(09-23-2019, 02:58 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(09-23-2019, 01:08 PM)JagsFanSince95 Wrote: That is literally how sports work. I mean legit, even in the NBA... Yeah, the players get to choose where to go more so than the NFL, but ultimately the coach (maybe even your VP) is installing the plays and is... well... Coaching.. lol.  Try to tell a great coach what he should be doing as a coach, or play how you want vs how your told.... try that with Belichick. People love to say Tom is past the "current day" NFL, but Belichick is off of the Parcells coaching tree just like Coughlin and old man Bill is sitting pretty on how many titles now? 6! Between the 2 coaches they have 8. One has the GOAT the other had Eli (mediocre QB at best) and TC beat Bill for both of his titles with said average QB. Tom also had a few shots here to make it to the Super bowel and those teams came up just short. Marrone is not Tom, but hes not the worst HC we've ever had either. This team should be 2-1 if we played week 2 a little smarter.


I will say this, maybe players are becoming harder to coach, most likely due to the fact they want more control, or maturity, or something else I don't know. All I know is, if I were a player and I saw the resume of Tom Coughlin or Bill Belichick, and I had access to their knowledge and input as a player,  I'd listen.

Regarding the part in bold, I agree 100%.  I kind of cringe when I see/hear people refer to "the modern day NFL".  It's the same game that it was back in the 60's, 70's and 80's that I grew up watching.  The only difference is that players have gotten bigger, stronger and faster.  Sure the rules have changed to make the game more "pass happy", but for the most part teams that are successful in this league have a good run game, a good passing game and a good defense.

Regarding the rest of your post, specifically about players "becoming harder to coach" I think that it's the result of a multitude of things.  First off is the millennial mindset of younger players and the fact that everything about them is on social media pretty much in real-time.  Another thing is the rising salary cap/contracts/money that is paid to these players.  Also all of the attention from the traditional media is probably a factor.  Players become "stars" from all of the hype that they get.

The millennial in me hates to do this but I agree with you. 

My take: Anyone who gets offended or feels “disrespected” by what some “old guy” (Coughlin) says to you (it’s what old guys do) to the point where you feel you have to ask for a trade has some other real issues going on. These guys have been coddled, cosseted, and catered to since they could walk and the moment someone gives them a dose of reality all hell breaks loose. 

He says it’s not about the money, the brinks truck says otherwise...but if the Jags offered him an 80 million dollar fully guaranteed contract today I bet my house he would run back to the stadium with pen in hand, illness and all.

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