Two points.........sbh1602 said:Tardy, but here...
Ok, so when a player criticizes the team for not having a "killer instinct", he's in fact criticizing the coach? How do you know that?
Second, who calls the plays? The head coach? Then what the hell are we paying the OC and DC for? Also, conservatism? Pulleeeeeeeze! 3 consecutive passing plays in the next-to-last Dolphin possesion (in that OT loss in week 17) - hardly the mark of a conservative philosophy... specially when, at the time, you're still winning.
Third... how are rings as an assistan irrelevant in evaluating a head coach? The 'boys defense was pivotal in their rise to the championships... just look at the playoffs games...
Last, but not least... we're not evaluating the coach per se. We're evaluating whether the coach has the respect of his players. And I'd like to point out to you, game 16 of the 2003 season. Totally meaningless, yet the players played their butts off and won the game for him, even though a defeat would've most likely meant his dismissal.
A) Yes Sam was frustrated but thats about the only time your gonna get honesty from the players to the media, but clearly the just of his remarks were criticism of Offensive and Defensive conservatism, which points to the philosophy of the head coach.
B) The last two games of the season were played against two 6-10 teams who had already checked out for the season, so I'm not all that impressed with those victories.