I dont know, Toffee. If you listen to what Pete said, he wanted to coach here, but not change the approach or 'transition' in his last year under contract. So they mutually agreed it was time.
I dont think for a second they looked to trade him. I doubt it was even a possobility that crossed their minds.
I think it was time. And i think if anything, Jody made it clear 2 years ago that things had to get better. Pete and John got the roster rebuild going, but the approach needed a shift. Like Pete said the team had lost its edge. That was a pretty honest self assessment of where he failed.
Will he want to coach sonewhere else? I woukdnt be surprised simply because of how competitive he is. But i think a job somewhere else, with a different owner, different GM, without everything hes built here...
He may do it. But I don't think it's necessarily front of mind. He wanted to be here with his guys... past and present, to finish what they started.