Sport Shorts

Okay, I have to say something. And I want to admit right up front that sports are not my forte. In fact I know less about sports than I do physics and I don't know squat about physics. But there is something I do know a little about and it is this;
Chopping off your head will do absolutely nothing to ease the problem of being overweight. Of course you will ask "what does that have to do with football"? Well let me explain.

Currently living in Michigan, I have tried to keep up with things that are happening around me. Now sports is not something I care one whit about and frankly I don't get what others see in it, but we all have our vices and/or hobbies, and I accept
the fact that there are in fact a vast majority of those around me that virtually live and breath sports. I prefer fresh air and what I see in the sports world, well..... sort of leaves the air smelling a bit foul.

Last week the Detroit Lions lost to the Atlanta Falcons 27 - 7. You can read about it here: Falcons rout Lions.
   Now, whether they lose or win makes no difference to me, except that it tends to determine the mood of some of those I have to come in contact with. But... Today they fired the head coach, Steve Mariucci.
If you haven't heard about it, you can read it here; "The Mooch"

So here is where I offer my advice:
The coach was never in any of the plays except to maybe tell the players which ones to use and when. He never ran the ball and he never threw a pass. Now I understand that the coach is responsible for trying to whip a bunch of guys into shape and make winners out of them. But if I may ask a stupid question, who is in charge of hiring those players? The Coach didn't hire them. Seems to me there is someone else in the mix that may also be a whole lot more responsible for the loses than the coach. It is my understanding as well that President and CEO Matt Millen is the one actually responsible for the procurement of the players on the team. Why doesn't he get fired? Mr. William Clay Ford should be taking a step back and asking himself a few more questions about what might be wrong. It's going to cost Mr Ford about 11 million dollars over the next few years for today's decision. If it were me, I think I would be asking myself why?

Say you're the owner of a multi-billion dollar corporation and a few unmotivated employees, that are being paid very well to perform a certain job, find themselves feeling depressed and uninspired and just don't perform the tasks that they are
being paid to do. They show up and they dress in the proper uniform and they do go through the motions, but overall they just aren't performing up to expectations. Their actions in fact, cost you several jobs that you will never be able to get back.
What would you do? Me.... I'd fire them! So how come in the sports world, only the coach seems to ever get fired? Why not the players? They are the ones responsible to perform on the field. If they do not perform, then why keep them around? Is it the hope that another coach may be able to enspire them to turn around and do better? I'm really grasping here. Because this is something that has bothered me for a very long time.

I say again, I am not any kind of scholar on the game of football or any other sport, but I know that there are certain elements that are true no matter where they are applied. If someone is responsible for an action, then that person should
be held responsible. If someone is expected to do something or even not to do something, then it should be anticipated that the someone will do exactly as expected, or not, which ever is the case. It doesn't seem to me to serve any good purpose to punish someone else for the actions, or in this case, the inability to play the game well enough as a cohesive unit to even come close to winning the game.

Be it far from me to tell anyone who has been in the "know" of the game for any length of time what or how to do anything, but if it was my team, I think it would be lacking a few players. These players get paid very well for what they do. Playing is their job. It should not be the responsibility of the coach to have to motivate any one of these players to show up and do their jobs to the best of their physical ability. I say if they can't win then they are not living up to their responsibility as an employee of the franchise. As such, they should be fired. End of story. The coach shouldn't be the scapegoat for the failure of the players to do their job. It's a game for heaven's sake. If they can't keep up the pace then maybe they should take that supposed diploma from whatever college they came from and go find a job flippin hamburgers or making commercials. Something they can actually do.