One of the other things that struck me from the Josh PC comments was he said something to the effect of how McD has grown. In the aftermath of Hamlin there were multiple players who said words to the effect that it brought out a side of McD they had never seen before (impliction the "human element"). It made me realize that many of the "sources" in the story were commenting on their experience from years ago, and it was used to characterize him as he is today. While still not without faults - he isn't necessarily the same coach/person today that he was for some/many of those source accounts