Maybe you're misunderstanding me...I'm not defending RW at all. I'm just saying why I think RW did it...I never implied it was what I thought was right or that it made any sense. I never would have extended him...I thought that was a bad idea. But he did it and for him it would have been a bad business deal to terminate him in the offseason.
The original question I answered was "Why fire Jauron in mid-season?" And he did it to calm the masses...do you dispute that?
Point being in the offseason it would have been a bad business deal to can him. Whether or not he's paying him now is not the point.
Come on...the fans and media just wanted DJ gone period. He was the "sacrificial lamb" to quiet people down, it worked.
He just extended him, that would have been a bad business deal. The sad reality of the situation was undeniable by mid season. He had to act to appease the media and fans. He was listening.