Originally posted by iLLEST209ER:
So... Uncle Sherm claims Saleh called a perfect game and individual players just had brain farts, does the film confirm that or is he just blowing smoke up our butts?
He probably believes it, or did believed it when he said it. Anyway, you want your players to hold themselves accountable for their own execution, rather than complain about what they can't control, like the coach's play calling.
Breakdowns definitely happened, although you can blame Saleh for putting guys in positions where they're making costly mistakes.
A great example was posted by jonnydel, post #36. Jonny laid the blame on the play-call, but, as has been argued, the players went about executing the play-call without a common-sense regard for situational down and distance. Sherm definitely alluded to this play at his Wednesday press conference, here around 3:30