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Originally Posted by jdlea
You're absolutely right Schneed, however, what bothers me is when people start to hate Smoot and Pierce for leaving. How many times has it been said? It's a business. Smoot's replaceable, so is Pierce. Move on.
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I agree, I don't hate them. I'll still look at them fondly as players. I just prefer guys that show how much they want to be here.
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Originally Posted by jdlea
In regards to Coles being about Coles: you said he has no interest in winning. That's funny, I thought he left a team that was in last place the 2 years he was here for a team who was in the playoffs last year. I know he got traded, but if he didn't want to go back he could have gone NBA and not reported. He's happy to be back there. Seems like he wants to win to me.
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You must be referring to my posts in another thread when I said that I think Coles is more interested in playing for the number of TD catches he makes, rather than the number of wins his team puts up.
I'm sure he does want to win, but I think he's more interested in the number of TDs and the yards he puts up. He complained about not knowing how he fit into Gibbs' system. I read an article that said he would see Gibbs draw up the game plan, then he would shake his head, cut his eyes over at Rod Gardner, and they would both wonder how they fit into the plan. I don't understand that. Last year, it was clear how he fit into the plan. They threw him the ball 168 freakin times, 2nd most in the NFL! He didn't go deep because he wasn't asked to go deep. Last year, he was being asked to be a possession receiver, that's as clear as day, I don't know why he wouldn't be able to figure out how he fit in.
It wasn't that he didn't know how he fit in, he just didn't like how he was used last year, and he didn't like being in a run-first offense. This year, Gibbs said to him we're going to go deep more, and I want you to get your toe fixed so you can get your deep speed back. But that wasn't good enough for Coles, because he knows that even if he puts up 1100 yards and 6TDs, he'll still be second fiddle to Portis around here, and that bothers him. He wants to go someplace where he can be the star. Curtis Martin is getting old, and he knows that he and Pennington can put up the stats. That's his main motivation. I'm sure he still wants to win. But if winning were his main motivation, he would have stayed and told Gibbs "Coach, I'll do whatever you want me to do if you think it's the best way to win."
And it's not like he thinks Gibbs doesn't know how to win. After he was traded, he said "Gibbs is a legend. I think they'll get it turned around just based on his determination alone." So it's not like Coles didn't have faith in his coach. He just didn't like the fact that Portis is the main man around here.