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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I find this to be ridiculous, I guess we're just not going to agree on this whatsoever. I say that if you play and you have a bad experience, and it hurts your psyche or your confidence or whatever, then you clearly weren't cut out for the QB spot in the first place. Some things can't be taught, and moxie is one of them. Either you have it or you don't, and if adversity hurts your psyche or confidence, then you don't have it.
I don't want QBs on my team that need to be coddled and encouraged when they have a bad game. The coaching staff has way too many other things to be worried about to concern themselves with how little Johnny wants his mommy after a bad game. If you throw six interceptions, you have to come with the skill to put it behind you, and you have to come built with the determination to get better. That cannot be taught. Joe Gibbs has said it himself, QBs have to endure a lot, and if they can't handle it, then they're not really cut out for the position.
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Competitors usually have big egos (not brash, mind you, but big egos... they're confident) and when they look bad it does get into their head, and gibbs is one of the first to commend someone, and publicly defend them after a bad game... such as brunell at AZ and PH, and remember when Robert Royal had all those drops... and he mentioned in the press conference that Robert was a core guy and he just had a bad day but has been outstanding and all of that... that in a sense was coddling.