| After a Lion loss to a pitiful Eagle team, a loss in
which the Offense had to waste a time out during the 2 minute warning, Coach
Ross lost his temper at the press conference. "I'm
ticked off!" croaked Bobby Ross after his football team's latest exercise in
humiliation. "I get all the damn criticism -- people hammering me! I'm a
good coach! I know what the heck's supposed to be done! And I'm not going to
second-guess myself one damn time!"
(Let's pause here to wipe the spittle from the microphone.
Also to remove all children from the room. OK ...back to the tirade....)
"That was terrible what we did out there today! We
shot ourselves in that last drive! We get two holding penalties, a motion
penalty -- you think I coach that stuff "I don't coach that stuff! I work on
that stuff I spend time on that stuff! And I'm getting all the damn heat"
"Each and every one of you (media types) is hammerin'
my tail! I don't coach that way! They got to step up and start making plays!
"I'm tired of taking it on myself! I really am! Because I
work too hard! ...For us to play like that -- particularly at the end --
it's embarrassing to me, and it ought to be embarrassing to them! They
oughta be damn embarrassed!"
Pause. Swallow. Glare at reporters.
"Questions?"
No Bobby, that about covers it. This is a good
lesson for our Captain on how not to handle the press if the Chaos do not
perform up to expectations.
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