Firing Claude without canning Chiarelli would be.... strange as hell. Most of us know that the mess falls on Chiarelli/players well before Claude. Firing the coach would be the easy way out; a cosmetic change that doesn't resolve anything. Fans and writers won't be that blind....
Agreed.
It would be no different than a guy building a house with rotted wood and then allowing him to cover it with a new coat of paint.