LOL, no. Don't kid yourself, Shapiro was involved and had a large part of every move made this off season. He's just sheltering his little Boy Fuc Face from being pitchforked.
It's unreal on how Shatkins backed themselves into a corner and Rogers still has not much of a choice but to spend in order to recoup the reno investment. Shapiro really massaged the crap out of the Rogers board along with braindead Ed.