“I love the game,” said Doug Van Horn, in his 12th season and long used to the Giants losing. And going into today's game, with little on the line except the pride of professionals, the Giants appear moti vated - at least from the way the defense is playing in practice. Of course, players grumble, particularly when they're not playing. As Dick Vermeil, the Eagles’ coach, says, “I've never scored touchdown or thrown a block in this league.” Execution is up to the players, and many agree that they have not been executing.
When you combine that with the'sctieflule we had this year, we should have done a lot better than we have.” “Just look around the locker room,” said one veteran, “there's an awful lot of talent in here now. Part of the disappointment felt by the players, especially those who have been around this losing team for any length of time, is the fact that McVay has done some significant building in his two and a half seasons. “It gets me when I watch somebody on television that I went to college with and he's doing things I know he didn't know then,” said one of the young veterans, who added that his complaints were not with the head coach but with his particular unit coach. ing with young players who are not improving. This is a common complaint on the team - the coaches, with significant exceptions, particularly Jerry Wampfler, who has rebuilt the offensive line, are not teaching. “How can the quarterbacks learn anything if they're not taught?”
“But why the hell didn't they get a quarterback coach?” said one player.
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