Shabutie wrote:I'm confused... Everyone was saying to trust the coaches and that Shannahan knows best. Now people are questioning his decisions? Is it possible that McNabb was not in good enough shape and Grossman does in fact no the two-minute offense better? It appears as if a combination of many factors played into his decision. It is clear that he felt Grossman gave the team a better chance to win.
I for one questioned him several times. I was with him on the Albert thing, until it spiraled into the season. The conditioning test debacle was the beginning of training camp. Yet, it was Week 5, and Shanny was still measuring his Peter. FAIL
I also question his handling of Derrick Dockery and Kory Lichtensteiger. I also did not like the direction our defense was going in up until the last few weeks, and I partially blame Shanny because I believe that Haslet was running these weird packages without our best D Lineman on the field (Shanny's decision).
Now we had turned a corner, Albert looks in "football shape" and is buying in a little. We are using him to his strengths. We had a chance to go into the bye 5-3. And, we create a circus again. And, instead of Shanny stating the obvious, he's revereted to 7 year old status and is making up multiple stories, all of which are implausible. I honestly don't care if the coach tells ME the truth (Bellichick), but from the player interviews it looks like he's not telling THEM the truth either, and I have concern that the goodwill he has built up will go away and his effectiveness as a leader will be eroded along with his trust and credibility.
Add in the dynamic that his SON appears to be at odds with McNabb, and his SON, just so happened to have a good relationship with Rex Grossman, a player who hasn't played in years or practiced with the Ones. Then you can see how I don't buy his B.S. here. Neither does anyone else.
