Quite possible.
I'm not saying Whaley didn't have a very poor press conference.
But I don't think that's what will determine his fate.
If Pegs is happy with his performance outside of the press conferences and public appearances, he'll stay, if not he's gone. But if he's happy with the performance outside of the press conferences it's pretty easy to fill that role.
I've seen a few execs and CEOs that were terrible public speakers. They didn't get removed from their roles due to screwing up talking with the press. If they were doing a good job, the company just found someone else to be the spokesman. It wasn't that big of a deal. I've also seen a few execs that were great with the press and in public, who were let go, because their portion of the business want performing.
But it's totally possible Whaley is fired as well. The press conference thing just doesn't really sway me one way or another. The inability to build a winner and the constant missing of the playoffs would be the actual reason to fire him.