"We Like To Win And Score" - Jeffrey Lurie, Ending Every Debate About The Tush Push For The Rest Of Time
Cooper Neill. Getty Images.We already reached the breaking point when it comes to debating the Tush Push. We've heard every single excuse for why the play should be banned over and over and over again. "It's a rugby play", which just isn't true at all. "It's not aesthetically pleasing", which is maybe the most…effeminate thing you could ever say in a discussion about football. "It puts players at a higher risk for injury", which has been proven to be false by data provided by the NFL. We hear the same talking points time after time, and every time they're all just ways for teams and coaches to admit that they're a bunch of little bitches who either A) can't figure out how to stop the Tush Push, or B) can't figure out a way to execute it at a high level themselves.
The debate has become nauseating. It was nauseating 2 years ago, and yet somehow it continues to grow stronger. Eventually everybody is going to have to agree that enough is enough. Eventually everybody is going to have to come to the conclusion that you can't ban a play just because you don't like how good one team is at running it, and it's time to stop bitching about it incessantly.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie just did everyone a favor and ended the conversation.
"Scoring; we like to win and score" -- Jeffrey Lurie.
Just listen to the way that Jeffrey Lurie and every other proponent talks about the Tush Push, and then listen to the way that the people who want to ban the play talk about it. Jeffrey Lurie is a football guy. He knows that at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is winning football games. He doesn't care what it looks like or how it's accomplished. All he knows is that he wants his Eagles to score more points than their opponents.
Then you have guys like Matt LaFleur and Sean McVay. Guys who spend an hour in hair and makeup before going out to take any interviews during the owners meetings. They are so concerned with how the game looks. It's almost like they want to fuck the game or something. It's weird. It's so bizarre how obsessed these dorks are with how the game looks. Since when are optics more important than scoring points and winning football games? You have to understand that if your biggest criticism against the play is that it makes the game less fuckable to you, not only is that a terrible argument but it makes you significantly less of a football guy.
Just something to keep in the back of your mind if you ever find yourself on that side of the argument.