WEEI Afternoons: Tom E. Curran on Jerod Mayo's identity

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00:00At this point through the season, 13 weeks here at the bye week, what would you say his identity as a coach is?

00:05How would you how would you characterize it?

00:09Cautious. Unfortunately, I think, and I would say that to him.

00:14Cautious. We're already doing the wrong thing.

00:18And I really I feel I feel he's been put into a tough situation.

00:23I don't think any of us would disagree with that.

00:24I don't think that he would disagree with my saying that by appraisal.

00:28He might disagree that it's a tough situation, but I think.

00:34The way the season has played out, the way he is.

00:40I guess his podium demeanor has been fleshed out in the number of times

00:45he said things glibly that he needed to take back.

00:49He's just become more cautious and he doesn't want to screw it up.

00:53And I think that's the hardest thing.

00:54And maybe, you know, Bill Parcells in his first iteration with Giants.

01:00When three and 11 in his first year, and I remember there's a quote from him

01:04when he was coming back for a second year, he goes, this year, I'm going to do it my way,

01:07because if I'm going to go down, I'm going to go down on my terms.

01:10And I wonder what demeanor may will come back with next year,

01:15what he learned, what he and how he will proceed, because I think he's, you know,

01:20and it's on field too, when he talks to the post game immediately about,

01:27I know that there's going to be a lot of opinions.

01:29That means it's foremost in his mind when he makes a decision that he knows

01:32that opinions are going to be formulated and he's going to have to defend them

01:35instead of just saying, I don't care, I'm doing this, I'm kicking the field goal.

01:40Cause I don't know if we can hold up for six seconds to get guys down there.

01:44So we've got a better chance of throwing it, of kicking it

01:47than throwing it 60 yards or whatever.

01:49So is the implication that he's not doing it his way?

01:51Like that he's, he's feeling pressure to do it a certain way.

01:53That's maybe not his way.

01:56No, I don't think it's that it's, I play a lot of golf.

02:01So I think about, I think about golf a lot.

02:03When you start looking at the water or the woods or the out of bounds on the tee,

02:09you're not going to take a free and effortless swing.

02:11And you say, you know what?

02:12I'm thinking too much.

02:13Just do it.

02:14Just do it.

02:16I still, I think that's it.