I wonder of all the posters who negatively responded to this article at this point come from a divorced home or 1 parent home(where one spouse abandoned the family)?
The article was right on
Pioli is smart enough to know that character counts just as much as talent does to get you over the top when the "heat is on to win" those games you should win and win those games you probably should of lost and more importantly when it really counts when you make it in the playoffs
A properly "shepherded" heart is a "good heart" which leads to good character which helps improve even more the already God gifted physical ability is the KEY.
Alot of NFL players have God gifted ability with passion that is more often than not immature and has not been harnessed(unchecked) that prevents a focused mental and emotional discipline to fully develop in order to prepare to win at every angle and turn of the game that is being played in front of them because they did not get proper mentoring in their developmental yrs.(ala Ryan Leaf, Jeff George, JaFatass,Lawrence Phillips etc...list goes on!)
Bottom line: That focused mental and emotional discipline that comes from a passionate heart that has been molded from the high integrity home of a 2 parent home has a much better chance of giving you the "Right 53" to win. Are there exceptions? Hell yes! I've experienced and seen it much like many of you. But odds are far more in favor for those that have an intact 2 parent home and Pioli is smart to apply what Parcells has taught him.
Why make your job as a GM and your coaching staff a helluva alot harder by trying to be their parent as well when you already have to teach them the NFL game that has soooooooooooooooooo many facets to it and not just playing it but more importantly learning how to prepare for it as well.