«When you lose six in a row, there are issues,» Brickley said. « It gets emotional, it gets hard, and it's hard to keep it together as a group, and feelings are hurt. Things are said. You're trying to get each other going.»
« I'm not saying this is what happened. I'm not in the room. That's the domain of the players, and it's always been my mindset, and the way I approach my job is I can be as close to the players as I need to be, but I try to give them that room, that's their sanctuary that's where they come together as a group.»
«There are no indications from my perspective,» he said. «I don't see anything that would lend itself to being such a strong issue that it's hurting the locker room, hurting the team, hurting their performance. I don't see that.»