Zac Taylor is a Class Act
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It will be interesting to see what the league brass does to the coaches for refusing to play.
Given that everyone agrees with the coaches, the league brass should be more worried about what blowback they get.
Wouldn't be any good for the league brass if they handed out any repercussions to these coaches. They would get publicly embarrassed from the players association,, players fans alike.
They would have been crucified for forcing those guys to go play after watching their brother possibly die in front of them. As they should.
I wonder how well the NFL's decision to give each team a whopping 5 minutes to continue playing is going to go over. For us watching we don't have the info they had, and yet it looked to me like everyone who was covering this had been told the guy passed....so WTF was the NFL thinking here???
They actually might anyway for their callous instructions to resume after 5 minutes.
Not this time. The coaches rescued them from a huge embarrassment. Even the NFL brass realize that by now.
Last word was he was in critical condition but alive. IF it was commotio cordis survival rates are pretty good if you defibrillate quickly enough. We’re just going to have to wait for an official statement from medical sources instead of random tweeters.
Taylor certainly conducted himself with class, and was always humble, during his time here.
I could see him mouthing the words, "I'm so sorry" to Sean when they met on the field.
I could see him mouthing the words, "I'm so sorry" to Sean when they met on the field.
After what the league forced on the players the past few years there should be lawsuits. Class act by both coaches.
It certainly looked it could be commotio cordis. He was caught in a strange position and if I remember correctly the WR kinda veered right into him. It looked like he got hit directly helmet to chest.
Players are wearing less padding these days. I wonder if that was a factor.
I saw this and honestly don’t see the offense. He is saying that in light of what happened, the importance/magnitude of the game for the NFL seems irrelevant. In short, what matters is the player.
I don’t care about Skip Bayless one way or another, but I don’t see the offense. He could have been more articulate.
There really wasn't a humane way to even consider continuing the game. It actually reminded me of something that happened in tje office I worked at in 2010. A guy suddenly suffered a stroke at his desk and collapsed. After a few seconds of "what just happened" half the office rushed to get him medical attention and one coworker administered CPR. He was taken out on a stretcher and later died.
After he was taken away the management just told everyone to get back to work. People were shaken up and some were emotionally drained and couldn't. Others in the office were cackling and carrying on without a care. It was hard to have respect for the management and those coworkers for their callous attitude. The right thing to do was tell everyone they should go home for the day and at most work from home if they felt inclined.
I left there 6 months later and still think back on that day from time to time. Life is bigger than a stupid work assignment that can wait a day.
In some regards staying at the workplace to comfort each other for some time wouldn’t be the worst thing but man that was cold.
Unfortunately I have experienced similar situations at school. We had a student killed at a cross walk after school a few years back and a husband and son of one of our teachers killed by carbon monoxide at around 9 in the morning during a school day. We all had to stay the course. Very difficult decisions had to be made during those moments with regards to staff and students.
It probably wouldn’t be good to send kids home in many cases to an empty house in that situation
literally says that the regular seem irrelevant now. skip is a clown, but how is that tweet offensive or callous?
I read this morning that the NFL did not tell the teams to resume after 5 minutes. The head of the Players Association confirmed that, as well. That ‘5 minute’ issue may have been a standard procedure by the game officials after a lengthy stoppage in play.
With that said, it will be interesting to see how this is handled. In the context of the football season, this may have been the most important game of the year. I wonder if their contingencies include simply canceling the game.
Edit: it was not the head of the player’s association that confirmed it - it was Troy Vincent. I believe at one time he was the head of the player’s association but now evidently is a league executive. In any case, he said at no time did the league mandate they resume after a 5 minute warm-up.
With that said, it will be interesting to see how this is handled. In the context of the football season, this may have been the most important game of the year. I wonder if their contingencies include simply canceling the game.
Edit: it was not the head of the player’s association that confirmed it - it was Troy Vincent. I believe at one time he was the head of the player’s association but now evidently is a league executive. In any case, he said at no time did the league mandate they resume after a 5 minute warm-up.
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Tried reading the replies...I got about 6 or 7 in. I did not see anything worth getting bent out of shape over....I wonder if some people act like they do because they feel obligated....Skip merely just said outloud a cold truth...and many others are thinking the same. We all know the mans life is more umportant than any game, we also know the NFL isn't going to just cancel the rest of the season...it's also OK to wonder outloud how this is going to affect the rest of the aeason. Would I have Tweeted that? No....was I thinking the same? Yes.
They talked about it multiple times live during the tv coverage. All ending basically the same way. That it all seems irrelevant considering a dude was temporarily dead on the field.
Either way, I’m not gonna spend a lot of energy white knighting for Skip.
This is what I remember. I’ve never seen a QB take so many monster hits and keep coming back for more.