Sean McVay: Rams’ minicamp in Hawaii has to do with quality time

The Rams made the uncommon choice to have this week’s mandatory minicamp in Maui, and coach Sean McVay stated the trip was as much about togetherness as it had to do with football.Players were encouraged to bring their households with them for a Hawaiian getaway, and McVay said that meant a lot for the team’s bonding. McVay likewise said that Los Angeles and Maui have in common that they’re restoring from wildfires, which the Rams wanted to bring some goodwill to the location.”It has to do with connection and having the ability to get some time,”McVay said, via Sarah Barshop of ESPN.”It’s cool to be able to really, for me, fulfill a lot of these guys’ households that perhaps I have not met quite yet or see their wives or sweethearts or their kids, therefore that’s been a really cool thing so far. This has to do with being able to get some good quality time with each other and after that being able to use the platform that we’re blessed with to be able to get back to a community that went through some comparable things that we can all comprehend and type of empathize with, and you see how excited they are to see our players which’s enjoyable.”There was a time when summer season practices in the NFL were ruthless, and coaches were taskmasters. McVay represents a brand-new generation of coaches who see the summer as a time to construct camaraderie and make sure players are looking after their bodies so they’re healthy when the season starts. That purchases him plenty of goodwill with his players.