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What a disingenuous load of bs from the saintliest HC in the league...
The consolation is the Football God doesn't but it either, which is why the strategy didn't have the desired result, again. Unfortunately this mediot didn't take advantage of his opportunity to ask Tony whether he and Jeff pre-agreed not to contest this game to it's finish...
http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/17180276.html
Get out the violins...
the next week was your bye week, Tony
situational ethics, the name of the game in the NFL...
disingenuous phony that he is
Or how can a team play to win when they play Jim Sorgi for three and a half quarters in spite of a bye?
Sounds like an alternate interpretation to me...
Oh, yes you can Tony...
The consolation is the Football God doesn't but it either, which is why the strategy didn't have the desired result, again. Unfortunately this mediot didn't take advantage of his opportunity to ask Tony whether he and Jeff pre-agreed not to contest this game to it's finish...
http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/17180276.html
Colts coach concedes victory wasn't priority
Browns fans really shouldn't complain
By Patrick McManamon
Beacon Journal sports columnist
Published on Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008
PALM BEACH, FLA.: Tony Dungy's Q rating among Browns fans is not very high.
It might even be subterranean.
''I understand it totally,'' Dungy said Monday at the annual NFL's spring meetings. ''I wish in my heart it would have been different.''
Get out the violins...
Monday, he explained his thinking and, in doing so, conceded that winning was not his prime concern. Instead it was making sure his team was rested and healthy for the playoffs because the Colts already had clinched.
''Usually you go out there and your whole focus is on winning the game,'' he said. ''You get to the end of the year, and you've got situations where it's now getting ready for the next week. That game isn't the most important thing.''
the next week was your bye week, Tony
Dungy said he was well aware of the implications to the Browns.
''As much as you'd like to protect the integrity of the game, as much as you'd like to say this would be better for the league if we did this, it's not better for us,'' he said.
situational ethics, the name of the game in the NFL...
It's an odd thing to hear a coach concede that winning wasn't the priority — and that the approach affected the ''integrity of the game.''
The league has proposed seeding playoff teams to make late-season games more meaningful. Sentiment seems to be against the proposal, but Dungy is a supporter.
disingenuous phony that he is
Dungy did say, though, that the Colts played to win against the Titans.
''We just didn't play all our guys,'' he said.
This might seem to raise a contradiction. How, for instance, can a team play ''to win'' if it does not play its best players?
Or how can a team play to win when they play Jim Sorgi for three and a half quarters in spite of a bye?
Asked if there was a contradiction, Dungy said: ''Not necessarily.''
Sounds like an alternate interpretation to me...
''We were trying to win the Super Bowl,'' he said. ''You can't take that away from our team.''
Oh, yes you can Tony...