This is a clear message to stay the course and was not coined by DA himself, with obvious shortcomings this year why would your head coach feed into the obvious issues on the team, so the media and fans can feel heard?
DA is a head coach, a leader, throwing his people under the bus or to the wolves to satisfy the bloodlust of the media and fanbase is cowardly.
DA like most coaches,held his team down and made the proper adjustments at the appropriate time, that being the off-season.