Mike Tomlin on players only meeting: not good

[Hawkeye0202]

Honestly I can't remember the last time they've ever had a players only meeting.

 

[dcstar]

Kool

Go Cowboys!

 

[Rockport]

Nate said it best. “There’s no need for players only meetings. Every player needs to look at themselves and play better.”

 

[lwehlers]

tomlin is right. teams that have a players only meetings do not have real confidence in there coaches. i hope i am wrong in saying that.

 

[jazzcat22]

I thought it was a defensive meetings, not a players only meeting.

 

[fivetwos]

He is absolutely correct. A rudderless ship.

No true respected leader because Jerry has to still be the head coach at 84.

It’s his toy.

He is more concerned about his birthday. Just completely clueless as to the example that sets if he wants to be the face of the franchise.

Jerry is a clown and most follow suit before long.

 

[jazzcat22]

tomlin is right. teams that have a players only meetings do not have real confidence in there coaches. i hope i am wrong in saying that.

I disagree. Other teams have had them, and it helped.

 

[lwehlers]

I disagree. Other teams have had them, and it helped.

majority of the time they are not a good sign.

 

[Redsfan_83]

Honestly I can't remember the last time they've ever had a players only meeting.

Players only meetings are common folk for MLB players...and if they are having one on this team it's pretty clear the HC's message isn't resonating, lol

 

[jazzcat22]

Nate said it best. “There’s no need for players only meetings. Every player needs to look at themselves and play better.”

This comes from a player that won 3 SB’s. Played on great teams with some great coaching.
So what he says may have merit on many topics. But for a group in turmoil, I don’t know if that means Nate is correct on this one.

He is right that players do need to look at themselves. But it is a team game. So they need to look at is as all of them being on the same page.

 

[jazzcat22]

majority of the time they are not a good sign.

No proof of that. Because most of the times it is way too late in the season to help.
This is still early, and they want to correct issues now while it can still make a difference.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The next time Tomlin says something important it will be the first time.

 

[Rockport]

This comes from a player that won 3 SB’s. Played on great teams with some great coaching.
So what he says may have merit on many topics. But for a group in turmoil, I don’t know if that means Nate is correct on this one.

He is right that players do need to look at themselves. But it is a team game. So they need to look at is as all of them being on the same page.

For sure Jazz. The issues go way beyond the players giving 100%. The only chance they have, however, is to give 100% every game and they didn’t do that against Tampa Bay. They’re losing confidence.

 

[VaqueroTD]

This just happened? I didn't remember reading about a Players Meeting. A Player's Only Meeting is the death rattle of a sinking ship and means the season is about to tank even deeper. It reeks of desperation and amateur coaches. I would guess for every team that it helps, you can find another five teams in the same time span that it hurt. I'm not sure it hurt these teams though, it was bound to happen. Some of these teams saw the writing on the wall and tried to do some type of desperate last move before allowing the inevitable.

 

[big dog cowboy]

majority of the time they are not a good sign.

One meeting after a bad loss? That's not automatically alarming. It can be a sign that the players still care enough to confront the problem.

If nothing improves or there is another meeting in 5 or 6 weeks, that is another story.

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

tomlin is right. teams that have a players only meetings do not have real confidence in there coaches. i hope i am wrong in saying that.

You are. Because it’s “their”, not “there”

 

[visionary]

Nate said it best. “There’s no need for players only meetings. Every player needs to look at themselves and play better.”

Yeah, ‘meet’ yourself and play better
There isn’t a single player on that defense playing up to their talent

 

[OGSixshooter]

Balance of probabilities he's not wrong. I'm sure in certain circumstances it can help and has helped, but if you lose after the meeting, where do you go from there? The finger pointing gets intensified.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

That’s why we call them “the dreaded” players only meetings.

 

[AshyLarry06]

Eh. The eagles reportedly had one two years ago and ended up winning the SB. Not saying we’re gonna win the SB, but let’s not act like a players only mtg is the nail in the coffin.