1.   Belichick wasted little time alienating players with his martinet ways.

2.   Brown would often alienate players with biting public commentary.

3.   But he has long had a reputation for alienating his players and prefers total control over personnel matters, which he could not get in Atlanta.

4.   He landed on his feet at Golden State this year and soon was alienating players with his incessant verbal attacks.

5.   If neither signs, the Cardinals can put the franchise tag on one, quite possibly alienating that player, and then sweat out the signing of the other.

6.   The former coach Mohammad Mayeli Kohan was fired last month, reportedly because he alienated players by stressing Islamic fundamentalism over soccer.

7.   Twardzik also has been handicapped by being forced to make bad trades because his coach had alienated players.

8.   Vermeil also alienated players with brutal practice sessions.

9.   While it is only an assumption that Showalter would alienate players by managing replacements, he considered it a fact.

10.   The next day, they fired general manager Dan Duquette, whose aloof style alienated players.