With all due respect, the league is started and Reid has been gone for a while. We could have already had a replacement.
As far as internal discussions; shouldn't they just be public? Why have private discussions? This feels like the Yankees.
Internal discussion =
Hey did you hear Reid left for good, again?
Well what do we do with COL?
We should use the normal protocol because it is the best, transparent way to approach.
Ok, go public and identify there is a vacancy.
Oh wait someone else already did that.
It is nothing top secret and nothing we can't say here, just trying to let everyone know we are acting on it.
With all due respect, this is the way GM changes go here. There will be an internal option for any GMs that would like to transfer. If not chosen then we will go outside of the league. There is a protocol and that is the best way to go forward.