Was it me or last night on Hard Knocks was Coach Philbin having a hard time telling Chad to shut the **** up and be happy that he has an opportunity to make the team???? He seemed to be struggling to tell Chad to be a professional?
Well, get used to it Sileo. The whole senior coaching staff (Philbin, Sherman, Coyle, O'Keefe) are paternal, good guy types who gain respect by building character as well as football players.
I don't think they're either soft or naïve. I do think Philbin should have run Chad out of his coaches meeting though.
I don't think Philbin was struggling to "tell" him but I do think he was struggling to "tell" him in a way that Chad would understand.
Now, this is because Chad Johnson is a ****ing idiot and not any fault of Philbin.
Chad is "just gonna be Chad" and that's the end of that.
Good luck to Coach Philbin dealing with that dude's nonsense.