Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magooch" data-source="post: 1089929" data-attributes="member: 17987">I would have to see the full context to be sure but it sure seemed like both Kraft and Parsons (and Love, Jacobs, etc) were asked for comment by the media, I don't think they were just coming out and saying these things completely unprompted. And that kind of ends up being a no-win situation for the player. If you say "no comment," that's effectively a comment on its own. Maybe it's unfair but in these situations if you can't give a positive and/or affirmative answer, it's interpreted  as a negative. (if I ask "Do you want Matt back as coach next year?" and you say "no comment," that's going to 100% be interpreted as a no)And if you say something negative, first of all it generally doesn't reflect well on the player. Deserved or not there's an unspoken rule that you keep those criticisms in-house. AND you run the risk of saying something negative...and still having Matt back as the coach. Nobody wants to be in that awkward situation. Ultimately he probably WILL stay, but I don't put a ton of stock in "player endorsements" in cases like these. It's basically the bare minimum expectation from them and saying anything else publicly is usually a big faux pas</blockquote>

Total: 845 (members: 2, guests: 843)