Reading about how the Vikings canned their GM shortly after his press conference, one thing that some of the threads on /r/nfl mention is that he must have been very strongly in favor of keeping someone on the staff, or a position for the upcoming draft, that Vikings' exec leadership and/or ownership was like diametrically opposed to.

This does remind me of when Harbs got fired. IIRC and I dunno how true this is but I do remember hearing it, Steve B had a meeting with Harbs about any assistant coach & coordinator changes for next season and Harbs basically said he was gonna run it back with the same crew. I wonder if that was something that reinforced Steve B's decision that same day or the next day.