['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj

Herm's trying to boost the confidence of the defense. It's the same reason why he didn't call a timeout near the end of the game. He's trying to show he has faith in them.

He's new in KC. He hasn't lost faith in them yet like the fans have and like DV did. If DV was still coach he would have been supporting Crennel on the pass to Jurevicius. "Hey ref, he's right - our guy did push him out. He would have gotten both feet in. Give them the 6. Not only give them the 6, we'll concede the extra point. Time's a wasting for our offense."

I hate this excuse. They are professional football players, they play football for a living. There is no reason to coddle them by "showing faith in them"...you either get the job done or you don't. If you can't get the job done, then we need to find someone else who will. This isn't Pop Warner and it's not tee ball. If they aren't mentally tough enough to accept the fact that it is their responsibility to keep the other team from scoring (regardless of how the coach *feels* about them) they need to find a new profession. Herm's job is to win games, and it is the player's responsibility to win games.

People wonder why Belichick is such a good coach...it's because he realizes this patently obvious concept. He doesn't "show faith" in a terribly performing unit, he just makes the requisite decisions to put his team in the best chance to win. Showing your entire team you care enough and are emotionally strong enough to put everyone in the best chance to win the football game is the only thing that matters. That's why Belichick has three rings.

I'm sure that Dick Butkus' play slipped because he felt his coach didn't show faith in him. Same for Joe Greene.

This is such unmitigated horseshit.