Ok you're right, the head coach totally didn't realize one of his best playmakers wasn't on the field for essentially the second half.
You gotta be kidding me. I have never been on an anti marrone kick in the past but he is wrong by what he did and then denied doing here. His history of punishing players and holding grudges (Urbik, williams, etc) is hurting his team.
The fact that he denied doing it makes it so much worse than if he would have just said he benched him for repeated unsportsmanlike penalties the last few weeks.