Great job describing how this went down, as a senior executive at large organization I got the same impression on the office politics. The only part a disagree with you about is that Whaley is a good GM. His unrelentingly desire to prove how he was right on EJ has been his biggest failure, he's been willing to sacrifice team performance to prove himself correct. BTW I hadn't heard about the Hue Jackson rumor but I definitely could have lived with that selection.