Coachspeak — noun: vague, well-rehearsed non-answers delivered by coaches and general managers to obscure their true feelings and intentions.
Brian Gutekunst has mastered this art form. Half an hour can pass, Gutekunst delivering hundreds of words yet actually saying nothing.
This was different.
The packaging didn't change. Gutekunst pulled out the classic cliches, including his expectation for every player under contract to return, knowing full well that rarely happens. He even spoke glowingly of the Packers' under-fire cornerbacks.
Yet once you dig a little deeper beneath the coachspeak, his messaging provided some distinctly different flavors than usual.