Fair or foul? Dan Patrick question

I was listening to the Super Bowl postgame on Westwood One driving home last night and Dan Patrick asked the following question (or at least close to it): "You are the youngest coach in Super Bowl history, and therefore the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl. Did you ever wonder if you were in over your head when you were offered this job?"

Tomlin said he trusted the Rooney's judgement and that if they believed in him, he knew he could be a successful coach (or something to that effect).

A minute or so later, they went back to the radio booth with Marv Albert and Boomer Esiason and Boomer said, "Dan Patrick asked sort an inappropriate question there, but ..." and went on to talk about something else.

I thought, in the context Patrick asked it, it was a fine question. Kind of like if a coach draws up a play for a freshman to take the final shot, it's natural to wonder if that player truly believed he was ready to take that shot.

What say you, SJ denizens?

 

I don't think it was inappropriate... odd, but not inappropriate.

 

IF there was a lot of media attention focused on Mike Tomlin being the youngest coach in the Super Bowl, it's a valid question. However, if that wasn't even a small subplot, WTF would Dan Patrick ask it?

I like how Tomlin answered the question, though. And it's hard to argue with the Rooneys considering their record.

 

Very fair question.

 

I think it's a good question, to be honest.

 

Of course it's a fair question.

 

a good question and totally appropriate

 

It was fair, and from the response here, maybe a little different than the scrum questioning, which can only be a good thing.

 

definitely... odd, not inappropriate

 

There's nothing inappropriate or unfair about that question at all.

Esiason is the one who made the stupid comment about it being inappropriate.

Esiason also is the one who went into the replay booth at halftime, admittedly with sandwiches, to find out about Harrison's interception return for the touchdown.

Are media members allowed into the replay booth to ask about a call? Even if Esiason is a former player, he is working for Westwood One as (supposedly) a reporter. If he is allowed to do it what would happen if a legitimate journalist did the same?

 

How many 34-year-olds have taken the helm of a storied franchise? Not that many. And asking a coach who just won a Super Bowl about his hiring a two years back is something that would be of interest.