Your final paragraph is 100% accurate, but I put the Rex hire directly on Pegs, with an assist to Brandon. Whaley was in no position to speak against the move, as he was lucky to just keep his job after 2014 when Polian didn’t come in. As far as him being on-board with the hiring, don’t take for gospel truth any GM-speak you read on the Internet, especially if Chris Brown is doing the reporting.