emotional grudges.

I must say, the more I read about Lazor's ideas and things that he says, the more I'm becoming a fan. (him referring to the offense as potentially powerful and dynamic also helps)  Despite the harsh reality that Mike and Marv still remain in charge, the fact that the two key detriments to offensive production were both eliminated in the same season. (Zampeese and Alexander)