Jason Hatcher on what’s different about Washington: The head coach isn’t policing the team

[Little Jr]

That can be interpreted multiple ways. A radio station for example, will come to a player or personality and ask him to speak and agree upon a date and they then call in. That's all it could be saying.

In the end he called in. He didn't have to. His choice.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

LOL... So something Jason Hatcher said to Ben and Skin is the latest piece of evidence that Garrett is Landry/Jimmy/Parcells.

I don't think those legends had the owner making massive staff changes for them, taking playcalling from them against their wishes, firing their brothers, calling them trainees, publicly pointing out the game-losing mistakes they've made, or marching to the sidelines to order them to remove the starting QB during a game, among other things.

It must be great being a Garrett fanboy, though. The football team doesn't need to win or play to its potential anymore. We just need to imagine the most tenuous of connections to previous good coaches to be happy. In a way that must be nice.

And yes, Hatcher was a regular on Ben and Skin's show for years. I'm sure they called him to catch up, just as they have many other former DFW area athletes. I can't believe people would think he just called them out of the blue to tell the world what a softie his new coach is.

 

[khiladi]

In the end he called in. He didn't have to. His choice.

That doesn't mean he's whining. Players do it all the time. Maybe he was friends with the radio station and spoke with the same guys multiple times through the season and was doing them a favor.

 

[iceberg]

Don't worry.. the agenda is in full force to make Garrett sound like the next Landry. The problem is, his defenders are all over the place in their opinions. One minute, he's getting hamstrung at every corner by Jerry and has no power, the next minute his ability to police and control the team per Hatcher's own words shows how in control he is and an example of Tom Landry.

The irony is, they don't even realize how badly they contradict themselves.

Yea, and his attackers are so fair in their critique.

 

[khiladi]

Yea, and his attackers are so fair in their critique.

Yeah, because 7 years of gradually increasing incompetence isn't enough reason to critique him.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Exactly! He doesn't even realize that he's complimenting Dallas' organization and criticizing Washington's. A team run/policed by the players is setup to fail.

Yeah, the difference in Hatcher the Commander and Hatcher the Cowboy is brain cell count. It appears he's lost a few. But don't take that the wrong way Hatch.

 

[Califan007]

I think it is obvious: A coach whose players are accountable to him.

Do not confuse this with them not being accountable to each other--they are not mutually exclusive.

That's not what "policing" means to me.

You can be accountable to your coach without the coach "policing" the players.

 

[khiladi]

"Policing" is used in a negative sense. It doesn't mean accountable and when Hatcher uses it for a guy like Parcells, let me know.

 

[iceberg]

Yeah, because 7 years of gradually increasing incompetence isn't enough reason to critique him.

So who is calling him landry? Other than those pushing extremes?

 

[khiladi]

So who is calling him landry? Other than those pushing extremes?

Your seriously asking that question? How many members have argued for Garrett's stay based upon Landry or Bellichek's beginning head coaching ventures?

 

[Hoofbite]

Probably took all the really great coaches like 10 years to get their deputy's badge. Jason, after just 3.

 

[Califan007]

"Policing" is used in a negative sense. It doesn't mean accountable and when Hatcher uses it for a guy like Parcells, let me know.

I agree, but I think some are taking the standpoint that Hatcher only is using it in a negative sense because he didn't like being held accountable by Garrett lol...

 

[iceberg]

Your seriously asking that question? How many members have argued for Garrett's stay based upon Landry or Bellichek's beginning head coaching ventures?

So who is calling him the next landry?

 

[Denim Chicken]

That's not what "policing" means to me.

You can be accountable to your coach without the coach "policing" the players.

Then, perhaps, I don't understand what you think it means. I am open to hearing your interpretation.

 

[Hostile]

Oh really, I lapped it up?

Yeah.

 

[Hostile]

No, you actually do. You're going "deeper" and listing coaches who never coached for the Cowboys, so obviously you need to tell us all what a head coach "policing" the players means in your mind.

No, no, no. I did that after the fact in response to you.

My post that you quoted was about the Cowboys coaches and no one else. You opened the door to a deeper discussion. I had no intention of bringing up Lombardi, Gibbs, or anyone else.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I agree, but I think some are taking the standpoint that Hatcher only is using it in a negative sense because he didn't like being held accountable by Garrett lol...

Your words:


You forgot another coach who didn't police his team: Joe Gibbs.

He actually took veterans aside and told them--and I quote--"This is your team". He told them he wasn't in the locker room, he wasn't with the players off the field...and that he needed the veterans to set the tone and help the players stay accountable to each other instead of just to the coaches.

 

[Hostile]

I'm gonna have to run your posts through the Cowboys FanSpeak filter from now on, aren't I? lol...

Whatever that means. I think it was pretty obvious which team's coaches I named.

 

[Alexander]

It must be great since he still feels the need to call in to a Dallas radio station to squawk about it. Sounds kinda like callin your ex to let her(or him if thats your thing) know your over her.

That is the odd thing about Hatcher. It is almost like he has gone out of his way to maintain a presence even though he is gone. And he was not even that significant to begin with.

Even Ware has moved on and he was huge figure in the Dallas sports scene for a long time.

Just seems to me that Hatcher is a little bit like the person who ends up getting dumped by someone but then spends a lot of time finding ways to "accidentally" bump into the ex- with the new partner in tow.

 

[Denim Chicken]

There was someone else that we cut that said something similar, along the lines of "your job is on the line at all times". I cant remember who it was...