TSR Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Bears (+3) over REDSKINSI know, I know, this game already happened. (Note: I picked the Bears in Thursday's blog about Jason Kidd. The Sports Gal had the Skins. Any time we go head-to-head like that, bet the house on her. No, seriously.) But after the runaway success of the Norv Turner Second-Half Collapse Checklist, I had to break out the Tom Landry Memorial Our-Coach-Has-Lost-It Checklist in honor of Joe Gibbs' incredible double-timeout call to blow the Bills game last Sunday and his admission he didn't know defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was starting with a 10-man defense in honor of Sean Taylor's memory. Just for the record, I'm always willing to add more categories. Anyway ... Legendary career that peaked at least 10 years ago? (CHECK) Fans asking each other during games, "Seriously, is he awake right now?" (CHECK) Team routinely blowing second-half leads and close games? (CHECK) Ability to singlehandedly blow a game with a coaching screw-up? (CHECK) Kid-glove treatment from the media until they couldn't stand it any longer? (CHECK) Poor communication with assistants? (CHECK) Drive-killing penalties that suck the life out of the team? (CHECK) Star players underachieving? (CHECK) Willingness to invoke religion to excuse any problems? (CHECK) Studio show analysts unable to have a conversation about him without someone saying, "I think the game may have passed him by ..."? (CHECK) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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