I tend to think Pete's hand was forced.
If you Paul Allen and you're at the cusp of winning two superbowls back to back and you lose like that, you gotta be beyond furious.
He probably gave Pete some leeway because he won the prior year but you got to think Paul Allen was livid like fans are.
And the subsequent years, you see your team diminish in talent and fewer wins each year, you begin to look at the team from a different view. Paul Allen, probably conducts team audits to see how the players and coaches relationship are, if he sees a potential issue and the wins are fewer and far between, things will start to unravel and reveal themselves.
And ultimately, if you're unwilling to make changes, you're part of the problem.
Something has to be done.
I don't know what will become of our Hawks in coming years, but I do know, coaching changes are inevitable when teams lose as well as when they win.
Yes, I'm excited for the future, why, simply put it, because you can't expect different results, by doing the same things.
Just my two cents.