It's an interesting one this. Knight set out his stall by offering Wilkins the coaches job, but he would have done that with Adams consent. However, given the fact Adams wanted the Albion job desperately I reckon he would have agreed to almost anything, including the retention of Wilkins.
What concerns me is that there is a good chance this set-up WON'T work, and it
could potentially f*** up the season. We know Adams plans to sign 5 or 6 new players, so potentially half of Wilkins team could lose their places to Adams men.
If results don't go our way and Adams walks in to Knight and says it's not working the Wilkins faction will be unhappy. Does the club really need to be taking these risks? The alternative is for Adams to bring in his own men - at least there shouldn't be any baggage with that course of action and it won't break the season.
Good point.
I think it might be worth pointing out that maybe the Wilkins 'sacking' was not as unanymous as has been said within the board room.
Therefore there might of been some negotiation within the board room on accepting Wilkins removal as long as they remained an important role still for him within the club.
Adams and Wilkins were 'friends' and Adams does seem to have a great respect for Wilkins attributes as a coach.
But as you pointed out the dynamics are complicated and something that no doubt Wilkins is thinking long and hard about.