Quote:Yeah, tell that to the 2002 Tampa Bay Bucs. People should quit acting like it's not both.

 

Yeah, that Tony Dungy was trash who would never win a ring of his own.

 

Tampa never would have won until he was replaced.  It was totally the plays.  Right. 

 

Psst... the players assembled with Dungy won for Gruden.  Not the plays.

 

Now go spin away the fact Gruden couldn't win the big one in Oakland...  plays, right?  LOL  I'm sure you'll then go "tuck rule"... there's always an excuse for those who won't admit they're wrong.

 

Players, not plays.

 

Why else do you think Gruden has been happy on the sidelines so long?  No team with a loaded roster has come calling, and isn't likely to.  What he was handed to him in Tampa doesn't happen often.  It usually only happens when a coach has "lost" his locker room.  That the relationship soured with his players, not his playbook.  He isn't going to taint his record by going to a project.  He's simply resting on it unless he gets the perfect offer again.  If ever.

 

I'm not sure you even know what players, not plays actually means.  Every team must have players.  Every team must have a coach.  However, the quality and talent of players is much more important than the coach.  Thus, players - not plays.  Since you don't seem to know... that's what it means.

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