If you don't know the story, allegedly IK invited Jets QB Geno Smith to his football camp and paid for his ticket; Geno didn't show up and never acknowledged the situation; and when confronted by IK the net result was a punch that yielded a broken jaw and IK seeking employment after being cut by the Jets.
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Cowher said he took issue with it and I take issue with him. I'm not going to judge him for things I hear from credible sources about less than desirable things he's done, but I know he made a mockery of the "Who Dey" chant when he was a coach. I know the Steelers always had a reputation for living on the line of intimidation when he was coaching and so on. So why does a coach who was known for motivating his players chide another for doing the same? Is it because he is doing it his way? Like the "Chin" as we called him, did it his way?
He artfully describes his definition of what the captain tag should represent and from there he veers off track. Bill that is YOUR definition and not Rex Ryan's. Rex you may remember is from the Buddy Ryan school of football one Bill Cowher knows all too well. He knows how Buddy did things Band that was Buddy's way. That's what coaching is all about, implementing your system, beliefs and strategies creating a platform of performance that keeps you employed and yields a championship caliber team.
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I really think a lot of coaches and players get soft when they take the pads off and put on the suits. I give Deion Sanders credit last night for reminding Cowher that this is why players love playing for him, Prime included. Prime reminded Cowher of how IK was cut when there were two people involved in the fracas and that was a sign of disrespect. So Rex, being a players coach and looking for motivation, made a statement that we believe in the kid so much so that we'll send him to center of the field. Like it or not it wasn't Bill Cowher's call but Rex Ryan's call. There isn't a manual that says you have to do it one way or no way. Simply put there are 32 possible ways matching the number of current not past coaches.
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Cower misspoke about the statement and I think a day later his holier than thou broadcast posture would be best served coming down from the Ivory Cowher and just being what you are now, a broadcaster not a current coach. There is no such position that exist called ex-coach and neither is the sitting-in-judgement of another coach with the pressure of winning it all. Piling on someone in your former profession for trying to motivate his team differently than you would, and apparently it worked because they won, is potentially a sign of jealously. Yes you have Super Bowl Rings as a head coach and Rex hasn't; but you don't have a team now and Ryan does.
I say let him coach and you broadcast. That was your choice and not Rex's. If you want to impart your coaching wisdom and style on the game there are several teams that would welcome you back tomorrow. I would sure you would be welcomed because when you coached you were great; but now you're broadcasting and you're on the outside looking in. Don't ever forget when you were on the indie looking out; It's demanding enough without someone in the fraternity judging you unfairly.
That's the way I see it sitting in The Box Seat. I'm Wayne Box Miller.
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