Would you rather they say-"My qb stunk-I called a great game but I don't execute the plays. Give me some better players and then see what we can do. And BTW those guys on the D line are not playing good either"
Just once I would like to hear a HC say: "that other team really played a great game and simply beat us all night". But fans don't want to hear that because they don't want to think another team is better. They want to think their team is better but played lousy. It's part of the over identification with a team thing. .