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<blockquote data-quote="jojatk" data-source="post: 464510" data-attributes="member: 2627"><p>I agree that CPJ is not normally a jerk and that he does have a sense of humor. I also agree that Saban and Belichik, for example, are far bigger jackholes (but they win at an outrageous rate and people will put up with crap from winners far more readily). You are correct that it can be a drain to have to respond to questions from some who have an agenda (been there myself where people in the room are peppering me with questions designed to make me and the product I am demonstrating look bad). But you know what almost never works? It's almost never a good idea to let people see that they are getting to you or that circumstances are putting you on edge. I said "almost", not never. Sometimes it's good to push back and I think most of the time that CPJ is doing that it's justified.</p><p></p><p>I can understand if he doesn't like answering questions about his offense from people who don't understand it as well as he does. The fact is that he's one of the few that does understand it as deeply and as such he's going to get questions about it. If you do something different than the norm then be prepared to answer questions about it when it doesn't work (and by not working I mean that the team isn't winning, not that the offense isn't working, I'm actually a big fan of the TO offense). I listen to many of the audio clips and I don't find the questions to be stupid most of the time. And I actually don't have a problem with how CPJ responds most of the time. I think that the vast majority of the time he's answering questions honestly in a "no-BS" way and that can be very refreshing and sometimes the press guys don't really know how to roll with that (they are not used to actual truth). After the Pitt game I thought he was honest and fair in his assessment and answers to questions. After the USF game, on the other hand, he sounded more frustrated than he normally is after a loss. That led to absolutely blaming others including the players and the officials outright. He was unpleasant to reporters who were just doing their jobs. About half way through that press conference he calmed down and was back to his normal self but for the first few minutes he was a jerk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jojatk, post: 464510, member: 2627"] I agree that CPJ is not normally a jerk and that he does have a sense of humor. I also agree that Saban and Belichik, for example, are far bigger jackholes (but they win at an outrageous rate and people will put up with crap from winners far more readily). You are correct that it can be a drain to have to respond to questions from some who have an agenda (been there myself where people in the room are peppering me with questions designed to make me and the product I am demonstrating look bad). But you know what almost never works? It's almost never a good idea to let people see that they are getting to you or that circumstances are putting you on edge. I said "almost", not never. Sometimes it's good to push back and I think most of the time that CPJ is doing that it's justified. I can understand if he doesn't like answering questions about his offense from people who don't understand it as well as he does. The fact is that he's one of the few that does understand it as deeply and as such he's going to get questions about it. If you do something different than the norm then be prepared to answer questions about it when it doesn't work (and by not working I mean that the team isn't winning, not that the offense isn't working, I'm actually a big fan of the TO offense). I listen to many of the audio clips and I don't find the questions to be stupid most of the time. And I actually don't have a problem with how CPJ responds most of the time. I think that the vast majority of the time he's answering questions honestly in a "no-BS" way and that can be very refreshing and sometimes the press guys don't really know how to roll with that (they are not used to actual truth). After the Pitt game I thought he was honest and fair in his assessment and answers to questions. After the USF game, on the other hand, he sounded more frustrated than he normally is after a loss. That led to absolutely blaming others including the players and the officials outright. He was unpleasant to reporters who were just doing their jobs. About half way through that press conference he calmed down and was back to his normal self but for the first few minutes he was a jerk. [/QUOTE]
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