sebastian91
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OK, let me get this straight. After getting trounced by several mediocre teams, AG mentions lack of execution as one of the reasons. Fans bash him for throwing the players under the bus.
Fast forward. The defense is executing whatever defense it is they're calling, which certainly looks different to the casual fan. Instead of taking credit for changing the scheme, AG says the players are just executing better, which would be the opposite of throwing the players under the bus (instead, giving the players all the credit). Fans bash AG for not admitting that he changed anything.
Do I have that right?
Completely wrong. The part you missed is that by saying now the players are executing better, means that it was the players who failed before, and not the coaches even though it's obvious the coaches changed things.
This is a perfect example of the coaches deflecting blame. At no point in time are they willing to take the blame and admit they needed to adjust what they were doing. Instead the players magically flipped a switch all at the same time and the whole team just figured it out.
I recall hearing him many times say that the lack of execution was his and the staff's fault, which it clearly was. So, yeah, I don't buy your explanation, but really it doesn't matter. I think we both recognize that the coaching staff was to blame, although the talent level and lousy offense certainly didn't help matters.