December 29, 2017 07:00AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,313
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And the players know that from 2012-15 that they had both a starting caliber qb and an intact veteran OL for a total of 15 out of 64 games. (And I am not talking about losing a lineman here or there.) And they're smart enough to know not many coaches, if any, have won under those conditions. They're also smart enough to know that no team for decades has won after moving across state lines.
I doubt the players know or factor into the equation any such thing.
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No they're professionals. They know when they play a team that has those conditions, they have an advantage. They KNOW that. They know when they play with those conditions they are at a disadvantage. They're not fans. They don't automatically default to emotional coach blame and ignore the situation and context. They just know better than that.
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As professionals, they know when they need better coaching. They know when they've underperformed, despite all contextual factors, under the previous coaching regime.
Recognizing that need for better coaching as professionals is not emotional coach blame.
Moreover, as professionals, they know that being at a disadvantage is not the same as accepting that they're gonna lose because 'not many coaches, if any, have won under their conditions.'
As professionals, they can take in context while simultaneously recognizing that their coach didn't extract their best from them. Those two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
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