Hopefully McVay is really evaluating the whole process.
Such that he might hand over play calling duties to O'Connell and just have input!
McVay being the HC manager might be an improvement. What I think we really miss in Lafleur is that he had no issue with telling Sean how it is. There were several articles about their testing but strong relationship that first year. They both started off together in Washington as position coaches and fed off each other playing parking lot football at night!
We need an OC that stops McVay getting cute (doing a Martz) and not just doing the dammed obvious thing.............which has often been 'just run the dam ball'
So, may be (or just my optimism) this is McVay not letting O'Connell walk as there is a shift in the wind!