« Reply #313 on: February 05, 2018, 10:57:32 PM »
http://www.weei.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/details-about-malcolm-butler-situation-starting-emerge
However bad that week of practice was, it can't be worse than what Bademosi gave them. Still doesn't make any sense.
What do you think of the narrative that benching Butler crushed the morale of the defense? If so, that could explain why they weren't able to stop the Eagles at all last night.
I don't know about the morale, but I'm shocked that Patricia, who was announced as the Lions HC the day after the SB, didn't just put Butler in when it was clear that the D needed someone, anyone to make a play.
That would have been the boldest of bold moves to tell Bill Belichick to shove it in the middle of the Super Bowl.
And he's going to do what? Boot Patricia from the game? Call the Lions and complain? I wish Patricia had the stones to hold Bill responsible to his crap and tell him that he'd like to win the SuperBowl instead. That would have been awesome.
You can't just tell your head coach to **** off in the middle of the SB. He overrules you all day long. You have to do your job.
If you think sitting Butler might have hurt the defenses cohesiveness, just wait and see what the head coach and defensive coordinator with conflicting instructions would do.
It's Patricia's job to question and push Bill Belichick on these decisions, but in no world would it be appropriate to tell him to shove it. This isnt the movies.
I though Patricia's job was to run the defense. He didn't do his job very well.
Run the defense without overruling Belichick. Matt Patricia cannot and should not overrule Bill Belichick regardless of the scenario.
Bill is the head coach. He outranks Matt Patricia. It is really that simple.
Would you say, then, that BB didn't "do his job"? Because from my standpoint, it looks like he kinda didn't.
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