Robert Saleh explains what the Titans can control, why he believes it's producing improvement and the challenge of convincing fans when the wins aren't coming.
By PAUL KUHARSKY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When Peter Skoronski watches the teams he roots for, the White Sox or Tottenham, he’s like the rest of us.
He’s looking at the scoreboard, wanting a win, not considering the process that’s gone into things for Chicago or Spurs as they’ve built toward the season or game day.
“As a fan, it's hard because you just want to win, and I get it because we all want to win,” he said. “But when you have to do it, you have to be in the moment more. Especially when you're in a spot like this, you have to see the vision and see the improvements, see the day-by-day, rep-by-rep, the goal. And like it.”
So he understands there is a disconnect between his 1-6 Titans and their fans with where the team is now, emphasizing process over results in a way that can be hard for even the biggest believer to relate to as he watches his football team play for three hours on a Sunday.
I think Robert Saleh and his team are doing a good job explaining some of this.
But we don’t see a lot of the process, and even if we could, we can’t relate to it. While players and coaches may be able to disassociate from the scoreboard, it’s not in the nature of a reporter who’s writing about the result of the game he’s paid to cover or a fan who’s paying to attend it or investing his time and energy in it.
