"He went for the money," Gilyard told The Associated Press. "I'm fairly disgusted with the situation, that they let it last this long." Players weren't told of Kelly's decision until the end of a team banquet, nearly three hours after the news first broke. A few blinked back tears as they left. "We already knew what he was going to say. We weren't giving him a round of applause or anything," tight end Ben Guidugli said. "It's like somebody turned their back on us. We brought this whole thing this far. We've come this far. To have someone walk out now is disappointing."