Dansby Publicly Disagrees With Philbin's Decision To Cut Chad Johnson

True, valuable opportunity to let the players know exactly how/what he expects of them handling their business. However, I go back to what I wasn't happy with in how Philbin handled things with Chad and Karlos. Players see Hard Knocks. You don't think they could feel the awkwardness in the difficult situations Philbin was forced to have to figure out a way to handle as a rookie coach? I think they would. I think a good percentage of them would look at what he said to Chad Johnson in that "scolding" and feel the same I did, the same way a PLURALITY of television viewers felt, that Philbin wasn't clear and came off non-confrontational. And now Karlos Dansby is going to hear that Joe Philbin told the press that he would prefer Karlos to keep those criticisms in-house. What do you think Karlos is going to think to himself when he hears that, IF Joe Philbin hasn't said that to him (which is what Karlos said after practice)? I know what he's thinking. He's thinking that seems contradictory. Karlos should've approached Philbin about his personal opinion on how things should be handled, rather than the media, yet Philbin is put in the same situation disapproving of how Karlos handled things, and he went to the media instead of directly to Karlos as well.

And all of that is just collateral damage from having to deal with a very difficult situation. I'm not saying Joe Philbin needed to be perfect. But it's sort of like a player, not putting a player on the field to handle things he's not prepared to handle yet. Rookie Head Coach and you've not only bitten off (what most consider to be) more than you can chew with Hard Knocks, you're going to be handed Chad Johnson on top of that? **** man. What are you thinking?

 

Maybe not, but he's quickly putting it on speed dial.

 

exactly, players could essentially disagree with Philbin's actions while simultaneously respecting him for them.... and perhaps respecting him more than they had prior to the incident. I'm sure there are some who are glad that Philbin doesn't treat individual players above the team, no matter how talented they are.

Basically, "whether you're on the bubble or a great talent, your actions have consequences".
Doesn't matter if you're Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson, or if this had instead happened to Marlon Moore [who would've been cut in a heartbeat and no one would've complained about it]. IMO this type of consistency pays respect to the entire roster and might encourage guys in the bottom half of it to work that much harder b/c they know coach & GM don't play favorites, as well as helping to ensure proven vets don't become complacent, no?

 

I wish everyone was like this guy...

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To me it doesn't matter. Jeff Ireland's lines of authority are pretty clear. A player doesn't get signed unless he say he gets signed. Joe Philbin would welcome the challenge, but he's supposed to be up for any challenge, sort of like how a player would never say no to increased playing time and would be enthused about it, whether he was ready or not. It's Jeff Ireland that has to step back and have the wisdom and foresight to say I'm sorry but I don't think this is a good idea. Wouldn't you think?

 

Phuk Dansby. His shiiiiit play will be exposed this year in thisdefense. Karlos, you sukked in AZ and you still suk here. Will love it when Philbin cuts his azzzz when the season is over.

 

i aggree that philbin should of had a talk with dansby but i dont fault him for answering the question that the media asked.

 

Oh goody. Another bad personnel move made under the watch of our head of personnel that we can't mark in his column of whiffs because "we just don't know". My favorite.