Nothing could have been done other than what Atkins actually did.
I mean that the end result was more destiny than anything else. Free will is an illusion. The decisions made this offseason were more or less pre-ordained, pre-determined by context and circumstance and common sense and the choices the Blue Jays have made over the last few years. And more remotely, in some respects, Atkins' parents put this all in motion since they are the ones who formed his personality. But even his hiring was inevitable. Mark Shapiro was always going to be the President of the Blue Jays. He was always going to hire Ross. These things were meant to be.
We exist at the tail end of an unimaginably complex Rube Goldberg machine, which God himself triggered into motion.
Our suffering is unavoidable and intentional and mechanical.
There is no reason to be upset.