I'm conjecturing. Thing is, Getz should have just said nothing rather than trying to justify the objectively poor outcome as a communications breakdown during an "ah shucks" routine.
Like who gives a s%*# if he's a good gm, but when he's not, and he's saying dumb s%*# publicly that should stay in the club house, f*** this guy man. I'm not going to give him any quarter from here on out and I was patient compared to some here.