Quote Originally Posted by Really Clark? View Post
It's not always an either / or scenario. Players can fail while the coaches make failing moves that doesn't put players in a good chance to succeed. You can have both happening and be correct to critique coaches and give much more blame to them (and as a coach, you take the blame for losses and the players get the credit for wins...you have to understand that is where many coaches come from when criticizing other coaches). At the end of the day when looking at the entire game and coaching moves, the Coach made poor decisions yesterday that cost us the game...regardless of what errors/mistakes the players made on the field, the game should have been won with better coaching decisions. And I think Lemonis is an outstanding coach...while also knowing that he will make mistakes that cost his teams games over his entire coaching career.
And I'm not argue that he doesn't make mistakes. Just like all the coaches do. The issue is that people were arguing the same thing last year and he's trying to get these boys to grow up. Mistakes or not, we as fans often fail to realize that he is playing the long game and makes decisions that are contrary to what we think is best. He gave players a chance to make plays yesterday and it didn't happen. That might make it a mistake while at the same time justify his reason for doing so.