You can stuff your sorry's in a sack, Mister!
I made a very quick prediction on Sunday. "The Bears are gonna kill these guys!" I thought special teams covered the kickoff well, and I was impressed with the pressure Tommie Harris put on Kurt Warner on 2nd down.
Heck, the only thing more impressive was how quickly Harris got tossed from the game. And while I understand the appeal of pounding on an idiot talking smack to you, I gotta say, there's a right time and place. And it's NOT in the first sequence of the game.
Harris has since apologized. And it's nice that someone on the defense has apologized for something. Because when you give up 40+ points in two out of three games, you should probably be feeling some remorse.
Coach Lovie, not one to say much of anything, much less "I'm sorry" is feeling some media heat these days. The Coach's best press conference to date is still his first one. The one in which he said what Dick Jauron would not - we will beat the Packers. We'd like to see that candor again, for old time's sake. Say out loud what we're thinking. "We haven't played very well."
Saying it does not mean the season is over. It means you understand the situation. It means you recognize that coddling and minimizing is not a good course of action. It means you accept that you are accountable to this team, and that you respect them too much to offer false praise.
And once you've done that, you can shut up. Because we don't need any more than that. We don't need "I'm Sorry." As the great philosoper George Costanza once said (well, three times actually), "You can stuff your sorry's in a sack, Mister!" Because the words don't mean as much as the actions.
Next opportunity for actions is Thursday night. Take that opportunity.
CHILI DAN
