FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Just about every interview during the first media access of any given preseason begins with the same benign question: “How was your offseason?”
It is, admittedly, an icebreaker, not really even considered part of the formal interview. It’s not meant to draw out the most interesting answers, but is instead intended to kick off the conversation for a new year in a safe, unthreatening manner.
But when New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps was asked about his offseason after the Revs kicked off training camp on Tuesday evening, he bypassed the idle chit-chat.