Even with the Detroit Lions on a bye in Week 5, the team still took some hits from the national media. On the FOX pregame show on Sunday morning, Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw took a shot at the Lions and head coach Matt Patricia.
Bradshaw did not mince words.
“You can love them, but they have got to show they can coach,” Bradshaw said while symbolically using an actual spoon to stir the pot. “Patricia in Detroit can’t coach.”
Speaking to the panel of fellow FOX analysts, Bradshaw continued,
“Smartest guy in the world. Rocket scientist, engineer. Can’t coach a lick. Can’t hold a lead when they’re leading by 10 points. He’s gotta be gone.”
The discussion continued on the theme of coaches who are very smart but don’t have relationship or personal management skills, a group that also includes Adam Gase and his winless New York Jets.
Michael Strahan ran with that line of thought and brought up Tom Coughlin, who went from being all about discipline and Xs and Os to being a guy who embraced the player-friendly mindset. It won the Giants a Super Bowl. Speaking of Patricia and Gase, Strahan offered this,
“I think they’ve just been X’s and O’s guys. You have to have relationships if you want to win.“