1. Considering what others have written, it seems clear that "those players" means "those players that I spoke with" (and not necessarily a team meeting with all the players).
2. It is a week late. This is 100% a CYA thing. Whether he had to be convinced to do this -- who knows.
3. How else is Alnutt supposed to respond to a tweet like that? He has to be appreciative in public, of course. It is part of the job.
I hope this ends the discussion about Oats and we can move on. For me, I liked the guy. I thought he was a breath of fresh air. A straight shooter. He seemed humble...even a bit of an "aw shucks" sort of guy at times. But this past week has shown me he was more of a wolf in sheep's clothing. I guess part of it had to be an act, so the fact I didn't really catch it was me being naive.
Even if Oats left and did it the right way, I probably would still follow him on Twitter and root for him to be successful. But regardless of how many retweet his week-late message or say "thanks, coach" in a tweet, he's really just burned his bridge (and BH poured some more gas on it).
So...good riddance. And, of course, an "unfollow" on Twitter.
Go Bulls...next coach in.