I think he comes off as pretty obnoxious in that article. I can understand him feeling that way, and he's not necessarily wrong, but saying "who would have ever imagined that beating our rivals was important", after getting canned for underperformance, is pretty eye-roll-worthy. Dude, you were below .500 your last two years. Total lack of self awareness - the person who has terrible relationships with everyone, and then goes on and on about how everyone is an *******. Hey, maybe you're the problem?
Not to get to down on that as an option, because he may very well be the best option. But come on bro.