Former New England Patriots offensive coordiantor and new Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels addressed his spurning of the Indianapolis Colts during the 2018 offseason.
Though McDaniels and the Colts had agreed to hire him as the new head coach following the firing of Chuck Pagano, McDaniels wound up backing out of the deal before it became official.
McDaniels recently opened up about the situation, saying it was never his intention to leave the Colts hanging despite the agreement.
“I never intended to do that to anybody,” McDaniels said via Vic Tafur of The Athletic. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for (general manager) Chris Ballard, (Colts owner) Mr. (Jim) Irsay and their whole organization. They were great. I think they ended up with the person they should have ended with (Frank Reich) and I ended up where I was supposed to be.”
McDaniels admitted that the choice wasn’t right for him and that it took him too long to realize that. But it doesn’t change…