Good piece by Greg A. Bedard below on Monday Morning Quarterback. This touches on the reasons for 2014 demise we’ve all already discussed, but it’s worth repeating because the quote by Brees is poignant. This quote is still indirect, but reading between the line it’s clear he thinks that while the team may be talented, lack of maturity and leadership doomed the Saints from the start. Here’s the quote:
Don’t mention the word talent to Brees, not after this season.
“I hate the word talent. I hate it,” Brees said. “Some of the best players I ever played with, or best teammates that I ever played with, that wasn’t their best quality. Everybody’s talented. Their best quality was their work ethic, their leadership ability, their ability to fight through adversity, toughness, reliability. Those are the things I most value.”
“The thing you can’t lose track of is those guys in the locker room,” he said. “Those guys as leaders, their presence. Especially when you have young players. Listen, every team is going to have youth. It’s just the nature of the league. A majority of your team is going to be made up of first- to fourth-year players. So that leadership and guidance and institutional knowledge are very critical.”
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