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[SunsetBengal]

(06-05-2019, 12:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: He said "the players will be dear to me, but that's it"

Which implies that he will only miss the players. Which implies he didn't care for the city, the FO or the fans.

Is it possible he didn't really mean to say all that? Absolutely, but that's definitely how that statement should be interpreted.

And, that is really the only safe answer that he can give.  Marvin is a lot of things, both good and bad, and one of those things is being careful what he says to media.  He's a football coach, it's universally acceptable for him to miss the players, as coaches coach players.  However, if he mentions his former employers in a positive or negative fashion, he's aware of how "hidden meanings" are read into otherwise innocuous statements.  For example if he said that he was going to miss the Brown family or the fans, it could be read that his heart isn't in his new job.  Just as if he said anything negative about either, it could be viewed as "don't hire this guy, he'll treat us the same way".