LaFleur's quote is revealing, but far from great. The explanation doesn't absolve a damned thing.
Methinks LaFleur is another waterboy OC.
Maybe he runs errands, maybe he supervises practices, has other undefined duties. Just like his predecessor.
Maybe, like Sancho Panza, he tries to speak some truth to McVay's Dox Quixote after his battles against windmills are lost. We don't know.
He was obviously sent into the presser to serve as McVay's apologist. McVay seems to be messaaging, "I'll call the game. When we win, I'll do the OC presser. When we lose but play well, I'll do the OC presser. When we lose because of me, you do the OC presser."
The excuse,"Gee, we can't possibly run against a pump-style run defense" is as blatantly hollow as any I've ever heard. The corrolary is, "Gee, we can't possibly pass against a nickel pass defense."
What, then, can we possibly do?
Dan Dierdorf said words to this effect in a game I watched years ago: There comes a time in a football game where the coach has to ask offensive linemen to dig deep into themselves, and bring all they have into a single block. He may have to dig his hand into the dirt and at the snap bring his best, a best he didn't know he had, strength he didn't know he possessed, into that block - and maybe do it again.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/2023 07:34PM by mtramfan.
