Who cares the fans are scenery. Fans are like the weather sometimes its hot, sometimes its cold, sometimes it feels great. A good coach gets his team to execute in any kind of weather. Are the fans overall very good? No they're not. How many fanbases are good when you lose almos every freaking big game, many in humiliating fashion, for a decade?
Its never the fans, never! Any coach who complains about the fans or pits his team against the fans should be fired on the spot immediately.
If the team is scared of the fans reaction or worries about looking bad thats all poor coaching. Fans are scenery, fans dont play football. Great coaches use the fans to their advantage. Good coaches make the fans a non-factor in the game. Bad coaches complain about fans and let fans get on top of the team or in their heads.
[This message has been edited by BaronVonAggie (edited 10/4/2009 1:43p).]