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Originally Posted by CDSmith
That's one theory. Another is that perhaps the players themselves played crappy on purpose to get Wade Phillips axed.
Bob Costas did a quick little news update thing during the game, did you see it? In it he intimated that this would be looked into, and asked the question; "if they can play this well under the new coach, why couldn't they play this well for Wade Phillips?"
I'm paraphrasing but that's the gist of it.
Does seem like an incredibly dramatic change, and just due to a coaching change? I'm not sure what to think really.
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I really don't think it was sabotage on anyone's part. I think Wade Phillips is probably a great guy. We had a winning record under him as a whole, and we actually went to the playoffs under his regime.
I also think Wade was not tough enough on them. It would be stupid for them to sabotage someone who was letting them get by with being soft. Why not win under someone like that, and keep your easy life, rather than face the prospect of someone like a Cowher?
Also doesn't make sense that Garret would do bad play calling to try to get Wade axed, because there was zero guarantee that he would get the head coach job, or that he would not be sacked under a different head coach who wanted to bring in his own person.
They are just undisciplined. Newman and Sensabaugh having a pissing match on the field is a prime example of that.
I think it was just one of those mysteries of the universe kind of thing. I don't think we played that great of a game last night, though it was sure better than it had been thus far in 2010. We still made plenty of mistakes, but at least we looked like a team that actually deserved to be in a NFL uniform.
My shining ray of hope so far is Dez. He's gonna be a superstar, and one that earns the title, not one that has a few good games like Miles Austin then gets crowned king of the world.
I also have to give kudos to Roy Williams. He seems to have taken getting with the program to heart.