The Washington Wizards are on an 11-game losing streak, and things are looking pessimistic. And some want head coach Brian Keefe fired. But we know that's not happening.
When players hold players-only meetings, there seems to be an insinuation that something isn't going right. Something along the lines of the head coach "losing the locker room." Joshua Robbins of The Athletic provided more context on when the players-only meeting took place. It happened directly after Keefe gave his postgame remarks.
"We buckled to the adversity," coach Brian Keefe said. "We fouled when we shouldn't. We didn't dig in when they made certain runs. This group has never done that. That was disappointing on all of our end. We have to own that. But that was the thing that was bothering me the most, is that after the initial start of the game, which I thought we came out with a necessary mindset and attitude, once we got hit, we didn't respond well."
It was a bad enough performance that, after Keefe spoke to the team following the final buzzer, the Wizards held a players-only meeting in their locker room.
"We needed that talk, I think," Coulibaly said afterward. "The guys just stepped up, the vets, the guys that have been used to winning. That's what we're trying to do here in the next year. So they had to talk to us, and they did a great job about this and everybody was listening."
No one is exactly sure what was said in the meeting itself, but it seems like sometimes, players-only meetings are just that. A reinforcement about what a team's expectations are. It's not necessarily some plot to get the coach fired or emasculated.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this meeting? Let us know in the comments below.