During the 2018 offseason, the Indianapolis Colts announced Josh McDaniels as their next head coach. They scheduled their introductory press conference for McDaniels and everything seemed set. Then the New England Patriots offensive coordinator changed his mind, despite his assistant coaches already having been hired by the Colts, and he stayed with the Patriots, throwing the Colts into an upheaval as they suddenly lost the coach they thought they had locked up.
The McDaniels reversal was similar to New England’s head coach Bill Belichick’s surprise resignation from the New York Jets head coach position.