It is a consensus? That would be a consensus opinion by unnamed executives. You stated it as if it were a fact that executives said this on the record in an interview. This is not what I call backing up an opinion with facts. It is bcking up an opinion with innuendo. It's absurd to think that the people above him were negotiating deals with personnel if the GM didn't recommend those moves. If they did, then I guess that you are right that he didn't get fired, because he was not the acting GM. If your theory is true, we can't even form an opinion about whether he is or is not a good GM, because he was just a puppet.