Denver Post · Aug 16, 2017
Rapids players never quit under fired coach Pablo Mastroeni
COMMERCE CITY — Whatever their shortcomings in producing results this season, the Rapids never quit on Pablo Mastroeni, and they were quick to emphasize that point Wednesday after their first training session under interim coach Steve Cooke.
Lack of effort wasn’t what got Mastroeni fired Tuesday.
“A lot of times when a coach gets fired, he lost the locker room,” defender Eric Miller said. “That’s the farthest thing from the truth in regards to Pablo. Every guy in there still loves Pablo and every guy would still play for him if he was the coach. He coached like he played. He was so intense and passionate, it rubbed off on all of us.”