I think Holmgren is being a little dramatic and bitter because he was fired by the Browns and he was the one who drafted Richardson and Weeden.
As I pointed out there was some methods to the Browns madness, but Holmgren says he would have walked out on the team if this went down on his watch.
“I struggled with it,” Holmgren told the radio station. “Philosophically, if I am the coach and someone came in anywhere and did that, I’d say, ‘OK, fire me, or I’m going to quit. Or we’re going to both go into the owner and talk about this and then we’ll see who’s still standing.'”
And if a general manager told him he was making the trade?
“I’d shake hands and walk. I would,” Holmgren said. “Because if I disagreed with it vehemently, and I couldn’t buy in, I mean, I’m not saying I’m right, I’m saying that’s what I would do, because you have to be true to yourself in this business.”
Holmgren went to the Donovan McNabb School of Bitter Answers on that one.