This is my stance on this too. Kirk is the leader of the program, but he cannot control everything everyone says.I’d venture because they do no see Kirk being acceptable for other grown men’s actions towards them and those players probably had an okay to good relationship with Kirk. Kirk could just keep his hands off of everything and claim it wasn’t his fault directly, which is exactly what happened. Also, there were probably just as many players who said Kirk was a problem that defended Kirk.