[More Cowbell]

I loved it. To me, if I was a player on his team I would have gained a newfound respect for my coach. You have to love a guy that goes to bat for his players and tries to deflect criticism from them onto himself. I thought it was great when he said rather than criticizng his players, the writers should criticize him or the other coaches instead.

As far as the article, I agree that columnists should not attack a player personally, just report the facts and let us make our own decisions about whether he's soft or not. The columnist definitely crossed a line.