I want to know where the coaches were in all this. Where the leaders on the team were in all this.
Martin has to stand up for himself. Nobody needs to be patrolling the playground to protect him from bullies. Let's get that clear. But what I don't understand is why there are guys wasting their energy they could be turning into better performance on the field with pathetic crap. If Martin's not able to take it like the average guy, the leaders on the team surely need to get the o-line to dial it down. Why? Because it's more important to the team that Martin is a functioning, contributing piece of the o-line than sitting at home, burning a pick, creating a hole after the trade deadline and costing the team his salary. The idea that it was more important that the guys be let "peer him out" than work with the situation is laughable. It isn't their call to make in the first place. Which brings me to the coaches.
Joe Philbin hates untied shoelaces. He likes picking up fluff. He chooses his words more carefully than brides choose wedding gowns. But apparently his need for harmony and order doesn't extend to making sure we don't lose a player at a key position with no depth over a stupid bit of clowning around from the team.
Just to reiterate, Jon Martin needed to be more of a man. Maybe nobody knew quite how badly he was taking the **** the guys were dishing. But if it went on for over a year, I doubt it went unnoticed and our o-line has more important things to be working on. Maybe ex-Drill Sgt. Turner thought it was all hilarious too.
Maybe if we're winning all this crap goes unnoticed. But there is a faint whiff of disarray around Davie that I am very surprised to be smelling, with guys of Philbin's and Sherman's and Coyle's background.
