New York Jets: Discipline also falls on players, not just Todd Bowles
It’s easy to sit here and blame New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles for the team’s lack of discipline, but eventually we have to start blaming the players.
Gone are the days of leaders like Bill Parcells and Vince Lombardi. Without two-a-days and a less strict practice schedule, NFL head coaches can no longer approach the game the way they used to. If you yearn for the “way things used to be,” you’ll have to look at the Marines. By all accounts at training camp, though, New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles is trying to instill discipline in his team, but the penalties still mount.
By all accounts, he’s doing all he can within the confines of the collective bargaining agreement to get his point across. Yes, he is the head coach, and yes, it’s his job to make sure things are in order. That said, in a locker room of 90 players who go to work everyday together, can’t someone step up and take charge? Can’t someone be the voice?
It shouldn’t be only Todd Bowles. Sometimes it’s incumbent upon the players to take charge. There needs to be leadership among those who are in the trenches everyday, not just the coaches.
As the head coach, Bowles undoubtedly deserves a lion’s share of the blame. However, people say that this roster lacks talent. So what is he going to do, cut his best players at his weakest positions? If that’s the case, then the Jets (who many believe don’t have talent) might go 0-16 this season like Browns did last season.
Some may say that Bowles should be more like the “general” style coaches. There’s one problem with that. That’s doesn’t seem to be his personality — at least not from what he portrays in the media. Therefore, if he does that, he’d be being phony, and players would see through that immediately.
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There’s only so much one person can do. It’s time for the players to step up and do their parts. The best teams in the NFL don’t just take a cue from the head coach, but other players in the locker room. It’s time for the players to do their part in growing the success of this team, and not just let it all fall on Bowles.