Quote Originally Posted by gdg_9 View Post
Q: Is new coach Ryan Nelsen central to this culture change?
A: “Obviously Ryan is going to be the leader of this team as the head coach. But we also hope there will be some players — Danny Califf is certainly one, we hope Darren O’Dea is another — who want the responsibility to say to everybody else ‘hey, follow my lead and we’ll win this game.’ Some guys do that in a lot of different ways. Some guys do it very overtly. Some guys just do it by example.


I find it interesting that when talking about the players who will be the leaders of this team, he doesn't mention Frings.
Am I reading too much into this omission?
I had read before that Payne had flown to London to meet with Frings before Christmas. That to me means he is well within the plans of the team.