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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 5586038, member: 60"] I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again: it is not realistic to expect the defense (and, for that matter, other offensive players) to go all out when you start Joe Filardi multiple games. Or a cratering Rickie Collins. I’m not condoning it. I’m not saying it’s acceptable, especially with players getting paid. But it’s reality. All of that doesn’t excuse the defensive performance in aggregate over the last two seasons under ERob’s watch. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. But if you start a fifth string walk on multiple games, you aren’t getting a defense playing 100%. It ain’t happening. Again, not an excuse and you’ll never see me going to bat for ERob and I won’t shed a tear if he’s fired. [/QUOTE]