I think they saw how DA was losing the team, they didn't rally around him to counteract the injuries like a good HC would have had them. There is no doubt in my mind that ML was going to let DA go at the end of the season. Letting a HC go mid-season was not the way we have ever done things, especially when ole Tom was in charge. In hind sight letting DA go mid-season was no advantage. The D played worse and we got some juice from Rizzi that really ended up hurting us come draft time.