AsthmaField;2160916 said:
You haven't heard plenty of players say things like, "All I can do is play as hard as I can and let the chips fall where they may"?
"It's up to the coaches, All I can do is keep working"?
Alex, I know you've heard that plenty of times before. You (nor anyone) should need a direct quote for that.
That's not what he said though. It just sounds to me he's confused and really isn't confident.
I really don't think he even believes he should start. That's the entire point.
It is not about selflessness. This is not a player who has ever been like that. If he was, he would never have fingerpointed and been as defensive as he has been. He's hardly the epitome of a team first person, so the comparisons to Barber aren't valid.
He just seems like he's lost. And for each positive he has done thus far in camp, you read several negatives. He's going to be a challenge for Dave Campo, no doubt. And a comment like this might be a sign he's not even confident in what he can do anymore. When a player changes his number thinking it is luck, that's hardly the sign of a confident player ready to break out because he's been misused and abused.