Well in regards to Schwartz,Look at what that crybaby tried to start last week after the game when his team lost to San Francisco.
O.K. Maybe Harbaugh tapped him a little hard after he was so excited that his team won a big game,but I don't think it was to intentionally cause Shwartz pain but Shwartz nearly turned it into a melee!
You have to wonder now that if there was no one to stop this coaches confrontation would Shwartz have gone out to try and injure Harbaugh himself,if you are the Head Coach and are setting examples like this what does this tell the players who are supposed to use the HC as a role model of the team?.
Shwartz was frustrated after that loss and his team was frustrated after getting whupped by Atl.....I think since Detroit has suddenly gone from a horrid team to a good team,the coach and players have gone high and mighty and will not take losing lightly,maybe resorting to violence.
I am glad we don't play these guys this season,Brady might have had an early exit from the season.
First, regarding Suh, having had a chance to watch him a few times now, OK, he is a stud that I'd love to have on the Pats, but I don't see how anyone can deny that there is a problem with his, shall we say, "unnecessary roughness." I don't know how many fines he's racked up so far in less than a season and a half in the league (should have checked that before posting, my bad), but my impression is that he is over the line with the behavior. Too many incidents in too short a time.
To me it comes down to how he is being coached, so I'm with you on the Schwartz angle. When I saw this thread, the first thing that I thought about was the comparison to what went on with the Titans, and in particular with Haynesworth back in Tennessee. The coach sets the tone here, and when the same type of thing happens over and over again with the same team, it is evident I think that this is just the way they are being coached - the coaches may not be encouraging Suh or his teammates to play over the line, but they surely aren't doing enough to discourage it.
All bias aside, I think back a couple of years ago to what was going on with the Pats, they seemed to be doing the same kinds of things all too often, and I think it was a legitimate criticism to level at Belichick back then. It seems to have come to a head last season after Merriweather's cheap shot on Todd Heap, I don't recall anything terribly egregious by the Pats since then, so this tells me that if the coaching staff is sincere in emphasizing that this is not tolerated, it can be stopped. I really hope that happens with Suh, he is exciting to watch and I'd hate to see it get to the point where we can't appreciate him because of all the nonsense.
