"fired" is a harsh term. your research is off.[whead]
They were all hired by Cubit in 2016 before he got replaced late by Smith and all were paid for 2016. Scheelhaase stayed in analytics with the team; Bellamy hung around campus and worked with Geronimo among others; Seamonson saw through the recruitment of G. President and so forth.
Lovie had his favorites, and these poor schmucks lost their coaching jobs. Surely Lovie was asked and said positive things about them. But, had he called any of them "rising stars" that would have been published.
But, all this aside, if you let go a "rising star" it means your new guy is even better than a rising star. Now that should cause a super PR boom if your theory holds true that calling McGarigle a "rising star" was only done for PR purposes.
FACT: McGarigle is a rising star....[assho] [horseow] [bdance] [zipmouth] [zipmouth] [zipmouth] [zipmouth] [zipmouth]