If you missed it, the reporter asked something about "with the season basically over now, how can you motivate your team."

Did he say "the seasons far from over" or "weve still got a bowl game to play for because we're in a great situation" or anything like that?

No.

He said (paraphrased) "These are grown men and its their job to stay hungry and do what they're supposed to do. There will be some that won't and they won't see the field [subcontext... or be on the team much longer]."

Whitt knows the portal is about to get Brutal for lowercase u. He's setting it up for the old "sour grapes we didn't want them anyway."