Lions postgame

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I see your point, but this isn't High School. These professional players have to police themselves, and show up to work ready to roll. If they need RR to "fire them up", that's an even bigger problem than communication or game planning.

I agree that they have an individual responsibility to play hard no matter how good a speech the coach gives, but even at a pro level, it's still a team sport, and we've seen many times how a locker room sticking together and believing in each other or not makes a huge difference. It's not all about x's and o's, to me having guys play hard and buying into what they're being told to do is a big part of a coach's job. No matter the $ every one is getting paid.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I agree that they have an individual responsibility to play hard no matter how good a speech the coach gives, but even at a pro level, it's still a team sport, and we've seen many times how a locker room sticking together and believing in each other or not makes a huge difference. It's not all about x's and o's, to me having guys play hard and buying into what they're being told to do is a big part of a coach's job. No matter the $ every one is getting paid.

Agreed. Win or lose, it's a team effort - coaches and players bear responsibility.

I'm beginning to wonder if this whole thing is starting to unravel - especially on the defensive side. D-line coach getting canned just before the season starts (and they may be worse since then), players getting singled out, players calling out the coaching/game plan, team captain talking about effort, players responding to getting called out...not even counting the recurrent on-the-field issues.

With all this squabbling, and the overall performance of the defense so far, I can truly see Philly putting up over 50. In some ways I hope they do so someone will be forced to do ANYTHING to try to fix it.