Reverse Psychology

Curt Schilling said this about the Red Sox' dimming playoff chances:

“I don’t think they’re going to make it. I don’t know they have the horses. I hope they do, I want them to, but I think there’s been a huge momentum shift and I can see Tampa winning out.”

To which Terry Francona said:

"I don't give a s**t."

I think this is Schilling using reverse psychology here. Tito and his troops need someone or something to get mad at, and Schilling comes out with this. Hope Tito put this on a bulletin board in the Sox clubhouse, and this makes their opposition pay.

OK, I maybe grasping at straws here, but I need something to hang on to.