​MEDINAH, IL – U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker faces a dubious distinction: with his team trailing 10½‒7½  at the Presidents Cup, he could become the first losing U.S. captain since Jack Nicklaus in 1998. Funny enough, Snedeker approached The Golden Bear last year to pick his brain on what he needed to do to be successful in the job.“He said just make sure that they have great sandwiches and great food and get the hell out of the way,” Snedeker recalled.Nicklaus’s message was clear: Let them go play golf. And that has been Snedeker’s approach all week – that he had a team that was loaded with talent and a band of brothers ready to go to battle. After getting swept on Friday, the U.S. battled back to win the morning session and tie in afternoon foursomes to cut into the deficit, but it still felt as if the U.S. squandered a few potential points.“So proud of how they’ve kind of hung in there this week despite all of my mistakes,” Snedeker said in his NBC interview. “They’re doing great. I’m so proud of them. Can’t wait to see them go out there tomorrow and compete.”Despite all of his mistakes — was Snedeker being self-deprecating? Apparently not as it wasn’t the only time he said as much. In a separate TV interview with Golf Channel, he remarked: “I feel like I’ve let them down so far.” Pressed for specifics he added, “You’re always going to look back and second guess yourself,” without sharing specifics.And if that wasn’t enough, Snedeker piled on himself again in his press conference after the matchups for Sunday singles were announced.“They look to me to put them in the best position where they’re comfortable. I hold myself to a high standard. I don’t think I’ve done the best job for them in that room,” he said. “They’ve given me everything I could possibly ask for, and I’ve just got to figure out ways to get these guys in better situations. I don’t think I’ve held up my end of the bargain.”If it was an attempt to take some of the pressure off his players, Golf Channel’s Paul McGinley, who served as European Ryder Cup captain in 2014, didn’t agree with that approach.“A bit surprising. You’re giving a lack of confidence to your teammates who are watching that interview. He was too open. He was too honest. That’s not the time to say it. The fat lady has not sung yet,” McGinley said on “Live From.” “I don’t think he’s made massive mistakes here…have they come prepared? The closure here of these games is not what I see on the PGA Tour. I’m seeing stalwarts of the Tour, guys who close out with a cold heart, duffing shots and making mistakes at crucial times.”Somewhere along the way in the past year, Snedeker realized that the captaincy has grown to entail a lot more than making sandwiches. Before the Presidents Cup began, he called Davis Love II, his captain in 2012 and 2016, and said, “I really, really appreciate now what you did for us. How much time and effort you put into it.