Nick Underhill: Players organizing a Players-Only Meeting

HouseCall said

You’d be surprised how little “players only” meetings accomplish on the field.

It’s typically used, in my opinion, as a message to the front office that they don’t like the coach or coaches.

If these players aren’t holding one another accountable in the locker room and on the sidelines already - there’s little a players only meeting will do.

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Based on the Underhill article and the quotes from Kamara about why the meeting was called, it is not about sending a message to the front office and is really about the older players thinking that the younger players don't understand the standard that needs to be set and the little things that need to be fixed with attention to detail.

That being said, those are all things that a head coach should handle and things that Payton did handle. So, whether they intend this a a message to the front office or not the fact that the older players have to call this kind of meeting says a lot to the front office about DA as a head coach. Specifically that he isn't holding guys responsible for not doing things right and Kamara has been saying since last year that nobody is there to hold guys responsible for mistakes.