Coach speak has become something hard to decipher in recent years. When someone takes the podium, it’s hard to distinguish a canned response from something that is on someone’s to-do list. No one wants to tip their hand on future plans, and throwing someone under the bus is always risky. Keeping everyone happy is the medium, which means when questions about players and staff are asked, it’s not surprising to get an open-ended answer.
So when Kyle Shanahan answered a question in his end-of-season press conference that he’d always be open to change on his staff, it’s hard to know if that was a open-ended response or if it carried some weight.