You guys are way off base. Picture something like this but with the whole team and minus the cliches. You better know your Ps and Qs and your mistakes from the game and practices will get pointed out.
Berating is not the right term. And to a man just about every player who talks about this talks about how it held them to a higher standard and was about being accountable to your teammates.
Whatever gen Z bullcrap you want to discuss or whatever BBs troubles were your looking in the wrong place with this one.
I played sports and I never had a thin skin.
If a coach has the trust and respect of the players, he can call people out, usually using humor or sarcasm. This is the same thing players do with each other. It can be done because the player being called out knows his teammates and/or coach care about him. I believe this was the case with BB for many years. Case in point: Johnny Football at Foxboro High.
Players knew that Bill did whatever he did because it was " in the best interest" of the football team. That is all you want from your coach.
It worked well for many years.
But somewhere around 2019, Bill was no longer making decisions that were " in the best interest of the team" . He was violating his own principles.
And that's when he began losing credibility with his players. It was a gradual process, growing each year and culminating in the mindbogglingly stupid
OC fiasco of 2022. If Bill had any integrity left he should've retired at that point as he was hurting the team. Something he never wanted to do.
Youre way off base. This has nothing to do with Gen Z. This has everything to do with the GOAT nfl HC losing his ability, for whatever reason and not recognizing it.
I've always been one of Bill's biggest supporters here. But you got it backwards,pal.
It's Bill who was acting like the entitled brat.