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2004 season and the Fox contrast

The Other Colbert

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Worth remembering that his "fire lighting" of that season came with eight games already gone, and half of game number nine already played.

It was halftime of the game against the 49ers, at the time one of the worst teams in the league, and we were losing. Fox blew his stack in the locker room, and the rest was history.

While I'm generally all for restraint and continually caution against early panic, I'd like to hope that if such a moment were to come this season, it would come a little sooner :sosp:

Fox is maybe slow in his technique but he is no idiot. He knows what has been circulating around the sports world and how he is being placed on the "hot seat." But even with this feel of desperation, he continues to fail to meet expectations and energize his team to win.

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Worth remembering that his "fire lighting" of that season came with eight games already gone, and half of game number nine already played.

It was halftime of the game against the 49ers, at the time one of the worst teams in the league, and we were losing. Fox blew his stack in the locker room, and the rest was history.

While I'm generally all for restraint and continually caution against early panic, I'd like to hope that if such a moment were to come this season, it would come a little sooner :sosp:

Well, since we are on the edge of becoming nothing more than spoilers, I hope it has already happened and will continue to happen and maybe somebody on the field like Beason to keep the fire burning.

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Well, since we are on the edge of becoming nothing more than spoilers, I hope it has already happened and will continue to happen and maybe somebody on the field like Beason to keep the fire burning.

We have character players on the team that are natural born leaders, (i.e. beason, smith, d-will, harris). We have many components of a high caliber football team. But the overall heart of the team seems to be confused or slowed by discontent. Fox prides himself on a defensive, old-school, power football, run first type of team. But these teams only work if they execute accordingly to their coach. He has showed in the past he is capable of this, but maybe his hourglass is low.

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We have character players on the team that are natural born leaders, (i.e. beason, smith, d-will, harris). We have many components of a high caliber football team. But the overall heart of the team seems to be confused or slowed by discontent. Fox prides himself on a defensive, old-school, power football, run first type of team. But these teams only work if they execute accordingly to their coach. He has showed in the past he is capable of this, but maybe his hourglass is low.

"Saturation point" (discussed in the course of this thread)

In fairness, it can't all be on Fox. Yes, as head coach he bears ultimate responsibility, but sometimes even great coaches can't compensate for failings of players, injuries, etc.

If such were the case, Fox wouldn't be the first coach to get fired even though he did the best he could with what he had. But such is life in the NFL.

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"Saturation point" (discussed in the course of this thread)

In fairness, it can't all be on Fox. Yes, as head coach he bears ultimate responsibility, but sometimes even great coaches can't compensate for failings of players, injuries, etc.

If such were the case, Fox wouldn't be the first coach to get fired even though he did the best he could with what he had. But such is life in the NFL.

I completely agree that It can't all be Fox's fault. But its bewildering that from year to year his teams tend to have either tremendous heart or lackluster effort. And maybe it has to do with the organizations upper management. But Fox has the same tools that he did last season. I hope that he can prove us all wrong because I hate to see anyone lose their job.

Plus I would hate to have to kick him out of our country club.

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