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December, 6 2011 12:11 AM
Former NFL head coach and analyst Mike Ditka joined Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio to talk about the weekend's slate of NFL games. Here are some highlights:
On whether he can justify Jason Garrett's decision making at the end of the Cardinals game:
The pressure’s gotten to Jason and he’s really over-coaching right now. You’ve got to understand that it’s fine to be the coach. I understand the title and the position and the responsibility, but great coaches are made because of great players and confidence in those players, putting those players in the best position you can for them to succeed and then giving them the ball and going with it. If you fear success, you will not have success. That’s all there is to it. And if you fear and you fail, then you shouldn’t be out there in the first place. It’s kind of disappointing to me. I don’t know why it happened that way, but it’s happened. And here, you’ve hurt a whole football team. You’ve lost a football game that would’ve put them in a good position if they would’ve won.
On whether Garrett will have to address his mistakes with the team:
I don’t know what he’ll do. I’m sure he will. I would. I don’t understand what his training was, but I would have to address that. And I would have to say simply, “Guys, I blew it. Period. I made a mistake, I did the wrong thing, I out-thought myself.” … It’s not that complicated, guys. If you’ve got a good quarterback, use him. My god, that’s what you’ve got him for.