Are we sure this **** show will still attract top HC talent who really want to win championships?
Maybe the young guys need to take over. JuJu, Watt, Connor seem like the leader types the team needs. The Vets have let the team down.
It isn't their job to police Brown. They can't make him show up at practice when the HC allows him to come and go as he pleases.
This is what Bellichick does only he looks for smarts above everything else dependent on position of course, if he has smart guys he can out scheme any of the other 31 . Tomlin is too enamored with athletic ability because he sucks at x's and o's and brings in too many knuckle heads that are great athletes. Ask Dan Synder circa 2000 how that philosophy works out.
If I were Art Rooney V. 2.0 I would call Tomlin in and tell him if the Steelers don't win the SB next year, he's fired. He can plan on making room in his office or the trophy case at the end of next season, it's entirely up to him.
Then I'd call AB and say "Son, get that stick out of your *** and let's get another trophy. You want to feel unappreciated? Try sitting and waiting for 5 or 6 or even 10 years to get into the H.O.F. because you were never able to win a SB with all the talent you had around you."
So what kind of leadership solves AB getting mad over not being named team MVP?
This is a star driven league. Anyone who thinks coaches are actually “in charge,” is sorely mistaken. When it comes down to brass tacks, ownership and fans will generally support the star over the head coach, until someone says “enough is enough.” I think we’re probably bordering on reaching that point with AB (similar to what happened with Harrison last year). Being HC is a far tougher job than most people think
I really believe that it is typically an older veteran who will be more effective in telling a malcontent to shut the f$&k up, than a coach. I wonder if that isn’t part of the tiff between Ben and AB. Did he try to call AB on his attitude, and AB took his mall and went home? Not out of the realm of possibility.
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