Responding Correctly
Regardless of the causes for the struggles, the response to them has been encouraging. Gentry is facing the media with candor, which helps. His talking points are exactly what they should be. More specifically, they are exactly what I would say based on what I thought the keys to the season were going into it. We are spared stale aphorisms and copy filler. I have no reason to think that this is not a reflection of the actual ongoing team work. I would feel much worse if the franchise was just circling the wagons on “fine,” stiff-arming real criticism by putting out their own canned self-deprecation with no significance.