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When the Los Angeles Rams hired Sean McVay to be their head coach in 2017, it was considered a big gamble. After all, McVay was only 30 years old and had become the youngest full-time head coaching hire in NFL history.
Since then, it's been a consistent helping of triumphs for McVay and the franchise. McVay has overseen four double-digit wins seasons and has led the Rams to two Super Bowls, one of which the team won.
Andrew Whitworth reveals the key to Sean McVay's success
Many attribute McVay's success to his offensive knowledge and prowess, but a former star player of his - Andrew Whitworth - says there's more than meets the eye with the coach.
People talk about his intelligence level, they talk about his genius play-calling... To me, you walk in a room with Sean McVay and his ability to communicate sticks out to me. The most impressive thing I've ever seen... His first four weeks of OTAs as a 30-year-old, the youngest head coach in NFL history, we spent the first hour or so of team meetings for the first four weeks he had the job explaining what football character looked like.
Whitworth went so far as to take a dig at a lot of head coaches around the league, saying that "a lot of teams that suck right now, it's because their head coaches are scared to challenge their players as men to act like men".
It's both a heaping of praise for McVay and a shot at coaches in the NFL. Whitworth has a point, as the level of play in the league over the past few seasons can be considered subpar.
While a big reason for that has been high-level quarterbacks retiring and leaving the NFL, it could be that the way head coaches are operating is playing a big role as well.