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[QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 4554775, member: 322"]
Regarding Jim vs the Media… For many years I accepted JB being snarky with reporters as I interpreted his actions as an attempt to deflect criticism off the players and onto his own back.  Effective leaders do this all the time.  It helps build a special bond between coach and team and brings them together.

Over the last few seasons though, I feel like that has changed. It’s extremely difficult to say he’s deflecting criticism onto himself when he’s so openly chastising so many players to the media after every single game.

Maybe it’s me who has aged and in doing so, I just pay more attention to it; but I don’t remember JB being so hyper critical of players by name, so frequently, ever.  There’s always a single doghouse player, but not 4-5.  The difference between the coach in the two previous paragraphs is what bothers me most.  If he was just the curmudgeon of old JB, I’d have no issue with him sticking around another 5 years.  This version is very off-putting and has me hoping for another year at most.
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