You dont really like to assign blame, continued Montana, but there is no way around this, our special teams really let us down. They never even gave us a chance to win, and you cant have that.
I guess I will question this game the rest of my life. I will never really know if we had what it took to be champions, and thats the worst feeling of all. I would have rather gone out there and got beat from start to finish all 6 minutes.
Joe Cool went out to rally the troops, but it wasnt meant to be on this day.
A sight all too common on Tecmo Bowl Sunday.
After his opening speech Montana opened the press conference to questions:
How did the early KRs affect your game plan?
Well it definitely meant we had to start forcing things. Being down by that many points you cant be conservative. You can see how it showed because I threw 3 picks, there was an urgency to get down field. It was basically an impossible situation, going against that D with all their experience, I dont know if Singletary has ever blown a 2 score lead in his life.
Was Lott not able to come today?
No he wasnt. He is actually taking this worse than I am. He really wanted this Championship Ring and he thought his D could take care of Payton and Co. He is really distraught and said it would be better if he didnt show up today.
Do you think the team will be able to rebound from this kind of a loss?
You know you always want to stay positive heading into a new season, especially when it starts the day
after the last one ended, but I dont know if our players can recover that quickly. Their mental state will be a factor for sure, I hope we can tough this one out.
What do you see happening for the Penguin Kings in the near future?
Montana seemed optimistic for the first time all day when answer this question. They have made some questionable off season moves in upper management, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. I in vision Mike Gentry will continue Hobaging people at an astronomical rate but I dont really see a repeat for them.
 Montana was able to crack a smile when asked about Chicago's less than spectacular chances of a repeat.
Has management talked to you about addressing the need for a bottom defender?
They did actually. Unfortunately we will be unable to add anyone due to some cap issues. I also requested we bring in some good ST players but this request was also denied. There arent many positives heading into season 8.
Thats all the time I have for today. I have to go hang out with Jerry Rice. This loss stings but the better team won, we will get them next time, Jerry told me so.
As Joe was leaving he encouraged everyone to pick up a copy of his new football game.....Sans Mike Gentry.
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