Schiano was not respected in that locker room.
i will take your word for it since i dont know anybody directly involved and you do
will say that many times it takes a while for a young coach or even a 'younger' to build that respect and many times it is hindsight in which that respect is earned
many many individal agendas are trampled in building a team and most of htose players dont like the coach
that is often meaningless and expected
if the players 'like' you, that is many times a red flag as in the case of wade or garrett
a great example of this is coughlin, the giants layers hated him initially, 2 SBs later, they respect him