Agree. I was in the camp that already was getting tired of McD’s blunders, and the article only solidified that opinion, Take out the character stuff, which certainly was a bit gratuitous, and a lot of the criticism of his coaching was spot on
But props where props are due and McD and the team have obviously done very well since. Maybe, just maybe, it forced at least a little introspection on McD’s part and I’d like to think some good came out of it (e.g McD seeming to trust his players more in this stretch). It was also very likely a unifying event for the team overall to rally around. We’ll probably never know the impact it had on the field, if any, but it could very well have helped light the spark for our current run.