schemefactory says:
Jun 6, 2011 5:29 PM
the players will win
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I absolutely love this.

I have no doubt there are very invested parties from both sides trolling these stories, but the stance that that everyone who disagrees with you is a shill and everyone who agrees with you is speaking truth to power is absolutely infuriating.

Oh wait, we’re talking about anonymous Internet commenting. Carry on.

Honestly, why would they even care that strongly one way or another about the brief?

I don’t think everyone is pro-player. Who could read these comments and think that? And I believe the NFLCA brief was ill-conceived because it put the coaches in a difficult position. Given the well-known pettiness of some owners (Dan Snyder, for instance), it’s hard for me to believe the coaches agreed in advance to what is essentially open insubordination against their bosses.

But the lockout serves only the owners. It is a hardship for everyone else connected to the league: players, coaches, employees, networks and their employees, etc. Why would coaches support a lockout that jeopardizes their own incomes? That keeps them from preparing for the season, which could ultimately jeopardize their jobs? That keeps them and their families from interacting with the players many consider friends?

I can believe some coaches feel loyalty to longtime owners who treat them well. But I can equally believe some were forced to disavow the brief. Not all serfs are as in love with the filthy rich as the PFT posting majority.

How do we know that you can read their minds??????

This post is utter nonsense and comes from someone who is pro-player and who thinks that everyone is pro-player. That is simply not the case.

Take the coaches at their word – they disagree with the NFLCA’s brief/position.

Sounds like a pretty big straw to me.

So much blather, faldarah and frumpery about a story which may be true, or may be false…depending of the “unnamed” sources which contribute the majority of grist for this one-sided pro-union rumor mill.

And with that, this post will be deleted.

Yes it is how may we help you?

This is the NFLCA we have a story for you.

I don’t understand the logic behind coaches supporting the players. The bigger share of the pie the players get, is less money available for coaches. The only reason in my opinion to get behind the players is to make sure you don’t have a locker room full of guys who think you are against them.
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Because everything always has to be just about money, right?

Sometimes I wonder why the world is how it is today, but then I remember the mentality of most people here.

And to those of you saying the coaches shouldn’t do anything because they are in a no-win situation, you obviously don’t understand the implication of not saying anything. If coaches say nothing, it tells owners they support it. There only choice, if they want to please their respective owner, is to speak out against it. They were put in the no-win situation as soon as the NFLCA brief was filed, they didn’t put themselves in it.

Finally, why is it so hard for many of you to believe many coaches are against the lockout? This impacts them just about as much as anyone, and not in a positive way.

The more likely inference is that many, if not most, of the coaches who have spoken out were required by their owners to publicly disavow the brief. The lockout is harming them and their families–there’s no way they genuinely support the owners’ strategy. On the other hand, they are management and the brief has put them in a difficult position with company ownership.

@endzonezombie …

Still in the light

Yeah, no bias there! LOLOLOL

Now you claim to know the inner workings of the league from Park ave. to the locker rooms.

You are as fake as a $7 dollar bill.
A fraud, a DEmoron shill, a troll
Is “pretending” on here how you feel important? You have ZERO credibility. You are an imposter, a phoney, a LOSER

Yet you are still posting? Dude, you ain’t got no job. You and tommyf15, paperlionsand jakek2 are LOCKED OUT, remember?

Oh, i guess you meant taking your turn on the corner holding the cardboad sign.
You are a fake, a shill, a pawn of DEmoron’s.

@hailtotharedskins: Stay as foolish as a typical owner shill can be. The players salaries must fit under the cap. The coaches’ salaries are unconstrained. Also, the working limits for players are restricted under the CBA. There is no limit to coaching hours.

I call a big, fat “bullsh!t” on this story.

You seem to imply that if the players make out like bandits on the labor dispute, then somehow that means the coaches will catch a glimpse of this windfall too. Not gonna happen. Like I said if anything, more money to the players means less money to the coaches.