pearl31
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I've seen this more of late, regarding the criticism of JB and growing calls for his retirement due to subpar results.
Like- how can you denigrate him and the state of the program if he built it?
Like- if it weren't for JB there would be no program to be upset about
I mean, I guess I kind of see the merit of this stance. But ultimately I think it fails inspection. I think it can quickly be at least countered, hypothetically anyway, if you consider what a candid, lucid JB would say about this behind closed doors (i.e. not on a microphone in public in full defensive mode). I think he would acknowledge that his teams' results from the past 8 or so years are not up to his own standards. I think he would acknowledge that a coach must be graded, must be judged, based on those results. I think he would agree (and I think he might even be on record as having said this?) that when a coach can't get the minimal-standard results anymore, they shouldn't be that team's coach any longer - whether by the standards established years ago by that coach or by recent standards set by someone else.
Thoughts on this concept of JB now emerging as a victim of his own standards?
Like- how can you denigrate him and the state of the program if he built it?
Like- if it weren't for JB there would be no program to be upset about
I mean, I guess I kind of see the merit of this stance. But ultimately I think it fails inspection. I think it can quickly be at least countered, hypothetically anyway, if you consider what a candid, lucid JB would say about this behind closed doors (i.e. not on a microphone in public in full defensive mode). I think he would acknowledge that his teams' results from the past 8 or so years are not up to his own standards. I think he would acknowledge that a coach must be graded, must be judged, based on those results. I think he would agree (and I think he might even be on record as having said this?) that when a coach can't get the minimal-standard results anymore, they shouldn't be that team's coach any longer - whether by the standards established years ago by that coach or by recent standards set by someone else.
Thoughts on this concept of JB now emerging as a victim of his own standards?