There is a world where Maloney is basically the shield for Conroy.
I'm a firm believer that you can't go out there 20 games into the season and say 'those guys in the locker room make up a bad team and this season is done.' That's just not something said by 99.9% of sports franchises (for good reason imo).
So instead of Conroy drawing heat for delivering the message, and since someone has to deliver it, Maloney is the one that can take those bullets.
Unfortunately for him, he's not great at messaging. I thought his intermission interview was 98% nothingburger. But he should not have been trotted out for a follow-up interview.
Again, I don't think this reveals anything about what Conroy is thinking and planning to do.
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