okaydo said:
https://instagr.am/p/B3aHmw9FTeL
Now, now, to be fair, many of us are still fond of Lyman.
Interesting, Silver with two guys who Tedford did wrong at some point.
At least Tedford apologized to Lyman when he basically accused Lyman of being soft for not playing with an injury, when it turned out that Lyman needed surgery, but pretty sure he never apologized to the other guy in the photo for throwing him under a bus. .
Man, did Rodgers and Lyman click at the Insight Bowl and in the early part of 2004. We can talk about a lot of "what if's" after Cal got first and goal against SC at the end of the game in 2004, but to me, the biggest "what if" is "what if Lyman hadn't been hurt earlier in the game."
Interesting contrast between Lyman and Longshore. Tedford wanted guys who were willing to go out there and play even if hurt, and it didn't really matter if they were so injured that they couldn't play well enough to be out on the field. So we get Longshore in 2007. Tedford's excuse for playing Longshore was, "He says he can play." Well OF COURSE he says he can play, that's what you encourage your players to do. Tedford needs to recognize when a player is too injured to be effective and NOT let him play, and it is easier to recognize this if he encourages honesty from his players about being hurt.
Not that I'm bitter about 2007 or anything.