It’s Sunday and my weekend rituals involve a lot of football this time of year. But today, it’s just disheartening to watch. The winless Titans are just falling apart and had the misfortune of playing the patriots in about 2-3 inches of snow. Up 38 - 0, in the final moments of the half, The Patriots decided to push their winnings and continue throwing for the end-zone while they had to cross the entire stretch of the field in about a minute.

I can only say the Patriots, their coaching staff and their quarterback, came out looking like some of the worst role models ever during that marvelous 64 second drive. 

Most weeks, against most teams, that would have been a normal decision. Here though, in the snow, against a winless team, one that wasn’t pulling together a single drive for anything; it was simply running the score, playing to improve personal records and crushing spirits. It was sad to watch and I can’t imagine the sense of disappointment, desperation and probably even embarrassment the players were feeling. High School football games in Connecticut have rules and will suspend coaches who win enormously while running score up like that.

Here’s the big question to this whole thing. Imagine you’re the coach of the Patriots going in for the half time talk. What do you say? Do you tell them that they’re obviously the better team and now it’s time to show character over athleticism? Do you go in and pump ‘em up for more?

Exactly what kind of role model are you?

Now, what if you’re Titan head coach Jeff Fisher, what are you going to do at the half when you go in to speak with the guys in the locker room? Do you call them failures and tell them to man up? Do you tell them they’re professionals who’re getting paid millions to win and they are so failing? Do you encourage them, speak to their hearts and tell them that some days, it’s just not going to go well; the next half and tomorrow, are all new?

Exactly what kind of role model are you?

As I’m finishing, it’s 59-0 with most of a quarter left to play…