I think Taylor is a talented athlete with limited upside at the QB position because of his lack of field vision, questionable decision making and his erratic accuracy.
And Whaley is open-minded enough that he is willing to go with what works, but given his druthers he'd take a more traditional pocked passer.
The narrative that he was tied to Manuel and that he pushed him on anybody is entirely false with no basis in reality.
And he didn't jack Taylor around; he read the market correctly, stood his ground and got his agent to rework the contract to make it more manageable.