Tyler Kepner:

“Everybody in that room wanted him back; I have to disagree with him there,” Cashman said Friday night. “Joe knows I’m an ally because there’s a bond there. But I’ve got to speak for everybody else in the room, and they did want him back, too.”

Like Cliff, I don't think that jibes. If you want someone back, your meeting with him doesn't last 20 minutes because you give them a take it or leave it offer. If they did want him back, it was only on their terms, as Cliff says.