Adam Gase grew testy when asked last Friday about recent reports that his relationship with general manager Mike Maccagnan had become rocky in recent weeks.
“I don’t know who decides to put that stuff out there,” Gase told reporters in his first availability after last month's NFL Draft. “It kind of pisses me off a little bit.”
What Gase didn’t say was whether the reports actually were true or not. And now we know.
The relationship wasn’t just rocky, it was irretrievably broken.
Less than four months after Maccagnan and chief operating officer Christopher Johnson signed off on hiring Gase as the replacement for Todd Bowles, Gase completed a stunning power play that resulted in Maccagnan’s ouster.