Oct 20, 2026 · 46 min · 23 segments
On today’s episode of the Break, Derek Eagleton, Voch Lombardi and Tommy Yarrish discuss Brian Schottenheimer’s Monday press conference, and share their thoughts on how he explained Dallas’ loss to…
Derek EagletonHost
Voch LombardiPanelist
Tommy YarrishPanelist
Well, I think it starts with the fact that, you know, we asked him a lot about, like, would you, Calvin Watkins asked me, would you prefer a team that's angry at this point in the season, given how everything's going, or do you want a team that's more measured? And he said, I always like guys that are angry.
No, I was saying he has some of the lines of like, are you upset about the right things? Right.
Are you upset about the right things? He asked something about, like, are you upset at us,
the media? Yeah, he said, are you upset about the right things? And Coach was like, wait, what do you mean by that? And he's like, are they upset at us for writing that they're not performing well, or are they upset at themselves for not performing? Because we've seen it, I've seen it in the years I've been here, that sometimes some players, and I'm not saying all players by any means, but some players, they want to kill the messenger.
They have a problem with the people who are saying you aren't performing well versus being angry at we're not performing well, right? And I think that's a clear distinction.
as long as their anger is directed at, number one, is directed at the right place, which is we aren't performing to the level that we should be performing at or whatever's going wrong, right? And then number two, that they know how to properly act Respond to anger.
Well, I think it starts with the fact that, you know, we asked him a lot about, like, would you, Calvin Watkins asked me, would you prefer a team that's angry at this point in the season, given how everything's going, or do you want a team that's more measured? And he said, I always like guys that are angry.
No, I was saying he has some of the lines of like, are you upset about the right things? Right.
Are you upset about the right things? He asked something about, like, are you upset at us,
the media? Yeah, he said, are you upset about the right things? And Coach was like, wait, what do you mean by that? And he's like, are they upset at us for writing that they're not performing well, or are they upset at themselves for not performing? Because we've seen it, I've seen it in the years I've been here, that sometimes some players, and I'm not saying all players by any means, but some players, they want to kill the messenger.
They have a problem with the people who are saying you aren't performing well versus being angry at we're not performing well, right? And I think that's a clear distinction.
as long as their anger is directed at, number one, is directed at the right place, which is we aren't performing to the level that we should be performing at or whatever's going wrong, right? And then number two, that they know how to properly act Respond to anger.
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