Coen made light of the situation this week while in Phoenix, revealing the topic became a joke for a few of the coaches gathered in the desert.
“Sean [McVay] was killing Kyle [Shanahan] and Saleh about sign stealing, and they were killing me about keeping their name out of my mouth,” Coen said, also via ESPN. “It was fun. I have a ton of respect for Kyle, for Robert, and those guys.”
In the moment, the visual of Coen barking at Saleh was entertaining and drove conversations early in the season. Months later, both parties can laugh at it as a thing of the past.
“We’re all finding those edges in those different ways of trying to motivate your team, motivate yourself, motivate your community,” Coen said. “I mean, we’re all doing that on a constant basis.
“And so when those things may happen, we joke on them after the fact and when we’re here, but we can all appreciate because we all respect what we’re doing and how we are all doing in different ways.”
