re: CBK's second choices

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i mean you can make excuses for them all you want, i actually agree that those guys had valid reasons to stay. But the fact of the matter is that BK wanted them as part of his vision and they declined. Now BK has to find other staff who he necessarily thinks are inferior

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Respectfully, there is an important distinction between an excuse and an explanation. Similar reasoning could apply if one were to consider the terms inferior and necessarily versus unfamiliar. Freeman and Rees were familiar; however, that does not necessitate that any hire Kelly makes in the future shall be inferior in theory or in practice. One could even argue that hiring Freeman or Rees would have fitted more accurately under the heading of convenience rather than recruitment, as Kelly had already recruited and hired both previously and was obviously satisfied with his prior decision in doing so or he would not have made the offer to follow him.