Quote:So this it today's, dumb thread of the day?  Ok, i'm on board but forgive me, i'm not going to read all the posts to catch up.  Stupid Pacific Time.  I've read enough to know what's going on, it's very typical.

 

So we need an angry coach to win.  Got it.

 

O Brien handles losing better

 

Quote:My thing is the whole argument is predicated on post game press conferences.

 

We talkin' about press conferences.

 

Not by correcting mistakes in practice.

 

Not by confronting players directly.

 

We talkin' about press conferences.

 

I mean...press conferences.

 

(with apologies to Allen Iverson-and the board for that matter)

 

Yes its only a press conference, but it shows just how much O Brien detests and won't accept losing. Its only 3 losses in a row and his record is still at a respectable 3-4 and he's essentially drawing the line. He doesn't want his players falling into an abyss where losing is seen as tolerable. 

 

Quote:But you admitted it's about talent, not press conferences, when it came to Mora, Ditka and Green.

 

Switzer, you mean. 

 

With those three I said that they were also successful and I pointed out the correlation to their tact of not tolerating losing/ blow ups in pressers. 

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