Unlike when the Jim Mora succession plan blew up in Tim Ruskell’s face, Mike Macdonald neither a one-year hire nor is general manager John Schneider likely to have the same fate as Ruskell did.

This remarkable story was produced by Let It Fly Media. View more [MUSIC PLAYING] TIM RUSKELL: Having been in personnel, we get calls all the time. D'ERNEST JOHNSON: Hey, man, how you doing?