re: Best available staff or does the new DC bring his guys?

That will depend on whether it is an established DC with experience hiring or a position coach promotion from another successful organization.

My thinking is he wouldn’t want to own the hiring. He owned this staff to some degree (excepting Lindsey) and with some bad luck had a sticky spot (getting rid of Lindsey who hadn’t offered to step aside) to get out of. He took that potentially divisive law suit off the table. BAM!