It’s not missing on anyone. It’s the 2 candidates that knew you better than everyone else saying “Thanks but no thanks”. They couldn’t manage to get these guys in the building. Like it or not that says volumes for where this team is. The argument that there are 32 jobs and they’re all valued is asinine at this point. I think coaches have a much greater understanding of they only get 1 shot to make it right. After you flame out rarely is someone giving you chance number 2 and even if so it takes years to build your reputation up enough to get considered.
Where there’s smoke there is fire and right now it’s more than smoke, it’s open flames. Old team, cap bad for at least 2 years, only way to fix cap is restructuring which prolongs the issue longer and a GM that has never really been more than a numbers guy that is in denial worse than some posters on this site.