- Sometimes there are those in the media who embarrass the rest of us in the profession.
Such was the case Thursday during Browns head coach Hue Jackson’s daily press conference. Jackson was asked about rookie defensive end Myles Garrett seeming to be “really affected” by losing.
You’re kidding me, right?
You can’t be serious.
Someone actually asked Jackson about Garrett, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, appearing to be “really affected” by losing?
I’m “really affected” by stupid questions.
I’m “really affected” that someone who appears to be having trouble thinking clearly is at a press conference dragging the media profession through the mud, humiliating it completely.
Jackson many times begins his answers to reporters’ questions by laughing. Almost always, it is not meant to disrespect the reporters or their questions. That’s just who he is. He’s a good man who has a healthy respect for the job that media members do.
But in this case, perhaps Jackson was actually laughing at the preposterous nature of the question. And if he did, then could you blame him?
Absolutely not!
Anyway, here’s what Jackson said:
“I think it affects us all (laughter). Yeah, nobody, as I have said before, comes here to lose. I have come here (and said) from the beginning, we want to win. Losing is unacceptable for us, for our fans, for everybody involved. Nobody has come here to lose. We came here to win. That is what we are chasing, and we are going to keep chasing that.”
Can you imagine someone asking Bill Belichick that question?
Or Mike Tomlin?
Or Andy Reid?
Or Mike McCarthy?
Or John Harbaugh?
Or Marvin Lewis?
Or John Fox?
Or Bruce Arians?
Or Bill O’Brien?
Or Jack Del Rio?
Or Mike Zimmer?
Or any other NFL head coach who has been around a long time and/or doesn’t have time for silly questions that have no place in the game in any way, shape or form.
These players are professionals. They are paid a king’s ransom to perform well and contribute to victories. That’s what the pro game is all about. When the team loses, they feel as if they have failed.
To be astonished about any of that shows a level of professional ignorance that boggles the mind.
