If Stricklin had decided to keep Dopey Dan regardless, he would be out there declaring it, just like Fooley did with Chimp in 2013.
What he did instead is fire Mullinz bestfriend in the world, Hevesie, which makes no sense bc we arent changing OL play in 3 weeks (and the OL problem is 99% stupid Mullinz schemes anyway).
I think in the end we probably just don't have enough GAs or quality assistants under the age of 90 to fire more people now.
this is just a move by Stricklin to make the last 3 weeks painful for Mullins so it's a "mutual decision" instead of a firing.