I was paraphrasing one of his responses but that's how I interpreted it. Which makes sense if a GM were to proposes some outlandish trade or signing but possibly what drove AA away. It was just asked again in the sportsnet interview and he skirted the answer. If the GM had the ultimate decision (somebody has to), why wouldn't he just say so?
Either way I'm not sure we learned much about him today other than Gibson is staying for now (ugh) and he won't restrict himself to 5 year contracts (good news). He mostly spoke in generalities and cliches. Maybe McCowan will do better than the "reporters" did today.