Moohead Radio

Listen to the Friday archive, as Mr Moohead hemmed and hawed about the Chargers/Colts game. I had a feeling something was gonna go wrong for the Colts, but when push came to shove, I lacked conviction in my gut feeling. I picked the Colts.

Now fast forward to Romeo Crennel. This is from the Plain Dealer:

Q: Did you go into that game thinking you were prepared to make a change at quarterback or was that a spur-of-the-moment decision in the second quarter?

A: That was a spur-of-the-moment thing. You just get a feel about what’s happening, a gut feeling that I need to do something. That was the feeling - I need to try something else. After a quarter and a half, I thought, OK, D.A. [Derek Anderson], you try.

From another story:

The sources said several players went to Crennel at the end of 2006 with their concerns about Grantham, but Crennel was still in Grantham’s corner. In fact, Crennel was on board with the two-year extension given to Grantham in June, despite the fact he didn’t know him until he interviewed him in 2005.

Conviction is a funny thing. You can have conviction and be wrong. Like Romeo was with Frye and Grantham. It is a lack of effective action that hurts Crennel. Even in the face of mutinous players and assistant coaches, Romeo went with the status quo. He believed in Grantham. Only the opening week disaster opened his eyes slightly about Frye. Who knows? If Frye hadn’t been traded, Romeo may have tried him again a few weeks later.

And here we are again. DA will be the starter. No pre season competition. Just like this year. It’s DA’s job until he fucks up. Romeo believes in him. I have a very uneasy feeling about all of this.

Players despised Carthon, and Romeo stood by him. It almost cost him his job. Grantham obviously WANTED his job, and Romeo stood by him for 2 years. We kept Northcutt too long, even though he whined constantly. It turns out we had a pretty good punt returner on the roster. Romeo believes in Willie McGinest. He believed in Ted Washington. He doesn’t believe in Jerome Harrison, and he stumbled upon Brandon McDonald.

I speak from experience. Conviction is wonderful. But it’s useless if you can’t pull the trigger once your conviction turns out to be misguided. I missed my glorious upset pick because I lacked conviction. Who knows what Romeo might be missing due to a lack of action.

(Not to mention Tony Dungy’s conviction that a rested team is better prepared than one that sits on it’s ass and lets the Titans go to the playoffs. Harrison didn’t do shit, and the defense was still on vacation)

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