Was referring to Shannon. I wouldn't hire a guy that has zero head coaching experience and was the #2 guy. The fact that the players wanted him is completely irrelevant. They made that mistake with Coker and did it again with Shannon.
The major area that Golden has contradicted himself based on what you said is, "Players not plays". That was the most exciting thing he said upon arrival. Obviously, the thought there is that they are great talent evaluators and going to put players in a position to excel based on their strengths/weaknesses and not to try fit a square in a round hole. That hasn't happened.