the TV announcers certainly made it out that way at the time. they really did go on and on about dungy being "overruled", which, if it happened, I guess they should go on and on about it.
some sportswriters never caught up with the story. days later, some of them were still talking about it as though manning undercut his coach.
Sportswriters aren't much different that the other guys at the newspaper --- mostly incompetent herd members. And broadcasters are mostly sportwriters who can't write.