As the dust settles on the Washington Redskins’ second victory of the 2019 season, some players on the team are giving a lot of the credit to interim head coach Bill Callahan for getting his team ready to play.
According to a report from NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay, Callahan ripped into some of the younger players on the team in a meeting on Saturday night, encouraging a tougher mindset and better preparedness heading into Sunday’s game. Apparently, it had an effect.
Washington won, 19-16, and players got a much needed afternoon of celebration and relief, experiencing the joy of victory for a change. According to some of the veteran players on the roster, the success on the field could be attributed to Callahan’s firm approach to the team.
“I told him before the game that what he said last night needed to be said,” linebacker Jon Bostic said, via The Fan. “I’m used to hard-nosed coaches, so this was nothing new to me.”
“I definitely knew we were going to have a fire up our ass today,” Quinton Dunbar told reporters. “In a team meeting yesterday, Coach Callahan ripped us apart. Guys didn’t take that too fairly, and wanted to come out here and prove that they were something that he’s saying they weren’t.”
Outside of the meeting room, few people know who was the main target of Callahan’s criticism, but whoever it was, the message was received. The Redskins came out and did what needed to be done.
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