Comments:
- Pete Carrol related to the players back in 1997-2000. He even played basketball with guys here. 10-6, 9-7, and 8-8....and off he went to USC to reinvent himself with younger players.
- When BB got here in 2000, he PAID Grey Ruegamer to start a fight because guys were so soft here.
- I don't know about today's generation Z....but these kids are being paid a King's Ransom to play a kid's game like EE said. Do your job is a pretty good motto. It isn't about relating to players on a personal level, it's about getting players ready to play on the field.
- It has been documented that BB purposely avoided getting too close to players because he would need to possibly bench, trade, or release them some day. So, he always kept his distance.
- To BB's credit, he has said that he is HARD TO PLAY for and that the players decide things on the field.
- I mean BB coached LT....c'mon...imagine that....LT was a guy who could get away with things off the field. Parcells and BB just let him do whatever...as long as he showed up on Sundays.
- Also, do ask Jim Brown about what BB has done for the underprivileged.
- Yeah, Gronk was tired of the grind...and pissed that BB almost traded him to Detroit. Many players were pissed at BB over the years...including Vrabel, Milloy, Bledsoe, Armstrong, Samuel, Meyers, etc...etc.... it is what it is.
- At the end of the day, winning masks everything. BB didn't win the last 4 years...and that is why we are here now...not because he couldn't relate to younger kids playing a game for a king's ransom....