The rumors have been circulating for too long, and management can't affort do turn a blind eye to it any longer. Plus, they have corroborated such rumors by stating that they are evaluating things day by day etc. At this point, they've bungled this situation to a point where an assessment given by Sell the team NOW!!!!* might actually be accurate. Willie is going to do nothing in the next 24 hours that would warrant him being retained or fired. If they've been happy with his performance, they should tell everyone to shut up and that he's here for the year. If they're unhappy, fire him now, and get this negative energy away from the team. *Former poster who, as the name suggests, had a low opinion of ownership/management