I saw that, BB is pretty jokes when he decides to be.
I'm just wondering is it true that BB and BP aren't good anymore because of BB declining the Jets job?
That was the case for several years. They buried the hatchet a couple of years ago when Tuna was still in Dallas and he lost his brother, who was his only real best (contemporary) friend to cancer. He said at the time he realized that he didn't really have a lot of close friends and it had something to do with his behavior towards the guys who should have been his closest friends. So he made amends with them, including first and foremost BB, and they are now good friends. BB had to leave the JETS if he was ever going to have a shot at succeeding on his own merits, and he knew that at the time because he knew Bill and knew he was never really going to leave and that if the JETS failed it would dog BB and if they succeeded it would be because of the man upstairs...
And while he may have gotten better at tempering his ego, even now as he departs Miami there were sources leaking less than flattering assessments of Ireland's capability to be a GM/talent evaluator and simultaneous reports that Sporano had essentially free reign in the coaching dept (lest what is unraveling now be somehow linked to Tuna...). If they win he'd have gotten most of the credit, if they lose his liability is limited to hey, I brought them together and gave them an opportunity and they didn't make the most of it.
Just like in Dallas it started to be about who was picking the groceries (even though he got things he wanted including a veteran QB Jones wasn't keen on ahead of Romo) when it began coming up frustratingly short because when it doesn't work it can't be him. Truth is his way doesn't work nearly as well as it used to because today's players are so egotistical and empowered financially many of them can't be motivated by a wiley old school coach's barbs. That ended in the 80's after FA and escalating contracts with hefty signing bonuses and implicit guarantees due to cap ramifications meant that guy screaming at you could no longer necessarily end your career on a whim - and you could just as likely get his ass fired....
I think that was another thing BB realized was the way the business of the game was headed - which is why while demanding accountability and running a disciplined system he utilizes a player core to police it and he makes extra effort to avoid guys however talented who may need external motivation or special handling to achieve their potential. As a position coach and coordinator he hated the way Tuna had different rules for his elite talent like LT. Tuna figured he needed LT to perform to win, so he did whatever it took to get LT motivated to perform, including sometimes looking the other way. That made it difficult for his staff to grapple with when it came to maintaining discipline and performance across the board, and made it hard to sustain. But Tuna never cared about sustaining it since he was always poised to move on from success (or eventually lack thereof) to the next challenge.
That is why he and Kraft butted heads. It wasn't a case of conflicting egos - the experienced coach vs. the meddlesome neophyte owner. That was just how Tuna spun it. For Bob is was about how can I entrust everything to a guy who keeps telling me he's not sure he's gonna be here next season... Remember, that issue - Tuna's committment phobia - preceeded the superbowl season. It was rooted in the apparent struggle to succeed that didn't get turned around until he got that defensive genius who got canned in Cleveland back on his staff here in 1996...just in time to impact a lot of performances. But by then it was too late to do over the soured relationship he had engineered with Kraft to validate his decision to move on.
I thought it was indicative of his remaining underlying ego issues that in last nights program he had to underscore how talented he left the organization it was so difficult for him to leave because he was not being allowed to shop for the groceries...LOL I'll tell you what... The man in the mirror remains to this day a piece of work - that's for sure. I'm glad for him as a human being that he's comfortable with the guy. But don't believe for a minute he didn't have humongus warts, several of which are rooted so deeply they will remain 'til the day he dies... He's not a bad or evil guy per se, and football clearly matters to him, but he is a self absorbed guy and in many respects something of a front runner... He loves winning, the process not so much... and not at all if it doesn't always go his way. Lucky for us BB is a process guy. And not remotely self absorbed. That is also why after more years into the pro game than his supposed mentor, the game doesn't grind on him as it does on so many - including that mentor.
