Willie Parker Trashes Redskins Lockeroom

it sure didn't seem like it. To me it comes across as a way of saying, I didn't succeed because my teammates didn't work hard enough.

I wonder if Parker made any attempt to instill those work ethics here.

It takes two to tango. Can't instill anything if there aren't any willing partners.

you really think with players like PD, Fletcher, Armstrong there aren't willing partners?

I have heard nothing but good things about the work ethics of guys like Zo, Torain, Wilson, doughty, even Malcolm Kelly, to name a few so I dont buy that there were no willing partners

you really think with players like PD, Fletcher, Armstrong there aren't willing partners?

Changing the collective whole is going to take more than just buddying up with the "no need to fix" guys on the team. Even if Willie were competent at the tast, he would have had to have a LOT of time on his hands to go beyond a small circle of players.

What Parker(and Tryon, and Edwin Williams, and maybe others) experienced when he landed in Redskins-land is that the values and tacit assumptions that have been fostered here is that football is a tier below "fun time" and "getting attention". Yes, SOME guys like Fletch and PD show up and just do their work, but others DO NOT FOLLOW their lead because it hasn't been drilled into them by the folks at the top. AH is one of them, but I would also suspect that guys like CP, Rogers, also showed some lack of commitment compared to the "minimum standard" follow in places elsewhere in the league.

I have heard nothing but good things about the work ethics of guys like Zo, Torain, Wilson, doughty, even Malcolm Kelly, to name a few so I dont buy that there were no willing partners

I admit that what I actually said did not convey the intuition I actually wanted to convey. My bad.

I am sure we have a group of players that do what it takes to win and have a great work ethics. The question is how do we collectively stack up against the steelers? I am of the opinion that our players collectively don't work as hard as the steelers.

One of the greatest detriments to the Redskins for the better part of the last decade has been distractions [at the most inopportune times] in one form or another. Usually when the time comes to work and prepare, the team is constantly beset by all manner of issues that divert attention from the task at hand.

I'm still undecided on whether or not distractions actually have an effect on a team.

I'm still undecided on whether or not distractions actually have an effect on a team.

With the exception of SS and maybe a few others, most of us are in the bleachers on on the couch at the end of the day so its all speculation. I'd like to think it doesn't though.