I do wonder how much influence Kalezić's had on the recent departing players. If this whole "we decided not to hire him 6 months ago" spiel is correct, then surely he has had ample time to watch (at least on TV) the Nix and have some sort of influence.
The other thing I'm struggling to work out (re: "we were going to hire him 6 months ago") is why the visa supposedly took so long to sort.