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dzrams
I've always felt Thirry's report was likely true. But nearly all of that was behind closed doors. It wasn't public.
Public means in front of people--and that includes the team. Private means the player and coach meet and hash things out--which apparently stopped happening.
But there was press conference stuff too. Including the yes he's our qb, for now statement. I agree with Sun, that sounded like it had a personal edge to it and it sure isn't the way you handle qb issues (invariably if a coach downgrades a qb from the starting spot we hear them say something like "the qb knows this, we talked." There are reasons it goes like that.) Either way, the overall issue is not strictly limited to press conferences, which would be this highly artificial and pointless limitation, but how the player was treated in front of the team. There are sources in the Thiry who say McVay did not handle that well.
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...as the 2019 season progressed without the desired results, McVay began to coach Goff more directly and their dynamic began to slowly unravel.
“Sean got more involved, was tougher on Jared and didn’t realize that he wasn’t building him back up,” a league source said.
Goff complained to others about McVay and vice versa. The two wouldn’t sit down often enough to hammer the issues out, a league source said.
On the sideline, where emotional outbursts are not uncommon, “It gradually became more hostile, with McVay cussing out Goff, and Goff would feel crushed,” a league source said.
I am with several others on this. And to deconstruct the phony issue of "sides," not everyone I agree with on this defended Goff during the season.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/07/2021 09:43AM by zn.