And how many times did your coaches absolutely lay in to umpires during the game? I’m willing to bet it happened pretty often. Most coaches don’t allow their players to argue with officials, and will tell them that they will handle issues with officials. It’s pretty unfair that Cunningham insinuates that the players are preoccupied with the officials just because Collins was upset at calls. How many times do you see Saban or Kirby or Bellichick laying into referees and nobody says their players are preoccupied with the refs.
So what you’re saying is that it’s possible for a coach to argue, or *ahem* “voice his disagreement”, and then move on without there being any adverse lingering affect from him throughout the team? I mean, that seems legit. So I don’t know why Cunningham seems to think it’s impossible.
Who says he doesn’t know how to? He’s been on the sidelines of D1 football games for basically his entire adult life. He’s worked under some great coaches. He’s been a great defensive coordinator himself. He’s not some random guy that’s been plucked off the street. I’m sure he’s more than capable of handling interactions with officials without disrupting the rest of his team.
You mean like coach K? I agree with your point in general but sometimes you have to take a stand.
I disagree with you. It's the Coach's job to manage the game, and that includes the officials; it's the players' job to play. As a coach, I'll take umbrage with the officials all game long if they're doing a lousy job, but if my guys say a word to them, I'm in their grill.
I have to disagree with this too. You don't show the ref/ump up, but pointing out their screw-ups almost always results in a close call going your way later in the game.
I agree with this (don't want you to think that I'm just disagreeable).
Remember, there was still the Miami game. He was angling for calls in the Miami game.
