Trent said some things that indicated he takes ownership.
Including "we need to manage the team better"

He didn't drive it home enough for many while he did mention coaching and development in a number of responses.
I get that.
People are rubbed wrong by it.
That's fine.
That's Baalke's style and personality, but he also said lots of things about adding competition to push starters and touched on areas of improvement that we all talk about needing as well.

I'm fine with most of his comments and not too concerned about the lack of culpability talk. He knows. he just loathes admitting it over and over again in a presser. Not a naturally humble guy.

He also quashed the rumors flying around flatly as I 100% expected and predicted.
Spoke strongly about the unity and respect between he and Doug and reiterated it.
Called the rumor of friction between them a "false narrative."

Now he just has to follow it up with adding that competition he talked about in March and April.

People are going to spin the crap out of anything he says, so I don't worry much about the overreactions.

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