SantaClaraHawk
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Poor Lions. They aren't as consistently bad as their record would indicate. What is consistent is that they don't close, and that's often assisted by the refs and/or their own coaches. Why they didn't even try to convert at least a couple 4ds in the ez against GB is a mystery.
They're the latest to discover that the Patriots Way doesn't translate outside of Foxboro. And they tried. They brought in Patricia and five ex-Pats players including Amendola. It still didn't work because you need all those pieces, and Patricia, like McDaniels (DEN) and Mangini (CLE) are just seen as uptight drillmasters drilling grown men like they're youths at a military school. Even SF in their cellar years recognized this and bounced both. The only reason they put up with the Patriot Way in NE is that they're always winning and the culture is now a generation old.
They're the latest to discover that the Patriots Way doesn't translate outside of Foxboro. And they tried. They brought in Patricia and five ex-Pats players including Amendola. It still didn't work because you need all those pieces, and Patricia, like McDaniels (DEN) and Mangini (CLE) are just seen as uptight drillmasters drilling grown men like they're youths at a military school. Even SF in their cellar years recognized this and bounced both. The only reason they put up with the Patriot Way in NE is that they're always winning and the culture is now a generation old.