Sean McVay makes admission about past retirement rumors

Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay made a rather surprising admission about the retirement rumors that surrounded him after the 2022 season.

McVay admitted he did strongly consider quitting after the Rams went 5-12 in 2022, and was heavily linked to a potential media role at the time. He said, however, that he would not have been quitting to go into broadcasting: he would have been admitting that he could not take that much losing.

“I almost quit coaching. You could use the narrative that I was going to go to media or whatever, but the truth would have been, I was quitting, because I couldn’t handle the losing. It was almost like a scarlet letter. There was moments I was counting down the days for that season to be over.”

McVay admitted he eventually changed his mind after speaking with his wife Veronika, who told him that it “never really sounded like the kind of leader you wanted to be.”