Okay, it's in the other thread, but I'm going to try and tie the sequence together. It was kind of interesting/telling. There will be some paraphrasing here:
Reporter: Talk about the play call on the screen pass to Dimel?
Snyder: "What interests you about the play call?"
Reporter: Follows up with the same question (it made sense both times)
Snyder: "I don't know if I can answer the question. It was a call. I guess we could have ran the clock out. I thought we had a chance to go up the field and try a field goal. Bad call on my part I guess."
Look, let's be honest here, this was an needlessly difficult answer to a very clear, honest answer that Coach knew the reporter was getting at. I respect Coach as much as anybody, (more than many, probably, I grew up idolizing him) but this felt a little bit like somebody playing a victim when they weren't being attacked. As did going on to simply answer other questions by saying "I guess I'm not good at coaching." People asked questions with quiet, overly polite tones.
I asked for the mic towards the end of the press conference to press on why time outs weren't used if they were trying to score, but I did not get the opportunity to be handed the mic or ask the question. Nobody's fault, I waited too long.
Coach has a right to be mad, has a right to act the way he chooses. No doubt about that. But, bluntly put, it's these types of answers and way of handling difficulty that has the fanbase feeling the way it does. If you aren't prepared to handle a situation on the field (as they were in the sequence being talked about), it's okay for people to ask about it.
Reporter: Talk about the play call on the screen pass to Dimel?
Snyder: "What interests you about the play call?"
Reporter: Follows up with the same question (it made sense both times)
Snyder: "I don't know if I can answer the question. It was a call. I guess we could have ran the clock out. I thought we had a chance to go up the field and try a field goal. Bad call on my part I guess."
Look, let's be honest here, this was an needlessly difficult answer to a very clear, honest answer that Coach knew the reporter was getting at. I respect Coach as much as anybody, (more than many, probably, I grew up idolizing him) but this felt a little bit like somebody playing a victim when they weren't being attacked. As did going on to simply answer other questions by saying "I guess I'm not good at coaching." People asked questions with quiet, overly polite tones.
I asked for the mic towards the end of the press conference to press on why time outs weren't used if they were trying to score, but I did not get the opportunity to be handed the mic or ask the question. Nobody's fault, I waited too long.
Coach has a right to be mad, has a right to act the way he chooses. No doubt about that. But, bluntly put, it's these types of answers and way of handling difficulty that has the fanbase feeling the way it does. If you aren't prepared to handle a situation on the field (as they were in the sequence being talked about), it's okay for people to ask about it.
