Big AL taking a little shot at Tomlin?

[oicu8ad]

A question to those who want to look it up. When was the last time a 13-3 team failed to win a playoff game? Fellas, it could be 10 years or more since it happened.

Last year!!! The cowgirls did it. 13-3, then one and done. I must have said "13-3, then one and done!" about 50 times to my cowboy bandwagon fans here in Big D.

Now, I'm eating my own ****!

 

[cpollock]

Start with Fines, if that doesn't work suspend them for a game. Allow peer pressure of not letting your team down by not being on the field help to improve decision making. Be willing to bleed a little until people realize that there is a zero tolerance policy in place and you WILL get punished for violations. Until there is a zero tolerance policy from the top down it is a moot point.

I don't disagree -- I mentioned suspension in my post -- but you know as well as I do that there will be MAJOR backlash when we loose because a major player is suspended for social media in a BIG game ..

 

[Tibs]

As a general observation dealing with players with over-the-top social media habits is a relatively new phenomena, not something coaches like Noll or Cowher had to deal with. It can't be easy in this day and age to reel in players in their twenties who basically live their lives vicariously through FB, Instagram, twitter et al. There's no blueprint on how this should be handled. It's a free country, tough to police this in a non-authoritarian manner. I imagine Tomlin and other coaches will have to come up with some sort of decree that players can agree to abide by. Perhaps the best place to handle this is in the collective bargaining agreement, maybe a having moratorium on social media on gamedays, etc. Or, us fans can just learn to deal with it, that certain players will be face timing live from the locker room or after practice and the world will not come to a screeching halt because of it.

 

[Steelin]

Welp, I didn't see that Coach had asked that, making the fact that it happened multiple times, in the timeframe that he referenced no less, that much more fun to point out. That said, John Fox had a pretty decent run in Denver. He did have an embarrassing loss in the lwoB repuS, but Gary Kubiak took "his players," and won the lwoB repuS a couple years later. Mike Smith had a pretty average run in Atlanta, because he was a pretty average coach. He had three losing seasons, and four winning seasons. Norv Turner is just a joke as a head coach, and it's unknown why the Chargers put him in charge after canning Marty Schottenheimer.

I would think that it's not a stellar item on any coaching resume. I'm glad Haley is gone. It's unfortunate that the rest of the coaching staff is unscathed.

 

[chipped ham]

I would think that it's not a stellar item on any coaching resume. I'm glad Haley is gone. It's unfortunate that the rest of the coaching staff is unscathed.

Of course it's not. However, it's not a unique situation to the NFL the way that coach implied.

 

[Booted]

We never agree on any opinion on this board. Can we all disagree on that?

 

[Super Dave]

Social Media is merely the vehicle.

It is on the player.

The player who is paid millions of dollars apparently as an incentive to stay away from drugs, not beat up the women, and avoid coming out flat for a playoff game, because it is not the responsibility of the HC to motivate players for a game, oh no, they're all grown men. Can we all just agree on this? (Heavy Sarcasm)

No, It is on the player.

The player who tackles with his head.

The player who would rather get the big hit than wrap up for the sure tackle.

The player who is considered a leader on this team.

The player whose name we all mentioned the moment we saw the Minnesota Miracle and witnessed that lame *** tackle attempt, pointed at our television screens, and said in unison "Mike Mitchell"

Mike Mitchell didn't need facebooktwitterlinkedinsnapchat to stand outside the Jacksonville locker room and make a complete *** out of himself, embarrass our franchise, and provide extra incentive to the opponent. An opponent who, it turns out, really appreciated it, because afterall, it is tough getting motivated for a playoff game against an inferior opponent. We know this, because they said so, over, and over, and over again. AFTER the game was played.

It is on the player.

The player is responsible and needs to be held accountable for his actions. Both on and off the field, and in this case, the locker room tunnels.

And when the same mistakes are made repeatedly.

Then that is on the Head Coach.

 

[Steelerfan]

as a general observation dealing with players with over-the-top social media habits is a relatively new phenomena, not something coaches like noll or cowher had to deal with. It can't be easy in this day and age to reel in players in their twenties who basically live their lives vicariously through fb, instagram, twitter et al. There's no blueprint on how this should be handled. It's a free country, tough to police this in a non-authoritarian manner. I imagine tomlin and other coaches will have to come up with some sort of decree that players can agree to abide by. Perhaps the best place to handle this is in the collective bargaining agreement, maybe a having moratorium on social media on gamedays, etc. Or, us fans can just learn to deal with it, that certain players will be face timing live from the locker room or after practice and the world will not come to a screeching halt because of it.

qft

 

[steel dino]

Last year!!! The cowgirls did it. 13-3, then one and done. I must have said "13-3, then one and done!" about 50 times to my cowboy bandwagon fans here in Big D.

Now, I'm eating my own ****!

I hear ya...But you can be fairly confident that we wont miss the playoffs next season, like the Cowboys did this year, after their one and done season..